Overview

Level: 4-5

Role Type: Permanent or Contract

Location: Hybrid - work on site in our London office 3x/wk

The Mission

Our platform is at the cutting edge of life sciences automation. It already saves lives — and now we’re scaling it globally. That means delivering not just backend and cloud infra, but also secure, automated, self-service Windows environments that allow our teams and customers to move faster at scale.

We’re looking for a Staff Platform Engineer who can bring deep expertise in Windows automation and global deployment — building platforms where provisioning, security, and management are frictionless and automated from day one.

The Role

As a Staff Platform Engineer (Windows), you’ll be a hands-on contributor and a technical leader for all things Windows provisioning, management, and deployment. You’ll design and implement automation-first solutions that enable self-service provisioning, application delivery, and global scale deployments with low overhead.

You’ll work across engineering, security, and product teams to ensure Windows environments are reliable, compliant, and scalable — while also lightweight and automated to fit a startup/scale-up environment.

What You’ll Do

• Automate Everything: Design and build automated provisioning + deployment pipelines for Windows environments.
• Self-Serve Platforms: Create platforms for engineers and teams to provision and manage applications or custom solutions independently.
• Security & Compliance: Embed security, identity, and compliance into automation (policy enforcement, patching, endpoint protection).
• Scale Globally: Deliver systems that work at global scale, from cloud-hosted to hybrid deployments.
• Greenfield to Production: Evolve solutions iteratively — starting lean, delivering fast, and scaling seamlessly.
• Collaborate Across Functions: Partner with engineers, product, and security to align platform goals with product outcomes.

What You Bring

• Strong expertise in Windows automation (PowerShell, Desired State Configuration (DSC), WinRM).
• Experience with self-service deployment platforms (SCCM, Intune, MDT, Group Policy, or similar).
• Proven ability to automate application deployment + custom solution delivery at scale.
• Hands-on experience with cloud + hybrid environments (AWS, Azure, GCP).
• Knowledge of security and compliance for Windows platforms (AD, Kerberos, identity management, patch automation).
• Experience running Windows deployments in product/platform environments, with modularity and global scale in mind.
• Startup/scaleup DNA: comfortable iterating quickly, automating as default, and keeping solutions lightweight.
• Familiarity with modern identity and access solutions (Okta, Authentik, AAD).

Nice to Have

• Experience with IaC tools for Windows (Terraform with Windows providers, Ansible with Windows modules).
• Exposure to containerised Windows environments (Windows Server containers in Kubernetes or Docker).
• Exposure to IoT or hybrid edge + Windows deployments.

Why Join Us

• Shape the Windows automation backbone of a global platform that directly impacts human health.
• Build self-service, secure, automated systems that let teams move faster at scale.
• Join a senior, high-calibre engineering team working closely with product, design, and data.
• Hybrid working: 3 days in our London office, balanced with flexibility.
• Competitive package, plus the opportunity to do career-defining, meaningful work.

If you’re a staff-level platform engineer who thrives on Windows automation, security, and scale — and want your work to have global impact — this is your role.

UK Team Benefits

• Vitality Health Insurance: Private healthcare that incentivises a healthy lifestyle
• Eye Care: Get your eyes tested once a year on us!
• Salary Sacrifice - EV: Sacrifice some of your monthly salary in exchange for a company car, provided by your Employer
• Salary Sacrifice - Bike & Tech: Sacrifice some of your monthly salary in exchange for bike and tech products, provided by your Employer
• Wellbeing & Support: Support for both your physical and mental health
• Wellbeing & Development Allowance: Invest in your own well-being, personal growth, and hobbies
• Spill & Employee Assistance Programme: Access the therapy for you and your family through Spill
• Additional Leave: Time off for dependents, "Me days", and volunteering days off
• Pension Scheme: Plan for retirement with NEST
• Group Life & Critical Illness cover: Life insurance - for a piece of mind
• Birthday: Time off for your Birthday

We are an equal-opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. Discrimination of any kind based on race, colour, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, or veteran status is strictly prohibited.