About the role:
As a Senior Software Engineer at Syntasso, you’ll play a key role in designing, building, and evolving Kratix and Syntasso Kratix Enterprise.
You’ll collaborate closely with a small, expert engineering team. Your work will span product contribution, customer collaboration, and hands‑on system design. You’ll help shape architecture and APIs, improve user experience, and scale Kratix for enterprise environments.
In practice, this means you’ll:
- Design and implement features for Kratix and Kratix Enterprise, primarily in Golang and Kubernetes.
- Collaborate on architectural decisions that balance innovation, reliability, and usability.
- Engage directly with customers to understand their platform challenges and ensure SKE solves them.
- Work across product and engineering to deliver software that drives real impact.
- Continuously learn, experiment, and help define what great platform engineering looks like.
- Provide hands‑on support to SKE customers, from diagnosing technical issues to shaping solutions that improve their platform outcomes.
About you:
- Most importantly, you have a growth mindset. You bring enthusiasm, empathy, and a genuine desire to learn. Qualities that make you a trusted teammate and an active contributor to a thriving engineering community.
- You’ve built and supported complex software systems before, maybe as part of a startup where you wore many hats, or within a larger organisation where reliability and scale were critical. You enjoy the puzzle of connecting technologies and people, translating complexity into clarity.
- You thrive in collaborative environments: pairing, sharing ideas, and learning from those around you. When faced with ambiguity, your curiosity takes over; you test, learn, and adapt quickly. You’re motivated by solving real customer problems, not just writing elegant code.
- You’re comfortable navigating distributed systems and modern infrastructure whether that’s working with Kubernetes, cloud platforms, or the CNCF and HashiCorp ecosystems. You have proficiency in Golang and Kubernetes, and one or more languages such as Ruby, Rust, or Python, with a willingness to learn whatever new tools help get the job done. You care deeply about engineering excellence practicing Extreme Programming (XP) techniques such as pairing, TDD, and continuous integration to deliver reliable, maintainable software.
What’s on Offer:
- Competitive salary (£80,000–£120,000), depending on experience, plus early‑stage equity, so you share in our success as we grow.
- Financial stability: We’re a well‑funded startup with a secure multi‑year runway for growth and innovation.
- A balanced 35‑hour week, giving you time to focus deeply, recharge properly, and work sustainably.
- Hybrid collaboration: Work remotely most of the time, with regular visits to our London Bridge office in the Leathermarket for hands‑on teamwork and community.
- Research Fridays: Every other Friday is dedicated to learning, experimentation, and open exploration — time to make Syntasso stronger tomorrow than it is today.
- Professional growth: Whether you’re speaking at conferences, contributing to open source, or writing technical blogs, we’ll support you to develop your profile and share your expertise.
- Learn from the best: Work closely with some of the most respected voices in platform engineering — our founders and team members who regularly speak at events such as DevOpsDays, Kubernetes Community Days, and FastFlow Conf.
- We believe in an environment where you can thrive — one that combines technical challenge, personal growth, and genuine respect for your time and energy.
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
At Syntasso, we believe that diverse and inclusive teams build better products, foster stronger communities, and create happier workplaces. We’re committed to creating an environment where everyone feels respected, supported, and empowered to thrive.
We welcome people from all backgrounds, identities, and experiences. We also know that some people hesitate to apply unless they meet every single requirement. If you’re excited about what we’re building but aren’t sure you tick every box — please apply. We’d love to hear from you.
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