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We are building a talent pipeline ahead of anticipated demand and are keen to connect with strong Senior and Lead Cloud Platform Engineers for future opportunities.\nRole Overview\nWe are seeking an experienced Cloud Platform Engineer to join our platform engineering team. This is a hands-on role focused on designing, building, operating, and continuously improving cloud-native platforms that enable development teams to deliver reliable, scalable, and secure applications.\nThe successful candidate will combine deep expertise in Kubernetes, cloud infrastructure, automation, and DevOps practices with a strong operational mindset. They will be responsible for maintaining the health and evolution of containerised workloads, enhancing developer experience, and driving improvements across infrastructure, deployment pipelines, and platform services.\nAt the Lead level, this role also combines that hands-on expertise with team leadership, stakeholder engagement, and delivery planning. 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That means flexibility over rigid rules, impact over activity, and real investment in your growth both professionally and personally. You’ll be part of a supportive, and friendly culture, surrounded by smart, curious people who care deeply about what they do.\nWe offer flexible working, including hybrid and remote options. Our office hubs are located in Edinburgh, Leeds, Manchester, London and Bulgaria, with occasional travel to client sites or CreateFuture offices when needed.\nWe trust you to manage your time balancing collaboration with client time and focused work. What matters is the impact you have, not how busy you look.\nOur hiring process\nWe try to keep our hiring process clear, fair and respectful of your time. We aim to get back to everyone who applies and we will be upfront about where you are in the process.\nIt usually looks like this:\nCall with our Talent Acquisition Team \nRole specific capability interview \nDepending on the role, we might also ask you to do a short presentation, a practical or technical task or have a values focused conversation. We will explain what is involved before anything happens.\nInclusion at CreateFuture \nWe believe diverse teams build better workplaces and better products. We want CreateFuture to be a place where people feel able to be themselves and do their best work.\nIf you need any adjustments or support during the application process, just. 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