Job description
Job details
- Location: London, UK
- Work mode: Onsite
- Employment type: Full-time (Not an internship)
- Salary: GBP 92,163 per year
Role overview
Wise is hiring a Senior Platform Engineer I to join their Database Platform team in London, UK. This senior-level, full-time position focuses on building and operating high-scale database infrastructure using Python and automation. You'll develop the internal database platform that powers approximately 1,000 database instances across multiple environments, providing "Databases as a Service" to hundreds of engineers globally. The role offers £92,163 per year and is based onsite in London.
Job details
This is a full-time, onsite position located in London, UK. The salary is £92,163 GBP per year. You'll work on critical infrastructure systems, designing automation, observability, and tooling that enable Wise's engineering teams to run databases at scale. The role requires strong platform thinking, experience with database operations, and proficiency in Python for building internal developer platforms.
Responsibilities
- Design and build internal database platform serving ~1,000 instances globally
- Develop automation and tooling for database provisioning and operations
- Implement observability solutions for large-scale database infrastructure
- Provide Databases as a Service to hundreds of internal engineers
- Operate and maintain critical database systems across multiple environments
Requirements
- 4-7 years of experience in platform or infrastructure engineering
- Strong Python programming skills for automation and tooling
- Experience managing databases at scale in production environments
- Knowledge of database operations, monitoring, and observability practices
- Platform thinking mindset with focus on developer experience
Benefits
- Work on high-impact infrastructure at global scale
- Competitive salary of £92,163 per year
- Shape database strategy for a leading fintech company