Senior Platform Engineer
Listed on 2026-02-13
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IT/Tech
Cloud Computing, Data Engineer
Overview
Join a team at the heart of the global economy! The Department for Business and Trade (DBT) offers an exciting opportunity for Senior Platform Engineers to work on critical platforms that support how digital services are built and operated across the organisation. You will contribute to scaling a major AWS global product platform and provide development teams with the tools they need to build, deploy and operate services effectively.
£63,824 - £83,778 (dependant on location) plus 29% pension contribution and other excellent Civil Service benefits. Flexible, hybrid working from 7 UK locations.
About DBT
The Department for Business and Trade (DBT) is the department for economic growth. The Government Digital and Data (GDaD) directorate develops and operates tools and services to support businesses to invest, grow and export, creating jobs and opportunities across the country.
Our role
DBT have now successfully completed the migration of DBT services from PaaS to a new developer platform in AWS. Now, they're entering the next phase: evolving this platform into a full Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) offering.
Are you ready to help shape the future of digital delivery at DBT?
We're looking for Platform Engineers to help DBT build the most performant, secure and feature-rich hosting environment possible, one that puts developer experience front and centre. This is your chance to be part of something transformative, where your work will directly impact how digital services are built and run across government.
If you would like to find out more about the role, the Platform Engineering team and what it's like to work at DBT, we are holding a Hiring Manager Q&A session for this role where you can virtually 'meet the team' on Tuesday 17th February at 12:30pm.
Follow application page for instructions to book your virtual seat.
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