Base pay range
Location: London, UK (Hybrid – 1 day per week in office/on‑site)
Contract: Permanent, Full-time
Package: £75,000 – £90,000 + 10% Bonus + 10% Shares + Benefits
About Us
Appvia is a specialist cloud and platform engineering consultancy and product house helping organisations build, secure, and scale in the cloud. We work with public and private sector customers to design modern cloud platforms, embed strong engineering practices, and enable teams to deliver software faster and more reliably.
Our focus is on platform engineering, DevOps, automation, and cloud‑native delivery, creating foundations that balance developer velocity with security, resilience, and governance.
About The Role
As an AWS Senior Platform Engineer, you will be a key contributor to Appvia's platform engineering engagements, working hands‑on to design, build, and operate secure, scalable AWS platforms.
This role is ideal for an experienced engineer who enjoys solving complex technical problems, working closely with development teams, and contributing to the continuous improvement of cloud platforms and delivery pipelines. You'll operate within multi‑disciplinary teams, supporting both application and platform workloads while helping customers adopt modern DevOps and platform engineering practices.
You'll be expected to take ownership of technical delivery within your area, contribute to solution design, and support less experienced engineers through mentoring and knowledge sharing.
Interview Process – 4 Stage
- Discovery conversation with Talent Acquisition
- Paired technical assessment with an Engineering team member
- Technical deep‑dive with Practice Leadership
- Competency‑focused final interview with Engineering Leadership
Requirements
About You
You are a strong AWS engineer with a background in cloud‑native infrastructure and DevOps, comfortable working in client‑facing environments and contributing directly to delivery.
You will bring:
- Hands‑on experience building and operating AWS platforms
- A solid understanding of modern CI/CD and automation practices
- Confidence collaborating with engineers, architects, and delivery leads
- A pragmatic approach to improving reliability, security, and developer experience
Key Responsibilities
- Design, build, and operate AWS‑based platform components aligned to best practices.
- Implement and maintain infrastructure as code using Terraform.
- Build and improve CI/CD pipelines, supporting faster and safer delivery.
- Support containerised workloads using Kubernetes and managed services such as EKS.
- Work closely with application teams to enable cloud‑native patterns and platform adoption.
- Implement monitoring, logging, and alerting to improve operational visibility.
- Create reusable templates, modules, and deployment patterns.
- Contribute to continuous improvement of platform reliability, scalability, and security.
- Support onboarding of new workloads and teams onto shared cloud platforms.
- Share knowledge through code reviews, documentation, and mentoring.
Skills & Experience – AWS Platform Engineering
- Infrastructure as Code: Terraform experience essential; CloudFormation/CDK beneficial.
- Containers: Experience with Kubernetes and managed services such as EKS.
- CI/CD & DevOps: Solid understanding of Git‑based workflows, pipelines, and automation.
- Networking: Experience working with AWS networking constructs (VPCs, load balancing, connectivity).
Delivery & Collaboration
- Experience delivering cloud migration, optimisation, or platform initiatives.
- Comfortable working in consulting or customer‑facing roles.
- Able to communicate technical concepts clearly and collaborate across teams.
- A mindset of continuous learning and improvement.
Qualifications
Certification in relevant cloud technologies (AWS, Azure, GCP) at an associate level is highly desirable, e.g.
- AWS Certified: Solutions Architect Associate
- AWS Certified Advanced Networking – Specialty (highly desirable)
Certification in Kubernetes and Terraform administration is desirable:
- Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)
- Terraform Associate
Benefits
Why join Appvia?
We are a self‑funded, London‑based startup providing businesses with a fast and secure way to deploy containerised applications into the cloud. We are on a mission to enable organisations to make cloud‑based software delivery simple and efficient, while keeping the customer at the heart of everything we do.
With us, customers such as the UK's Home Office and Bank of England harness cloud‑native technologies, limiting the challenges of infrastructure management and rapidly delivering digital products.
Work‑life balance
- Flexible working with core hours of 10–4 pm because we know life happens outside of work
- Hybrid working – only one compulsory office day per month
- 25 days' holiday a year, plus bank holidays
- An additional day off for your birthday
- Enhanced maternity and paternity to full pay
- Workplace nursery benefit to help working parents
For your well‑being
- Full private healthcare cover for you with partners and children covered 50%
- Death in service
- Cycle to work scheme
- Electric car scheme
- Pension plus a salary‑sacrifice option for even greater savings
- Employee assistance programme
- Free hygiene products available in the London office
Mental health support
- Free therapy through AXA
- Access to the Headspace app
- Trained mental‑health first aiders
Other fun perks
- Learning budget of £1,000 a year
- Your own MacBook Pro while you work at Appvia
- Dog‑friendly office
- Wear what makes you comfortable
- Free snacks in the office
- Pool table and ping‑pong table
- Regular team socials, board‑game nights, industry meetups and more
Equal Opportunity Statement
We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer and actively encourage, respect, and recognise diversity of thought and background throughout the business. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to age, ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, family or parental status, national origin, veteran, neurodiversity, and disability status.
Note
While all roles are active and approved at the time of posting, the dynamic nature of our start‑up means some applications may be processed to pipeline talent for future opportunities rather than current openings. We will strive to keep you informed of any changes to the status of your application.
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