Senior Platform Engineer
CompanyEncompass Corporation
Location
Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
Employment TypeFull-time
Posted At5/26/2026
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£54,700
(£28.05 per hour)
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Description
Department: Engineering
Location: Glasgow
Description
Encompass enables fast, accurate identity validation and verification of corporate customers, and a gold standard approach to KYC. Our award-winning corporate digital identity (CDI) platform incorporates real-time data and documents from authoritative global public data sources and private customer information, to create and maintain digital risk profiles.
Utilizing the expertise of a global transformation team of KYC and banking industry experts, as well as strategic data, technology and consulting partnerships, enables seamless integration of Encompass into existing workflows and systems. With Encompass the world’s leading banks improve customer experience and increase business opportunities through consistent regulatory compliance and risk mitigation.
With offices in Amsterdam, Glasgow, London, New York, and Sydney, we are a rapidly growing international company offering a chance to be part of our success - read on if you think you’re up for the challenge
About The Role
We’re building a modern Platform Engineering team focused on creating self-service, scalable platforms that empower developers and accelerate delivery. This isn’t about “doing DevOps” for others; it’s about engineering resilient systems, improving developer experience, and enabling teams through automation and architecture.
As a Senior Platform Engineer, you’ll lead the design, implementation, and evolution of complex infrastructure projects that power our engineering teams and products. You’ll drive large-scale initiatives independently, mentor others, and shape the future of our platform strategy. Success isn’t measured by uptime alone; it’s about adoption, developer satisfaction, and reducing cognitive load.
What You’ll Do· Architect and lead complex platform projects from design to deployment.
Location: Glasgow
Description
Encompass enables fast, accurate identity validation and verification of corporate customers, and a gold standard approach to KYC. Our award-winning corporate digital identity (CDI) platform incorporates real-time data and documents from authoritative global public data sources and private customer information, to create and maintain digital risk profiles.
Utilizing the expertise of a global transformation team of KYC and banking industry experts, as well as strategic data, technology and consulting partnerships, enables seamless integration of Encompass into existing workflows and systems. With Encompass the world’s leading banks improve customer experience and increase business opportunities through consistent regulatory compliance and risk mitigation.
With offices in Amsterdam, Glasgow, London, New York, and Sydney, we are a rapidly growing international company offering a chance to be part of our success - read on if you think you’re up for the challenge
About The Role
We’re building a modern Platform Engineering team focused on creating self-service, scalable platforms that empower developers and accelerate delivery. This isn’t about “doing DevOps” for others; it’s about engineering resilient systems, improving developer experience, and enabling teams through automation and architecture.
As a Senior Platform Engineer, you’ll lead the design, implementation, and evolution of complex infrastructure projects that power our engineering teams and products. You’ll drive large-scale initiatives independently, mentor others, and shape the future of our platform strategy. Success isn’t measured by uptime alone; it’s about adoption, developer satisfaction, and reducing cognitive load.
What You’ll Do· Architect and lead complex platform projects from design to deployment.
- Enable engineering teams with robust CI/CD capabilities through reusable patterns, automation, and security-first practices.
- Deep expertise in CI/CD, automation, and pipeline architecture.
- Mastery of IaC tools (e.g., Terraform, Pulumi) and config management (e.g., Ansible, Chef).
- Strong AWS architecture skills and cost optimisation strategies
- Advanced containerization and orchestration experience (Docker, Kubernetes, etc.).
- Proficiency in observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, OpenTelemetry).
- Security-first mindset with hands-on experience in access control, encryption, and incident response.
- Solid networking knowledge - protocols, routing, firewalls, and cloud networking.
- Experience integrating and optimizing software delivery ecosystems (Git, Artifactory, Jenkins) as part of a cohesive platform strategy.
- Strong scripting and automation skills (Python, Bash, Go, etc.).
- Proven leadership, mentoring, and stakeholder communication skills.
- A knack for solving hard problems and making systems better.
We offer a rewarding and challenging place to work, a transparent and collaborative culture and a well rounded benefits package. Below are some of what we currently offer:
- Participation in our industry leading share options scheme
- Private Medical Plan
- 20 days a year Work From Anywhere policy for all staff
- Flexible-first working policy
- Enhanced annual, personal and parental leave schemes.
- Paid volunteering leave programme
- Employer recognition and employee assistance programmes
We are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued and empowered to thrive. We welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds, regardless of race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability, religion, or any other protected characteristic.
If you require any adjustments during the recruitment process to ensure an equitable experience, please let us know.
Join us in creating an environment where everyone can contribute their best work.
- Please note, we are not looking for agency assistance on these roles and will not accept any speculative CVs shared.