Job Description

About the role:

At Holland & Barrett, we're empowering customers to live happier, healthier lives by becoming the leading partner in global wellness. Technology is at the heart of this journey -- helping us scale, personalise, and modernise how we deliver health and wellness to millions across our digital and



Are you passionate about empowering developers and scaling modern infrastructure? Join our dedicated Platform Engineering team and help build the foundation that powers our products and services.



As a Platform Engineer, you'll work at the heart of our technology ecosystem -- enabling development teams to move faster, build securely, and deliver with confidence. You'll collaborate closely with engineers across the organization, improve platform tooling, and drive best practices in cloud-native infrastructure.

What You'll Be Doing:

Partner with software engineering teams to support onboarding, integration, and troubleshooting of shared platform tools and services Continuously enhance the developer experience through improved tooling, clear documentation, and proactive enablement Provide hands-on support across teams, resolving platform-related issues and guiding engineers in the effective use of cloud-native systems Maintain and evolve our platform infrastructure, including patching, upgrades, and operational support Design, build, and maintain reusable infrastructure components across AWS and Kubernetes environments Automate infrastructure provisioning and lifecycle management using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools like Terraform and Crossplane Implement security and compliance controls across infrastructure, ensuring governance and best practices are in place Develop and refine observability frameworks using tools such as Grafana, CloudWatch, Datadog, and OpenTelemetry retail platforms.

Key requirements:

Proficiency in

GoLang

, with practical experience in building production-grade automation or tooling Deep hands-on experience with

Kubernetes (EKS)

, including real-world operations and workload management Strong understanding of

AWS services

-- including EC2, IAM, VPC, S3, and CloudWatch Experience deploying and managing Kubernetes applications using

Helm

Proficient with

Terraform

and/or

Crossplane

for Infrastructure as Code Familiarity with observability tools such as

Datadog

,

Grafana

,

CloudWatch

, or

OpenTelemetry

Strong understanding of

security governance

, including IAM policies, Kubernetes RBAC, and least privilege access controls Experience working on a dedicated platform team, supporting developer onboarding, enablement, and issue resolution

Bonus Points (Nice to Have)

Experience with

ArgoCD

or

Ansible

Knowledge of

service mesh

technologies like Istio or Linkerd Exposure to

multi-cloud

or

hybrid-cloud

environments

Why Join Us?

You'll be part of a team that values engineering excellence and collaboration. We believe that great infrastructure empowers great innovation -- and we're building the tools and systems to make that happen. If you love solving complex technical challenges and enabling others to thrive, we'd love to hear from you.

Apply now

and help us shape the future of our platform.

What we offer:

Pension company contribution = 3%

Incentive scheme up to 10% of annual salary

, based on company performance. Your wellbeing is paramount so you can get away and take

33 Days Holiday per year

.

Learning and Development opportunity

with Holland & Barrett is a great base for career development long term.

Private Medical Care

(Self after 1 year)

Career progression.

Refer and Earn Scheme

- as we're growing you can earn money by referring people to join us from your network.

Epic Extras

gives you access to exclusive benefits, free advice and savings from a range of retailers and providers.

Stay healthy with Discounted Products

- from day one you'll get a 25% discount (on top of other promotions) when you shop at H&B on anything that you buy. We all need a little help sometimes, so weoffer

Free 24/7 Confidential Advice & Colleague Welfare

.

Mental Health First Aiders

- we have lots of qualified Mental Health First Aiders because its all about your health & wellbeing. Stay active in the

Onsite Gym

at our Nuneaton Hub! We have

colleague Reward and Recognition Schemes

, so your hard work and loyalty won't go unnoticed. And many more!

Our culture respects equality, values diversity and encourages individuality - because this allows our people to unlock their potential and be their best. We welcome everyone who shares our EPIC values regardless of background, culture, disability, ethnicity, gender identity or sexual orientation


Holland & Barrett does not accept unsolicited resumes from search firms/recruiters. Please do not forward resumes to our job alias, employees, or any other company location. Holland & Barrett is not and will not be responsible for any fees if a candidate submitted by a search firm/recruiter unless otherwise agreed with respect to specific open position(s).

Division:

Technology

City:

London

Country:

UK

Job Type:

Full Time

Number of Hours:

37.5

Contract Type:

Permanent

Closing Date:

31 July 2025