cloud infrastructure engineer

The University of Manchester

<div>
 We are seeking a motivated and collaborative individual to join our team as a Senior Platform Engineer. This role offers an exciting opportunity to contribute to the management of the Cloud estate (Azure, GCP, AWS) and maturing of DevOps to enable development teams to deliver cloud services at pace, within a dynamic and inclusive environment.
 
 
 
 You will be responsible for:
 
 
 
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 Applying Infrastructure as Code (IaC) principles to maintain consistency and reproducibility in cloud infrastructure.
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 Developing a reliable and scalable cloud-based infrastructure service to support continuous and secure delivery of software solutions that meet the evolving needs of key stakeholders.
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 Supervising undergraduate and postgraduate dissertations.
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 Contributing to the identification, evaluation and adoption of tools, technique and processes to create a robust and cost-effective cloud-based platform.
 
 
 
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 About You
 
 
 
 We encourage applications from individuals with a wide range of backgrounds and experiences. You should demonstrate:
 
 
 
 Essential Criteria:
 
 
 
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 Hands-on experience with one or more major cloud platforms such as Azure, AWS, or GCP.
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 Familiarity with automating the delivery of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform.
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 Comfort with code repository management tools like GitLab, GitHub, or Bitbucket.
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 A strong understanding of CI/CD pipelines and their role in modern development practices.
 
 
 
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 Desirable Criteria:
 
 
 
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 Familiarity with collaboration tools like Atlassian products (Jira, Confluence).
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 Experience in building automation or integrations with platforms like ServiceNOW.
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 A knack for engaging stakeholders and fostering collaboration across teams.
 
 
 
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 We value transferable skills and real-world experience as much as formal qualifications.
 
 
 
 Our benefits include:
 
 
 
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 Generous employer contribution pension
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 29 days annual leave plus bank holidays, along with Christmas closure
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 Ride to work and EV car scheme available
 
 
 
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 For more information, please see University of Manchester Benefits. You can also find information on our Flexible and Hybrid working here.
 
 
 We are an open place of enquiry and challenge. We embrace and celebrate difference, diversity and debate, and we pride ourselves on being a place of education, learning and community where we are able, within the law, to question and test received wisdom, express new ideas and explore controversial or unpopular topics and opinions. Find out more from our Freedom of Speech Policy.
 
 
 
 Enquiries About The Role, Shortlisting And Interviews
 
 
 
 Name: Nisar Khan
 
 
 Email: nisar.khan@manchester.ac.uk
 
 
 
 General enquiries and administrative support
 
 
 
 lewis.burne@manchester.ac.uk
 
 
 
 Technical and job portal support
 
 
 
 https://jobseekersupport.jobtrain.co.uk/support/home
 
 
 
 Applications close at midnight on the closing date.
 
 
 
 Further particulars (with person specification) linked below.
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Senior Platform Engineer

