Platform Engineer (Azure)

Job description

About Us: ClearRoute is an engineering consultancy bridging Quality Engineering, Cloud Platforms and Developer Experience. We help enterprises reliably bring high-impact digital products to market faster, cheaper, and safer, working with technology leaders facing complex business challenges. We take as much pride in our people, culture and work-life balance as we do in making better software. We’re not just making better software. We’re making the making of software better. Collaborative, entrepreneurial and dedicated to problem solving, we bring the step change our customer need to sustain innovation. Our values challenge us to do the best we can for ClearRoute, our customers and most importantly our team. This is an opportunity for you to build the organisation from the ground up, use your voice to drive change and help transform organisations and problem domains. Role: We’re hiring a talented Engineer who will initially join one of our clients core platform team, building and operating the shared platforms and tooling that support engineering across their entire organisation. You will focus on creating scalable, secure and automated infrastructure, enabling delivery teams to build, test and release software quickly and consistently. This is a hands-on role with real impact across cloud platforms, CI/CD pipelines and developer experience. Key Responsibilities: Build and maintain shared cloud platforms and services (primarily Azure) Develop reusable infrastructure and automation using Terraform and scripting Create CI/CD frameworks using tools such as GitHub Actions and Octopus Deploy Enable self-service capabilities so teams can deploy and manage workloads independently Support Kubernetes clusters, container platforms, networking and identity integrations Implement guardrails and policies to support security, compliance and scalability Maintain monitoring, logging, alerting and performance standards across the platform Identify and resolve bottlenecks in engineering workflows and deployment pipelines Work closely with engineering teams to improve tooling, reliability and speed of delivery Support incident triage, including security-related tickets Required Experience: Experience working with cloud platforms, ideally Azure Experience with infrastructure as code (Terraform preferred) Exposure to scripting (e.g. Bash or similar) Experience building or maintaining CI/CD pipelines Understanding of modern application stacks (e.g. .NET, C#, React) Experience monitoring systems, applications and cloud environments Ability to support and guide development teams on DevOps practices Desirable Experience: Familiarity with tools such as GitHub Actions, Octopus Deploy or similar Azure AI (there is some work to complete on some skills for generating terraform code, tests, consuming modules, creating diagrams / documentation) Working at ClearRoute We have grown from six founders to 200+ people across five countries in three years, and what sets us apart isn't the pace, it's how we grow. Real flexibility, in practice. We trust you to perform at your best and still have a life outside of work, with genuine hybrid working, a home office budget, an open feedback culture where your voice shapes decisions, and time off when life needs it (birthday included). When ClearRoute wins, you win. We offer profit share so success is shared, meaningful recognition for great work, and benefits that look after you and your family, including private healthcare, competitive salary benchmarking, and a confidential employee assistance program covering counselling, mental health support, and financial wellbeing. A community you'll genuinely want to be part of. Interest based communities like running and book clubs, Women in Tech group, monthly socials, and cross regional events bring people together across the company. An inclusive, collaborative culture where you don't need to conform to succeed, where people support one another and feel comfortable being themselves. Where meaningful work meets real growth. You will tackle complex, real world problems at the forefront of platform engineering, AI, security, and scalable systems. Your growth is supported by learning budgets, Udemy access, a clear career framework, internal mobility, and thought leadership opportunities that take your impact beyond ClearRoute. At ClearRoute, we believe diverse perspectives lead to better outcomes, and inclusion creates the conditions for everyone to thrive. We are proud to have built a family friendly working environment and have many employees who have caring responsibilities alongside work. We welcome applications from people who require flexibility and will be happy to discuss needs on an individual basis. We are committed to fostering a culture where all team members feel respected, supported, and empowered to do their best work. We celebrate individuality and our differences and understand that some differences may mean that you require changes made to the interview process. We are happy to cater to your needs to make the interview accessible, if this is something you require please let us know by emailing us at