SubSea Craft Limited
Platform Engineer
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Platform Engineer
Platform Engineer – CI/CD & Automation Specialist
Salary: £40,000–£60,000 (DOE) Position: Full-time | Permanent
About the Company
SubSea Craft is a fast-growing, UK-based maritime technology company, specialising in next-generation, high-performance watercraft and systems. We operate at the intersection of advanced engineering, cutting-edge design, and user-centric innovation, delivering safe, effective, and enabling solutions for both commercial and defence applications.
What We Offer
Core Benefits
- Annual Leave: 25 days + bank holidays
- Wellbeing Day: Additional day to focus on personal health and wellbeing
- Private Healthcare: Comprehensive physical and mental wellbeing coverage
- Life Assurance & Critical Illness Cover: £4x salary life assurance + critical illness protection
- Family Leave: Enhanced maternity/paternity pay
- Christmas Shutdown: Typical Christmas break
Professional Growth
- Training & Development: Access to LinkedIn Learning and career development programmes
- Flexible Working: Opportunities to support work-life balance
- Pension Scheme: Salary sacrifice option available
- Inclusive Culture: Professional, diverse, and collaborative environment
Role Overview
We are seeking a talented Platform Engineer to design, manage, and enhance our software infrastructure workflows, focusing on CI/CD pipelines, automation tools, and hardware-software integration. If you are passionate about automation, reliability, and bridging software and hardware systems, we would love to welcome you to our team.
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Key Responsibilities
- Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines for rapid software development with quick feedback loops
- Create and refine internal tools to automate and streamline development processes
- Manage software deployment, testing, and validation across environments
- Conduct hardware bench testing, configuration, and integration with CI/CD pipelines
- Deploy and oversee physical servers as needed
- Collaborate closely with software and engineering teams to ensure timely delivery of software and documentation
Full Requirements
Essential Qualifications & Experience
✅ Degree in Computer Science/Software Engineering (or equivalent experience) ✅ 2+ years’ experience with CI/CD systems (preferably GitLab) ✅ Hands-on CI/CD pipeline development ✅ Expertise in containerisation (Podman/Docker) ✅ Ubuntu/Debian Linux (or transferable knowledge from other distributions) ✅ Python 3 proficiency ✅ Fast learner with a collaborative mindset
Desirable Skills & Extras
🔹 Advanced C++ (C++14+) 🔹 Automation tooling (Ansible, Bash scripting) 🔹 Mobile robotics experience (e.g., ROS2) 🔹 Virtualisation (vSphere) 🔹 Orchestration (e.g., Kubernetes) 🔹 Networking & security awareness 🔹 Web server deployment (Apache/NGINX) 🔹 Basic electronics knowledge 🔹 Agile methodology application 🔹 Proactive, self-motivated mindset
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Security Note
Due to the nature of work, the selected candidate must meet security requirements including:
- Right to live and work in the UK
- Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS)
- UK National Security Clearance may be required for certain roles
What We Expect From You
- Teamwork & Collaboration – We thrive on mutual respect, initiative, and shared responsibility
- Integrity & Honesty – Core to our professional culture
- Business & Commercial Awareness – Understanding our industry and mission
- Agility & Continuous Learning – Embracing growth and adaptability
Our Commitment to Inclusivity & Equality
We are dedicated to fostering a diverse, inclusive workplace where everyone can thrive. If you require any support or accommodations to apply, please let us know.
Next Steps
- Security Checks: All offers are conditional on DBS, driving licence, and reference checks
- Criminal Records: Considered holistically in the candidate assessment process
- Volume Response: Due to high applicants, we will respond only to shortlisted candidates within 14 days
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