Betfred

<div><h2 class="jobSectionHeader">About Us</h2>
Our mission is to dominate the betting and gaming industry on a global scale and we need the very best Tech talent to help us achieve this.
With our proprietary platform powering everything we do, it's an exciting time to join us. We're pioneering new products and driving more advanced, creative technologies. The result? Unrivalled experiences for millions of customers worldwide.
Betfred's Technology department is driven by innovation, and you'll be at the heart of unlocking our platform's potential. So, if you want to help shape the future of betting and gaming, it's time to join us.
<h2 class="jobSectionHeader">Job Purpose</h2>
The Senior Corporate &amp; Cloud Support Engineer provides advanced technical expertise across corporate infrastructure, identity platforms, cloud services, remote access technologies and data protection platforms. Acting as the senior technical escalation point within the Corporate Support team, the role leads complex troubleshooting, platform improvement initiatives, and security remediation, working closely with Systems Administrators, Service Management, Security, and Infrastructure teams.
Reporting to the Corporate &amp; Cloud Support Manager, the role provides technical leadership and mentoring while remaining hands-on with engineering and operational delivery.
<h2 class="jobSectionHeader">Job Duties</h2>
<h3 class="jobSectionHeader">Advanced Identity &amp; Access Platform Engineering</h3>
<ul><li>Act as the senior technical escalation point for Entra ID and Active Directory platforms.</li>
<li>Lead complex troubleshooting across authentication, authorisation, synchronisation and identity-related services.</li>
<li>Support Enterprise Applications, App Registrations, hybrid identity services and Group Policy administration.</li>
<li>Drive improvements to identity security controls, access governance and platform standards.</li>
<li>Contribute to the design, implementation, and optimisation of identity and access management solutions.</li>
</ul><h3 class="jobSectionHeader">Cloud &amp; Infrastructure Engineering</h3>
<ul><li>Support and maintain Microsoft Azure and associated cloud services within agreed ownership boundaries.</li>
<li>Lead technical delivery of platform upgrades, migrations, lifecycle activities and infrastructure improvements.</li>
<li>Identify opportunities to improve platform resilience, performance, scalability and operational efficiency.</li>
<li>Contribute to the design and implementation of new cloud and infrastructure services.</li>
</ul><h3 class="jobSectionHeader">Remote Access &amp; End User Platforms</h3>
<ul><li>Provide advanced support for Remote Desktop Services (RDS) and associated access technologies.</li>
<li>Lead troubleshooting and resolution of complex performance, availability and access-related issues.</li>
<li>Drive improvements to platform stability, security and user experience.</li>
<li>Support capacity planning and service optimisation activities.</li>
</ul><h3 class="jobSectionHeader">Backup, Recovery &amp; Resilience</h3>
<ul><li>Act as the senior technical lead for backup and recovery platforms.</li>
<li>Support enterprise backup solutions, ensuring effective protection of infrastructure, cloud, database and application services.</li>
<li>Lead recovery testing, troubleshooting and continuous improvement of backup and recovery processes.</li>
<li>Support disaster recovery exercises and contribute to data protection and resilience strategies.</li>
</ul><h3 class="jobSectionHeader">Security, Monitoring &amp; Continuous Improvement</h3>
<ul><li>Lead security remediation and platform hardening activities across supported services.</li>
<li>Support vulnerability management, monitoring, alerting and observability improvements.</li>
