Contract Senior Platform Engineer - Remote

Overview

As a Contract Senior Platform Engineer at YLD, you’ll be part of a client team building innovative products in a remote-first consultancy.

In Short

• Contract employment type for 6 months with potential for extension.
• Remote work, EU-based, GMT timezone.
• Focus on cloud and platform infrastructure, primarily AWS.
• Manage and improve key platform services including GitHub and New Relic.
• Support applications built with Node.js and TypeScript.
• Deploy and manage infrastructure using Terraform.
• Define and validate observability strategy.
• Enhance monitoring with New Relic and AWS CloudWatch.
• Work in a fast-paced engineering environment.
• Collaborate effectively in a team-oriented setting.

Requirements

• Strong hands-on AWS experience.
• Experience with infrastructure automation, Terraform preferred.
• Solid understanding of observability and monitoring.
• Familiarity with New Relic and CloudWatch.
• Azure experience is a plus.
• Self-motivated and proactive.
• Good communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Detail-oriented and adaptable.
• Analytical and problem-solving oriented.
• Believer in diversity and fairness.

Benefits

• Work with a forward-thinking and ethical team.
• Opportunity for skill development in a fast-moving business.