[Hiring] Staff Platform Engineer @RWS Group

Role Description

We’re on a journey to transform how our engineers build, deploy, and run software. Our estate spans the full spectrum, from modern cloud-native platforms to long-standing legacy systems. We are looking for a senior engineer to help build the foundations that make delivery faster, safer, and more enjoyable.

As our Staff Platform Engineer , you’ll be a senior, hands-on technical contributor who solves complex problems and helps set the direction for our engineering platforms. You’ll:

• Design and build self-service tools.
• Improve the developer experience.
• Play a key role in our shift to modern cloud practices.
• Mentor other engineers, helping them level up their skills and adopt the platforms we create.

Qualifications

• Strong hands-on expertise in GCP.
• A solid background in Terraform, Kubernetes, CI/CD, and observability.
• A track record of contributing to and delivering key components of developer platforms and self-service tools.
• A strong background in a coding language and building software, understanding how AI development harnesses might be built into shared platform capabilities.
• The ability to connect team-level technical decisions to broader platform strategy.
• A passion for mentoring, collaboration, and improving the developer experience.

Requirements

• Design, build, and maintain scalable, secure developer platforms across cloud and hybrid environments.
• Contribute to and drive the implementation of tools like Terraform to standardize infrastructure as code across teams and environments.
• Build intuitive self-service capabilities, including AI/agentic tooling, that make developers’ lives easier.
• Collaborate on modernizing legacy workloads and help teams adopt cloud-native practices.
• Mentor other engineers and collaborate with technical leads to solve complex problems.
• Contribute to improvements in speed, reliability, and cost-efficiency.

Benefits

• If you like the idea of working with smart people who are passionate about growing the value of ideas, data, and content by making sure organizations are understood, then you’ll love life at RWS.
• Our purpose is to unlock global understanding, recognizing the value of every language and culture.
• We celebrate difference, are inclusive, and believe that diversity makes us strong.
• We want every employee to grow as an individual and excel in their career.

Company Description

RWS embraces DEI and promotes equal opportunity. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind. RWS is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment.

• All employment decisions at RWS are based on business needs, job requirements, and individual qualifications, without regard to race, religion, nationality, ethnicity, sex, age, disability, or sexual orientation.
• RWS will not tolerate discrimination based on any of these characteristics.