<li>Lead automation and scripting initiatives to improve efficiency, consistency and platform reliability.</li>
<li>Identify and drive resolution of technical debt, recurring issues and service improvement opportunities.</li>
<li>Maintain technical documentation, standards and operational procedures.</li>
</ul><h3 class="jobSectionHeader">Technical Leadership &amp; Collaboration</h3>
<ul><li>Act as the senior technical escalation point within the Corporate Support team.</li>
<li>Provide mentoring, coaching and technical guidance to Corporate Support Engineers.</li>
<li>Lead technical workstreams, projects and improvement initiatives.</li>
<li>Collaborate with Systems Administrators, Service Management, Security, Infrastructure Operations and Retail &amp; Endpoint teams to deliver secure and supportable services.</li>
<li>Deputise for the Corporate &amp; Cloud Support Manager on technical matters when required.</li>
</ul><h2 class="jobSectionHeader">Knowledge, Skills and Experience</h2>
<h3 class="jobSectionHeader">Technical</h3>
<ul><li>Strong experience supporting enterprise Microsoft technologies, including Entra ID, Active Directory, Azure and Remote Desktop Services.</li>
<li>Experience with identity and access management technologies, including authentication, authorisation, single sign-on and access governance.</li>
<li>Experience supporting enterprise backup, recovery and disaster recovery solutions.</li>
<li>Good understanding of security best practices, vulnerability management, platform hardening and operational resilience.</li>
<li>Experience with monitoring, alerting, automation and platform management tools.</li>
<li>Strong PowerShell scripting and automation skills.</li>
</ul><h3 class="jobSectionHeader">Engineering &amp; Delivery</h3>
<ul><li>Proven experience troubleshooting and resolving complex technical issues across cloud, identity, infrastructure and data protection platforms.</li>
<li>Experience delivering platform improvements, upgrades, migrations and remediation programmes.</li>
<li>Experience leading technical workstreams, projects and continuous improvement initiatives.</li>
<li>Ability to balance operational support, project delivery and strategic improvement activities.</li>
</ul><h3 class="jobSectionHeader">Ways of Working</h3>
<ul><li>Strong documentation, governance and operational excellence mindset.</li>
<li>Comfortable working within defined standards, security controls and change management processes.</li>
<li>Experience working collaboratively across technical teams, service management functions and business stakeholders.</li>
<li>Strong organisational skills with the ability to prioritise competing demands effectively.</li>
</ul><h3 class="jobSectionHeader">Personal Attributes</h3>
<ul><li>Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.</li>
<li>Excellent communication skills with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.</li>
<li>Proactive, improvement-focused and customer-oriented mindset.</li>
<li>Ability to provide technical leadership, mentoring and knowledge sharing.</li>
<li>Demonstrates ownership, accountability and attention to detail.</li>
<li>Committed to continuous learning and professional development.</li>
</ul><h2 class="jobSectionHeader">What&rsquo;s in it for you?</h2>
We offer a variety of competitive benefits, some of which vary depending on the role you&rsquo;re recruited to. Some of what you can expect in this role includes:
A competitive rate of pay and pension contribution ( &pound;50,000 -&pound;55,000)
Generous discretionary bonus schemes, incentives and competitions
An annual leave entitlement that increases with length of service
Access to an online GP 24/7, 365 days a year for you and your immediate family.</div>

