Principal Platform Engineer

DarkSkope

📍 colchester, colchester, United-Kingdom

Full-time Other-General Posted June 14, 2026

Job Description

Role Overview

We are looking for a senior-level Platform Engineer to help shape and scale the next phase of our engineering and platform capability.


This role is focused on building a secure, reliable, developer-friendly platform function that enables engineering teams to deliver quickly and safely. The successful candidate will initially operate as a hands-on senior technical contributor while helping define the foundations of a future platform engineering capability within the organisation.


Over time, this role is expected to evolve into a broader platform leadership position (Head of Platform) as the company and engineering organisation scales.


This is not a traditional “ops support” role. The focus is on platform enablement, automation, operational maturity, resilience, and improving developer experience across engineering delivery.


The role will contribute directly to the scalability and operational ...