Staff Platform Engineer

Vodafone · London, United Kingdom · 17d ago

Staff / Lead / PrincipalOn-siteDevOps, SRE & Infrastructure

Who we are

VOIS (Vodafone Intelligent Solutions) is a strategic arm of Vodafone Group Plc, creating value for customers by delivering intelligent solutions through Talent, Technology & Transformation.
As the largest shared services organisation in the global telco industry with 30,000 FTE, our portfolio of next-generation solutions and services are designed in partnership with customers across Vodafone Group, local markets, and partner markets to simplify and drive growth. With our strategic partner Accenture, we work alongside our Vodafone customers, other Telco and tech companies to drive transformation, meet the challenges of our industry and ensure we stay relevant and resilient. This partnership is a unique, industry-first model which brings together the best of in-house and 3rd party capability.
We work with customers across 28 countries from 10 VOIS locations: Albania, Egypt, Hungary, India, Romania, Spain, Turkey, UK, Germany, Ireland, and with a network of teams in Czech Republic, Italy, Greece, and Portugal.
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About this Role

We are seeking a Staff Platform Engineer to provide hands-on technical leadership for an AI-native Internal Developer Platform. This role focuses on enabling engineering and product teams to build, deploy, and operate software safely and efficiently at scale.
The individual will lead the delivery of self-service platform capabilities and AI-assisted engineering workflows, helping to reduce complexity, embed governance by design, and enhance reliability, developer experience, and delivery performance across teams.

What you’ll do

Contribute to and evolve the technical roadmap for the Internal Developer Platform, treating it as a product with clear adoption and performance outcomes.
Design and implement self-service capabilities, reusable golden paths, and standardised service templates for efficient software delivery.
Provide technical direction across platform domains including compute, Kubernetes, networking, secrets management, observability, CI/CD, and infrastructure as code.
Enable AI-assisted engineering workflows to enhance productivity, automate routine activities, and improve decision-making.
Embed governance, security, and compliance controls through policy-as-code and auditable platform practices.
Improve platform reliability through SLOs, observability frameworks, resilience engineering, and incident-driven improvements.
Collaborate with product, engineering, security, and architecture teams to translate business needs into scalable platform solutions.
Promote engineering excellence through automation, standardisation, and efficiency-driven practices, including FinOps awareness.
Mentor engineers, review technical designs, and support continuous improvement through documentation and knowledge sharing.

Who you are

Experienced in designing and operating internal developer platforms, cloud-native systems, or distributed architectures in complex organisations.
Skilled at identifying and prioritising high-impact technical challenges aligned to platform strategy and business outcomes.
Demonstrates strong technical expertise across cloud platforms, Kubernetes, infrastructure as code, CI/CD, observability, networking, and security.
Proficient in at least one modern programming language such as Python, Go, or Java, with experience building platform tools or APIs.
Familiar with AI-assisted engineering approaches, including automation and intelligent operational support.
Capable of defining and improving technical quality at scale, simplifying systems, and reducing risk.
Knowledgeable in platform-as-a-product principles, including developer experience and adoption measurement.
Experienced in defining SLOs, monitoring solutions, alerting strategies, and incident management practices.
Able to influence across teams, mentor colleagues, and translate technical vision into practical outcomes.
Comfortable working with ambiguity, making trade-offs, and driving alignment on complex decisions.
Committed to mentoring others and fostering inclusive, high-quality technical environments.

Not a perfect fit?

Concerned you may not meet every requirement? Vodafone is committed to creating an inclusive workplace where everyone can thrive. If you are excited about this role but your experience does not align exactly with every aspect of the job description, you are encouraged to apply. You may be the right candidate for this or another opportunity, and the recruitment team will support you in exploring where your skills fit best.

What's in it for you

Opportunity to shape and scale a modern AI-native Internal Developer Platform within a global organisation.
Exposure to cutting-edge technologies across cloud, platform engineering, and AI-driven development.
A collaborative environment that encourages innovation, experimentation, and continuous improvement.
Opportunities to influence engineering practices and standards across multiple teams and domains.
Professional growth through mentoring, cross-functional collaboration, and strategic technical contributions.

What skills you will learn

Advanced platform engineering and platform-as-a-product practices at enterprise scale.
Implementation of AI-assisted development workflows and intelligent automation.
Expertise in resilience engineering, observability design, and reliability optimisation.
Strong stakeholder engagement and influencing skills across complex technical environments.
Enhancing technical leadership, mentoring, and coaching capabilities.

VOIS Equal Opportunity Employer Commitment

Vodafone recognises and celebrates the value of diversity in building a workforce that reflects the customers and communities it serves. No form of discrimination is tolerated. This includes, but is not limited to, discrimination based on race, colour, age, veteran status, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, pregnancy, maternity or parental status, ethnicity, disability, religion or belief, political affiliation, trade union membership, nationality, citizenship, indigenous status, medical condition, HIV status, neurodiversity, social origin, cultural background, marital or civil partnership status, or socio-economic background.

Join Us

At Vodafone, we’re working hard to build a better future. A more connected, inclusive and sustainable world. As a dynamic global community, it's our human spirit, together with technology, that empowers us to achieve this.
We challenge and innovate in order to connect people, businesses, and communities across the world. Delighting our customers and earning their loyalty drive us, and we experiment, learn fast and get it done, together.
With us, you can truly be yourself and belong, share inspiration, embrace new opportunities, thrive, and make a real difference.

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