Senior Corporate & Cloud Support Engineer

bcn group

<div>Job title: Azure DevOps Engineer
Location: Hybrid or Remote working available
Hours: Monday to Friday, 37.5 hours per week
Salary: Competitive + benefits 
About BCN:
At BCN we unite people and technology to enable organisations to fly. 
We believe people and organisations can achieve anything using technology to it&rsquo;s full potential. Our role is to help them understand what is possible, implement in the right way and utilise their technology to achieve their ambitions. Which is why we put people front and centre &ndash; building client relationships for life and fostering a culture where our people thrive. 
We are a leading managed IT services provider and technology consultant, specialising in delivering transformative technology solutions with industry-leading client experience across business, public sector and not for profit organisations. From cloud computing, cybersecurity, and data management to power app development, we are dedicated to pioneering technology with Microsoft innovation. 
Guided by our 3 values of building relationships, customer success and passion and dedication, we are on a mission to make BCN the most trusted tech partner in the UK today. The kind of company clients want to work with, and people want to work for. 
We are delighted you are on this journey with us! 
Focus of the role:
As an Azure DevOps Engineer, you will be responsible for working directly with our customers in various sectors to deliver public cloud transformation projects in Azure using infrastructure as code to support the deployment and configuration of various resource types in the Azure technology stack. 
Responsibilities:<ul><li>
Deploying and configuring Azure resources using infrastructure as code (IaC).</li><li>
Building and configuring continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines to deploy resources to customer environments.</li><li>
Take technical ownership of project delivery for various customer projects.</li><li>
Align deployment tasks and architecture with best practice alignments in both the Azure Cloud Adoption and Well Architected frameworks.</li><li>
Optimise and speed up future deployments by creating templates aligned with Enterprise Scale Landing Zones and secured, well-governed configurations and resource deployments.</li><li>
Align deployments with best practice security standards and guidelines such as National Institute of Standards (NIST) Cybersecurity Framework, ISO27001, Centre for Internet Security (CIS) and zero-trust principles.</li></ul> 
Person, Skills &amp; Experience:<ul><li>
Microsoft Azure experience would be preferred but other public cloud platform experience such as AWS, GCP or Oracle would be accepted.</li><li>
Excellent skills in infrastructure as code (IaC) provisioning using continuous configuration automation tools such as Terraform, Puppet, Chef, Ansible or equivalent.</li><li>
Ideally experience of Bicep.</li><li>
Excellent skills working with continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipeline tools such as GitHub Actions and Azure DevOps.</li><li>
Good awareness of Microsoft&rsquo;s Cloud Adoption and Well Architected Frameworks</li><li>
Experience of working in a DevOps focused role or experience of other project delivery using Infrastructure as Code (IaC)</li><li>
Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate (AZ-104) or equivalent</li><li>
Ideally Microsoft Certified: DevOps Engineer Expert</li><li>
Good knowledge of networking principles ideally in public cloud</li><li>
Good knowledge of firewalls, whether PaaS or 3rd party network virtual appliances</li><li>
Experience of supporting Windows Server environments (Windows Server 2016, 2019, 2022)</li></ul> 
Why BCN?<ul><li>
The opportunity to shape your own future with industry leading training and development, with access to our BCN Academy.</li><li>
Competitive salary with the ability to progress.</li><li>
23-days holiday allowance, increasing with length of service, plus bank holidays, an extra day off on your birthday and the option to buy more!</li><li>
Company pension scheme.</li><li>
2 paid leave days per year to volunteer and support your local community &ndash; if it matters to you it matters to us.</li><li>
Health cash plan with free access to a confidential Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) supporting bereavement, financial, health and wellbeing, and much more</li><li>
Life assurance</li><li>
Cycle to work scheme, electric vehicle scheme, home and tech scheme, and retail discounts.</li><li>
Balancing work, life, and fitness can be challenging, so we offer a free on-site gym at our Manchester and Leeds locations to make it easier to stay active.</li><li>
Long service recognition to celebrate all the milestones</li><li>
Beer (or soft drinks), Pizza at the end of month, dress down every day, social events such as Summer BBQ, Christmas party and lots more!</li></ul></div>

