Platform Engineer
TLDR
Drive innovation and enhance the reliability, performance, and scalability of Farfetch's technology through a DevOps approach and collaboration with engineering teams.
Design, develop, implement, and manage cloud-native infrastructure and tooling that empowers our development teams.
Contribute to building self-service capabilities, abstracting complex infrastructure layers, and promoting engineering autonomy.
Operate and maintain a wide range of infrastructure components, including Linux and Kubernetes-based systems, using automated processes and pipelines.
Contribute to our culture of continuous improvement by identifying opportunities for increased scalability, cost efficiency, and reliability.
Collaborate closely with other engineering teams to understand their needs and provide solutions that accelerate their productivity.
Graduated or higher in Computer Science or a related technical discipline, or have equivalent practical experience.
A strong interest in designing, analyzing, and troubleshooting large-scale distributed systems.
Ability to develop using programming languages such as Python or Golang.
Familiar with the principles of the software development lifecycle and the concepts of infrastructure-as-code.
Familiar with CI/CD pipelines and comfortable working with related tools/technologies (e.g. Jenkins, Git, ArgoCD).
Hands-on experience with containerized environments and container orchestration technologies like Docker and Kubernetes.
A strong interest in one or more of the following domains:
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Cloud Infrastructure: Provisioning and Configuration Management (e.g., Azure, Terraform, Saltstack)
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Networking: Traffic Management, Load Balancing, CDN, and DNS (e.g., HAProxy, Kong, CloudFlare, Firewall)
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Software Development Lifecycle: Automating builds, tests, and deployments (e.g., Jenkins, ArgoCD, Artifactory)
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Have a security-first mindset and an interest in compliance achievement.
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Proactive, creative, and a great team player.
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Good written and verbal English communication skills.
Benefits
Health Insurance
Health insurance for the whole family, flexible working environment and well-being support and tools
Learning Budget
Training opportunities
Flexible benefits program
Paid Time Off
Extra days off, sabbatical program and days for you to give back for the community
Farfetch operates a global marketplace that connects customers in over 190 countries with luxury fashion items from more than 1,400 brands and boutiques. By bridging the gap between established designers and emerging talents, it offers a unique shopping experience for fashion enthusiasts looking for high-quality, stylish products.
- Founded
- Founded 2008
- Employees
- 500+ employees
- Industry
- Internet Software & Services
- Total raised
- $950M raised