Platform Engineer

Job Description

Join evaluagent's scaling Technology & Engineering Team as our next Platform Engineer! Are you passionate about shaping the future of SaaS products? If so, we want you to be part of our exciting journey.

About Us:

We're evaluagent, a remote, UK-based tech scale-up with a global footprint, serving esteemed brands like Samsung, Ubisoft, First Central, and Vitality Health. Following a $20m Series A funding round in 2023, along with more funding in our plans, we're poised for exponential growth.

Overview:

Due to our ongoing growth, we are looking for a skilled and enthusiastic Platform Engineer to join our product-engineering team. Acting as an experienced developer in this pivotal role, you will not only support our team with your expertise but also lead the development of key product functions and features. You'll have the chance to shape the back-end development of our application, architecting key features, and advising on the latest technology choices.

Salary - Up to £60,000, based on your previous experience
Location - Home based in the UK
Type - Full-time, 40 hours, Permanent
Reports to - Lead Engineer
Direct reports - N/A

Key Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with engineering teams to deliver new features and non-functional requirements.
• Working closely with cross-functional teams, including product management, engineering, and DevOps, to ensure our platform is scalable, reliable, and secure.
• Monitor, troubleshoot, and implement solutions to ensure our platform’s high availability and performance.
• Develop and champion platform best practices.
• Work closely with product managers, developers, and customer success teams to understand integration needs and align them with our business goals.
• Design and develop APIs, connectors, and middleware to facilitate smooth data exchange between our solutions and third-party systems.
• Architect new database structures and relationships.
• Ensure data security and compliance standards when handling sensitive information during development processes.
• Collaborate with QA teams to test and validate solutions, ensuring reliability, performance, and data accuracy.
• Document development processes and provide technical documentation to support internal teams and clients.
• Stay current with industry trends, emerging technologies, and best practices in software development.

About you:

Our ideal candidate will have:

• A deep understanding of software architecture and design patterns.
• Experience in building and scaling complex SaaS products.
• Highly proven experience in PHP engineering, preferably a minimum of 5 years and in a B2B SaaS environment
• Strong proficiency in PHP and Laravel, or a widely adopted MVC framework (e.g., Symfony).
• Experience with Agile development methodologies, particularly Scrum.
• Ability to write code with performance and scalability in mind.

Not required, but a bonus if you have:

• Experience with API development and RESTful services.
• Solid understanding of API authentication, security protocols, and data privacy considerations.
• Good understanding of MySQL best practices and performance.
• Familiarity with NoSQL technologies.

Perks of the job:

💰 Salary: Up to £60,000 based on your previous experience.

💰 Enhance your earnings potential with our Performance Related Pay and also Share Options that are available after one year of service. Your dedication will be rewarded with financial benefits and a stake in our company's success.

🏠 Home-Based Working: Everyone works remotely at evaluagent.

🕒 Flexible Working Hours: Support for flexible working hours to accommodate a healthy work-life balance.

💼 Co-Working Allowance: Use your co-working allowance to work from a co-working space if you fancy a change of scenery.

💡 Home Working Allowance: We pay a home working allowance towards Wifi and electricity.

💰 Pensions Contribution (Evaluagent will contribute 5%)

💼 Income Protection for long term sickness and Life Insurance

🎉 Two Company Meet-Ups Per Year and quarterly Team Meet-Ups in the UK

🩺 Private Health Insurance with Vitality - Support for when you need it the most, including mental health support and therapy. Earn rewards towards free Nero coffee, smart watches, cinema tickets, reduced gym memberships and more.

🗓️ 25 days holiday plus bank holidays - Plus your Birthday off, and the option to buy an extra 3 days.

🏝 Working Abroad - Work from anywhere for up to 6 weeks at a time, over 120 days (incl. holiday days).

📚 Growth and Development - Supported bespoke Personal Development plan with dedicated L&D days. You will receive regular coaching and mentoring from experts across the business.

❤️ Volunteer Day - Spend the day making a difference in your community.

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Enhanced Family Leave - For Maternity, Paternity, and Adoption.

ED&I at EvaluAgent

We are committed to employing the best people with the right experience and qualifications for the role. We provide equal opportunities for all our candidates and employees and do not discriminate on any factors such as gender, race, ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, religion, belief, or disability. When applying, please let us know of any accessibility requirements you may have for your interviews and we will do our best to accommodate.

Application Closing Date

This role operates on a rolling interview process, meaning we will be conducting interviews until we extend an offer. As a result, candidates may progress through the interview stages at varying paces.

Ready to make an impact? Apply now to join our fully-remote and flexible team! 🚀