Azure DevOps Engineer

Sterling Computers

<div>Job Title: Security &amp; Infrastructure Engineer (On-Premise Focus)
Reports To: Head of Engineering<div>
Location: Manchester, UK</div><div></div> 
About the Role: We are looking for a motivated and hands-on Security &amp; Infrastructure Engineer to join our team and help secure our critical platforms across both on-premise VMware environments and hybrid cloud infrastructure (VMware Cloud Foundation, AWS, Azure, and GCP).
This is a technical, execution-focused role where you will implement, configure, monitor, and maintain security controls while gaining valuable experience with advanced technologies such as VMware NSX, vDefend, Palo Alto Networks, and major public cloud platforms. You will work closely with senior engineers to support security hardening, compliance, logging, and incident response in a high-security, regulated environment.
This is an excellent opportunity for someone with solid foundational experience who wants to grow their skills across traditional on-premise security and modern hybrid cloud environments. This is a full-time fixed-term role requiring 5 days per week on-site (no remote or hybrid options). Occasional UK travel may be required.<div>
Security Clearance Required: Secret Clearance at a minimum. Willing to attain Developed Vetting.</div> 
Key Responsibilities<ul><li>
Implement and maintain security controls across on-premise VMware infrastructure, with a focus on network and workload segmentation.</li><li>
Ability to lead the configuration and optimisation of VMware NSX (Distributed Firewall policies and micro-segmentation) and VMware vDefend to support zero-trust principles and reduce lateral movement risk.</li><li>
Help manage and tune Palo Alto Networks next-generation firewalls (policy creation, App-ID/User-ID, threat prevention profiles, NAT, and VPN configuration).</li><li>
Support the hardening of Windows Server environments and Microsoft technologies (Active Directory, Group Policy) in line with security best practices and CIS Benchmarks.</li><li>
Contribute to security monitoring and visibility by working with the Elastic Stack (Elasticsearch, Kibana, Beats) and Elastic Security for log collection, dashboards, alerting, and basic threat detection.</li><li>
Assist with security tasks across hybrid cloud environments, including:<ul><li>
Basic security configuration and monitoring in VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF).</li><li>
Supporting security controls in AWS, Azure, and GCP (e.g. IAM policies, security groups, network ACLs, logging, and basic compliance checks).</li><li>
Help maintain secure hybrid connectivity between on-prem and cloud environments.</li></ul></li><li>
Apply CIS Benchmarks, STIGs, and other hardening standards across systems and networks, and support remediation activities.</li><li>
Drive security monitoring, incident response, and basic root cause analysis.</li><li>
Embed security into operational processes and support DevSecOps practices by assisting with vulnerability scanning, configuration management, and automation where appropriate.</li><li>
Collaborate with vendors, auditors, and internal teams to ensure compliance with regulatory and organisational requirements.</li><li>
Maintain documentation and contribute to security reporting and compliance activities.</li></ul>
Required Qualifications &amp; Experience<ul><li>
3-6 years of hands-on experience in cybersecurity engineering, focused on on-premise enterprise environments.</li><li>
Proven expertise in VMware NSX (micro-segmentation, DFW policies, integration) and VMware vDefend (Distributed Firewall, advanced threat prevention).</li><li>
Strong experience designing and managing Palo Alto Networks firewalls (NGFW, Panorama, threat prevention, GlobalProtect).</li><li>
Experience with Cisco security/networking technologies (secure routing/switching).</li><li>
Extensive experience securing Windows environments (Server, Active Directory, Group Policy Objects, endpoint hardening).</li><li>
Familiarity with CIS Benchmarks and their practical application to harden systems and networks.</li><li>
Good understanding of zero-trust principles, network segmentation, firewall policy optimisation, identity and access management (IAM), and encryption.</li><li>
Experience with vulnerability management, SIEM integration, logging, and incident response in on-prem setups.</li><li>
Familiarity with TCP/IP networking fundamentals, the OSI model, routing protocols (BGP/OSPF), VPN technologies, and secure architecture design.</li><li>
Practical experience implementing DevSecOps principles, including integrating security tools and controls into CI/CD pipelines, automating security checks, and collaborating across dev, sec, and ops teams.</li><li>
Hands-on experience with the Elastic Stack (Elasticsearch, Kibana) and Elastic Security (SIEM, threat hunting, endpoint integration, dashboards/alerting) in on-premise deployments for log management, security analytics, and incident response.</li><li>
Security Clearance: Must have UK government security clearance, minimum SC, with the requirement to go through DV.</li><li>
Right to work in the UK and ability to pass background checks.</li></ul>
Desirable Skills &amp; Certifications<ul><li>
Relevant certifications such as:<ul><li>
VMware Certified Professional &ndash; Network Virtualisation (VCP-NV) or Security</li><li>
Palo Alto Networks Certified Network Security Engineer (PCNSE)</li><li>
Cisco Certified Network Professional Security (CCNP Security) or CCIE Security</li><li>
Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)</li><li>
Microsoft Certified: Security, Compliance, and Identity Fundamentals (or equivalent)</li></ul></li><li>
Experience with endpoint detection and response (EDR), SIEM tools, IDS/IPS, or threat intelligence platforms.</li><li>
Knowledge of Linux hardening, container security, or hybrid environments (though focus remains on-prem).</li><li>
Experience in regulated sectors (e.g., government, finance, critical national infrastructure).</li></ul> 
Sterling Computers Corporation (&ldquo;Sterling&rdquo;) is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, creed, religion, disability, medical condition, economic status or status with regard to public assistance, citizenship status, national or social or ethnic origin, past or present membership in the uniformed services, protected veteran status, sex, pregnancy, marital or civil union or domestic partnership status, family or parental status, sexual orientation, gender expression or identity, family medical history or genetic information, HIV status, political belief, or any other status or characteristic protected by applicable law.</div>

Security & Infrastructure Engineer

<div>About Us 
 
Our mission is to dominate the betting and gaming industry on a global scale and we need the very best Tech talent to help us achieve this.
With our proprietary platform powering everything we do, it's an exciting time to join us. We're pioneering new products and driving more advanced, creative technologies. The result? Unrivalled experiences for millions of customers worldwide.
Betfred's Technology department is driven by innovation, and you'll be at the heart of unlocking our platform's potential. So, if you want to help shape the future of betting and gaming, it's time to join us.
Job Purpose
We&rsquo;re looking for a Platform Engineer to help build, operate, and improve the platforms that underpin our engineering teams. This role is ideal for someone who enjoys working across infrastructure, automation, and delivery tooling, and who wants to deepen their experience in modern platform and DevOps practices. 
 
