Senior Platform Engineer

Entity:
Innovation & Engineering
Job Family Group:
IT&S Group
Job Summary:
bp’s Innovation & Engineering (I&E) organization is the central organization for all software and platform development. We build all the technology that powers bp’s businesses, from upstream energy production to downstream energy delivery to our customers. We have a variety of teams depending on your areas of interest, including infrastructure and backend services through to customer-facing web and native applications. We encourage our teams to adapt quickly by using native AWS and Azure services, including serverless, and enable them to pick the best technology for a given problem. This is meant to empower our software and Platform Engineers while allowing them to learn and develop themselves.
Job Description:
Responsibilities
As a Senior Platform Engineer, you will be responsible for designing, building, and maintaining the software infrastructure and services that powers our technology platforms. In this role, you will provide technical leadership of junior engineers to ensure that the platform is highly available, scalable, and secure. You will also be responsible for developing features, improving the platform's performance, and providing technical support to other teams.
Design and document sophisticated software components, services, and platforms
Implement robust and maintainable code with clear and maintained documentation
Deliver customer value in iterative fashion while working towards longer term systems to solve roadmap goals with increasing efficiency
Serve as a technical lead and own projects end-to-end
Communicate status and changes to the work they are responsible and accountable for, keep all stakeholders informed of changes and updates to original plan
Design test automation on all code implemented through unit testing and integration testing
Work with internal and external teams to bring new platforms to market
Maintain and enhance software frameworks for development
Serve as a technical mentor for other engineers on the team
Participate in code reviews and contribute to the development of best practices
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to identify and resolve platform-related issues
Support internal and external audit teams to prepare for and participate in security, software licensing, and regulatory audits, ensuring that all necessary documentation and evidence is available and accurate
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to implement new controls and procedures to address identified compliance gaps or risks
Technical Skills we need from you
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Computer Information Systems or equivalent work experience
Skillful in the ability to adapt to new technologies and processes, and be able to work independently and as part of a team
Skillful in problem-solving, with the ability to analyze complex problems, identify root causes and develop creative and effective solutions
Excellent communication skills and ability to communicate with your peers through to senior leaders. You should be able to engage and influence others to collect requirements, describe what you’re doing, work through problems, and find productive solutions
Self-starter, able to handle ambiguity, navigate uncertainty, identify risks, and find the right people and tools to get the job done
Software Skills
Skillful in C# programming, specializing in developing cross-platform solutions that are efficient and scalable
Skillful in Python scripting, with a strong emphasis on leveraging dynamic languages for automation
Skillful in writing secure, stable, testable, and maintainable code with minimal defects
Skillful in systems design
Experience in software development, with a focus on platform or service engineering
Skillful in software engineering practices & best practices for full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, continuous deployments, testing, and operations
Skillful in designing and building complex software systems end-to-end which have been optimally delivered and operated in production. You should understand security and privacy best practices as well as how to properly monitor, log, and alarm production systems
Infrastructure Skills
Skillful in building and scaling infrastructure services using Amazon Web Services or Microsoft Azure
Skillful in the understanding of using core cloud application infrastructure services including identity platforms, networking, storage, databases, containers, and serverless
Skillful in troubleshooting large-scale distributed production systems
Experience of working on production systems. You’ll have supported these production systems through on-call rotations
Database Skills
Skillful knowledge of databases, such as relational, graph, document, and key-value
Skillful ability in data modeling and database design
Skillful in SQL
Skills that set you apart
Possess a passion for mentoring and coaching engineers in both technical and soft skills
Travel Requirement
No travel is expected with this role
Relocation Assistance:
This role is not eligible for relocation
Remote Type:
This position is a hybrid of office/remote working
Skills:
Agility core practices, Agility core practices, Analytics, API and platform design, Business Analysis, Cloud Platforms, Coaching, Collaboration, Configuration management and release, Continuous deployment and release, Data Structures and Algorithms, Digital Project Management, Documentation and knowledge sharing, Facilitation, Information Security, iOS and Android development, Mentoring, Metrics definition and instrumentation, NoSql data modelling, Relational Data Modelling, Risk Management, Scripting, Service operations and resiliency, Software Design and Development, Source control and code management {+ 4 more}
Legal Disclaimer:
We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, socioeconomic status, neurodiversity/neurocognitive functioning, veteran status or disability status. Individuals with disabilities may request a reasonable accommodation related to bp’s recruiting process (e.g., accessing the job application, completing required assessments, participating in telephone screenings or interviews, etc.). If you would like to request an accommodation related to the recruitment process, please contact us to request accommodations.
If you are selected for a position and depending upon your role, your employment may be contingent upon adherence to local policy. This may include pre-placement drug screening, medical review of physical fitness for the role, and background checks.