Platform Engineer - hybrid

Blue Light Card. Individually great, together unstoppable

The Role and the Team

We have an exciting opportunity for a Platform Engineer to join our Engineering team at Blue Light Card. In this role, youll design, build, and maintain scalable, reliable, and secure cloud infrastructure that supports our engineering teams. Youll drive the adoption of Dev Ops practices, automate processes, and ensure operational excellence while contributing to our Engineering Community of Practice.

Working collaboratively across teams, youll play a pivotal role in enabling the efficient delivery of high-quality software solutions. Youll also have the chance to innovate by building proof of concepts, troubleshooting complex issues, and influencing our technical direction. This role offers the opportunity to stay hands-on with cutting-edge tools and technologies while fostering a culture of collaboration and continuous improvement.

What Youll Do

• Automate infrastructure by building and maintaining Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using tools like Terraform or Cloud Formation and developing robust CI/CD pipelines

• Ensure reliability by implementing monitoring, alerting and logging systems to proactively identify and resolve issues and enhance system reliability and uptime

• Design scalable solutions by architecting and managing cloud-based infrastructure that meets reliability, security and scalability requirements

• Collaborate across teams by partnering with stakeholders to align platform solutions with delivery needs and non-functional requirements

• Support operational excellence by developing and participating in incident response efforts and participating in an on-call rota to ensure seamless system operations

• Innovate and optimise by evaluating new technologies, improving system performance and implementing cost-efficient solutions to maximise value

• Enhance security by implementing and monitoring best practices to ensure compliance with security and regulatory standards

• Drive Dev Ops practices by advocating for continuous integration, continuous delivery and automation to streamline software delivery and system management

What Youll Bring

• Extensive experience as a platform engineer with AWS services including EC2, S3, IAM, VPC, and Lambda, demonstrating strong cloud infrastructure knowledge

• Proven ability to utilise Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform and configuration management tools like Ansible to manage and scale systems effectively

• Hands-on experience with CI/CD tools such as Git Hub Actions to automate build, test, and deployment processes, ensuring efficient workflows

• Strong expertise in monitoring and logging tools such as Grafana and Datadog to maintain system reliability and performance

• Familiarity with networking concepts including VPNs, firewalls, DNS, and load balancing to support resilient infrastructure solutions

• Proficiency in scripting languages like Bash or Python for developing automation solutions and optimising processes

• A dedication to fostering collaboration, driving continuous improvement, and promoting knowledge sharing across teams

• Significant experience in agile, fast-paced environments, delivering impactful solutions across marketplace, affiliate, and eCommerce platforms, and consistently contributing to organisational growth and success

Our Culture

Our mission is simple make heroes happy. Our members are the real-life heroes who keep us all safe, cared for, and thriving. Its what gets us up in the morning and pushes us to go further, think bigger, and create something that truly matters. By focusing on their happiness, we create amazing experiences, deliver unrivalled discounts, innovative products, and world-class service.

We dont just follow the usual path - we look for smarter, bolder ways to deliver real impact. We take ownership, move fast, and work shoulder to shoulder to build something special.

Were committed to building a diverse and inclusive team where everyone feels they belong. Different perspectives and experiences help us grow, innovate, and better reflect the communities we serve.

We promote hybrid working, and value in-person collaboration so encourage time in our offices, where you can make the most of our fully stocked snack drawers either the HQ in Leicestershire, or London, Holborn office. The frequency and office location will vary depending on the role and team. We aim to be flexible, but we arent able to offer fully remote working.

What We Offer

• Hybrid working

• 25 days plus public holidays, buy and sell and an additional day off for your birthday

• A company bonus scheme

• Great social events e.g., Christmas party, family fun day, summer party, sports matches

• Learning and development opportunities

• Group auto-enrolment pension plan

• Enhanced maternity, paternity, sick pay

• Company funded private medical insurance

• Healthcare cashback plan

• Employee assistance programme (including mental health support)

• Modern office space with onsite gym including access to free HIIT & stretch classes, games area, chill-out areas,…