You&rsquo;ll work closely with other platform engineers and product teams to improve how software is built, deployed, and operated, reducing friction, increasing reliability, and enabling teams to move faster with confidence. 
Our core application platform is built on .NET, with services connected using WebAPI, WCF, and RabbitMQ. We store and process large volumes of data using MySQL and MongoDB. 
 
We operate a hybrid infrastructure, deploying workloads to AWS and on-premises VMware environments. Infrastructure is defined using Infrastructure as Code, and we run a mix of virtual machines, Docker, and Kubernetes, with a growing focus on containerised, microservice-based workloads. 
 
As we continue to move more workloads onto Kubernetes, you&rsquo;ll have the opportunity to learn and contribute to cloud-native patterns, GitOps, and modern delivery practices.
Our platform tooling includes:
<ul><li>Terraform, Ansible, and Python for infrastructure and automation</li>
<li>Jenkins for CI pipelines and Argo CD for GitOps-based delivery</li>
<li>Docker and Kubernetes for containerised workloads</li>
<li>Experience with these tools is helpful, but we value strong fundamentals and a willingness to learn just as highly.</li>
</ul>
You&rsquo;re someone who:
<ul><li>Enjoys hands-on engineering and learning by doing</li>
<li>Understands the basics of cloud infrastructure, containers, and automation</li>
<li>Cares about reliability, security, and maintainability</li>
<li>Communicates clearly and works well with others</li>
<li>Is curious about new tools and practices and thoughtful about adopting them</li>
<li>Wants to grow into greater technical ownership and influence over time</li>
</ul>
Job Duties
You&rsquo;ll contribute directly to the day-to-day evolution and reliability of the platform, including:
<ul><li>Building and maintaining infrastructure using Terraform, Ansible, and Python</li>
<li>Supporting and improving CI/CD pipelines and deployment workflows</li>
<li>Helping operate and enhance our Kubernetes environments</li>
<li>Working with engineering teams to troubleshoot issues and improve reliability</li>
<li>Contributing to platform standards, documentation, and shared tooling</li>
<li>Automating repetitive tasks and removing manual processes</li>
</ul>
You won&rsquo;t be expected to have all the answers, but you will be expected to ask good questions, learn quickly, and take ownership of the solutions you help build.
Knowledge, Skills and Experience
Essential
<ul><li>Background in Platform/OS engineering, both Linux and Windows experience is preferred.</li>
<li>BSc in Computer Science or equivalent, or proven industry experience</li>
<li>Experience using configuration management such as Ansible and Terraform</li>
<li>Experience with containers using both Docker and Kubernetes</li>
<li>Strong AWS Platform Engineering skills in particular; EC2, S3, IAM and VPC/network configuration</li>
<li>Experience with VMWare is a bonus, especially vSphere, NSX, VCF</li>
<li>Comfortable working in a fast paced, lean and deadline driven organisation.</li>
<li>Able to work under pressure and to ask for support when required</li>
<li>Ability to quickly undertake evaluation of competing products to determine which best meets the company&rsquo;s requirements</li>
<li>Able to automate complex operational and technical processes using industry standard tools</li>
<li>In-depth knowledge of cloud environments and typical technology stacks employed in then</li>
</ul>
Desirable
<ul><li>iGaming experience: Previous experience within the betting, iGaming, or real-time gaming industry is highly advantageous.</li>
<li>Microservices architecture: Experience building, deploying, and maintaining microservices and event-driven systems.</li>
<li>Data technologies: Familiarity with data platforms and services such as RabbitMQ, Kafka, Redis, or MariaDB/MySQL.</li>
<li>Monitoring tools: Experience with application performance monitoring (APM) and observability tools like Grafana or Datadog.</li>
<li>FinOps: Understanding cost management and FinOps concepts within cloud environments.</li>
</ul>
What is in it for me? 
 
