Principal Platform Engineer

Xact Placements
Full-time Reading, England Other-General
Posted:
March 02, 2026
Location:
Reading, England, United-Kingdom

Job Description

| High-Growth Cybersecurity Scale-Up | Fully Remote (UK based)

An opportunity to join a fast-growing, research-led cybersecurity scale-up trusted by global enterprise customers. Backed by strong funding and industry recognition, the business is scaling its platform globally and is looking for an experienced Principal Platform Engineer to help lead that growth.

As a Principal Platform Engineer, you’ll be a senior technical leader responsible for designing, scaling and optimising large-scale infrastructure. You’ll work closely with engineering leadership to ensure systems are resilient, observable and built for global scale.

What you’ll be doing

  • Designing and evolving distributed, multi-region infrastructure
  • Solving complex scaling, reliability and performance challenges
  • Driving DevOps performance across deployment, availability and recovery
  • Improving observability, fault tolerance and operational maturity...
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    Job Overview

    Job Type: Full-time
    Location: Reading, United-Kingdom
    Posted: March 02, 2026
    Deadline: April 11, 2026