We offer a variety of competitive benefits, some of which vary depending on the role you&rsquo;re recruited to. Some of what you can expect in this role includes:
<ul><li>A competitive rate of pay and pension contribution ( &pound;40,000-&pound;65,000)</li>
<li>Generous discretionary bonus schemes, incentives and competitions</li>
<li>An annual leave entitlement that increases with length of service</li>
<li>Access to an online GP 24/7, 365 days a year for you and your immediate family.</li>
<li>Employee wellbeing support through our Employee Assistance Programme</li>
<li>Enhanced Maternity &amp; Paternity Pay</li>
<li>Long Service Recognition</li>
<li>Access to a pay day savings scheme, financial coach and up to 40% of your earned wage ahead of payday, through Wagestream.</li>
</ul>
For More information, visit our https://betfredcareers.com/why-join/</div>

Platform Engineer

Data Engineer

Speechify

<div>The mission of Speechify is to make sure that reading is never a barrier to learning.

Over 50 million people use Speechify's text-to-speech products to turn whatever they're reading &ndash; PDFs, books, Google Docs, news articles, websites &ndash; into audio, so they can read faster, read more, and remember more. Speechify's text-to-speech reading products include its iOS app, Android App, Mac App, Chrome Extension, and Web App. Google recently named Speechify the Chrome Extension of the Year and Apple named Speechify its 2025 Design Award winner for Inclusivity.
Today, nearly 200 people around the globe work on Speechify in a 100% distributed setting &ndash; Speechify has no office. These include frontend and backend engineers, AI research scientists, and others from Amazon, Microsoft, and Google, leading PhD programs like Stanford, high growth startups like Stripe, Vercel, Bolt, and many founders of their own companies.

Overview

We're looking to hire for our Data side of our AI team at Speechify. This role is responsible for all aspects of data collection to support our model training operations. We are able to build high-quality datasets at petabyte-scale and low cost through a tight integration of infrastructure, engineering, and research work. We are looking for a skilled Software Engineer to join us.

What You'll Do
<ul>
<li>Be scrappy to find new sources of audio data and bring it into our ingestion pipeline</li>
<li>Operate and extend the cloud infrastructure for our ingestion pipeline, currently running on GCP and managed with Terraform.</li>
<li>Collaborate closely with our Scientists to shift the cost/throughput/quality frontier, delivering richer data at bigger scale and lower cost to power our next-generation models.</li>
<li>Collaborate with others on the AI Team and Speechify Leadership to craft the AI Team's dataset roadmap to power Speechify's next-generation consumer and enterprise products.</li>
</ul>
An Ideal Candidate Should Have
<ul>
<li>BS/MS/PhD in Computer Science or a related field.</li>
<li>5+ years of industry experience in software development.</li>
<li>Proficiency with bash/Python scripting in Linux environments</li>
<li>Proficiency in Docker and Infrastructure-as-Code concepts and professional experience with at least one major Cloud Provider (we use GCP)</li>
<li>Experience with web crawlers, large-scale data processing workflows is a plus</li>
<li>Ability to handle multiple tasks and adapt to changing priorities.</li>
<li>Strong communication skills, both written and verbal.</li>
</ul>
What we offer
<ul>
<li>A fast-growing environment where you can help shape the company and product.</li>
<li>An entrepreneurial-minded team that supports risk, intuition, and hustle.</li>
<li>A hands-off management approach so you can focus and do your best work.</li>
<li>An opportunity to make a big impact in a transformative industry.</li>
<li>Competitive salaries, a friendly and laid-back atmosphere, and a commitment to building a great asynchronous culture.</li>
<li>Opportunity to work on a life-changing product that millions of people use.</li>
<li>Build products that directly impact and support people with learning differences like dyslexia, ADD, low vision, concussions, autism, and more.</li>
<li>Work in one of the fastest-growing sectors of tech, the intersection of artificial intelligence and audio.</li>
</ul>
Think you're a good fit for this job?

Tell us more about yourself and why you're interested in the role when you apply.
 
And don't forget to include links to your portfolio and LinkedIn.

Not looking but know someone who would make a great fit?

Refer them!

Speechify is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace.

Speechify does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status.</div>

Software Engineer, Data Infrastructure & Acquisition - Manchester, United Kingdom

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