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DevOps and Platform Recruitment

Specialist DevOps and platform recruiters working across the US, UK, EU and UAE.

Trusted by tech teams from start-ups to globally recognised brands

  • eBay
  • Ocado
  • Sainsbury's
  • Bose
  • LexisNexis
  • Entain
  • babylon
  • Paymentsense
  • FNZ
  • Auto1
  • Synthace
  • PokerStars
  • eConsult
  • Lloyds Pharmacy
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Overview

How Consortia recruits DevOps and platform engineers

We recruit DevOps engineers, platform engineers, cloud engineers and site reliability engineers (SREs), for companies from start-ups to FTSE 100s.

We know this community well, which helps us reach engineers who are not looking. We cover AWS, Azure and GCP, on permanent and contract terms, for single hires and whole teams.

Many of the roles we fill are for a single engineer with a lot of ownership. They run the infrastructure, keep it reliable and make most decisions without much oversight. Hiring managers often hope that person will lead a team later. So we ask candidates how they work on their own, and whether they have guided other engineers.

Then the practical detail. Have they run AWS, Terraform and Docker in live environments? Kubernetes, if the brief needs it? Have they worked under SOC 2 or ISO 27001? Cloud experience often carries from one provider to another, and where a gap is small enough to learn, we tell the client.

We share the top of the salary band on the first call, because pay is where these conversations most often come apart. We also ask whether someone wants permanent or contract work. Many experienced DevOps engineers are open to either. We recruit across the UK, Europe, the US and the UAE.

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Salary guide

DevOps and Platform salaries

These ranges reflect what employers are advertising right now. Accepted offers can look different. Speak to a consultant about what's actually getting accepted.

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Candidates

Engineering candidates available now

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  • PermanentActive

    Senior Product Engineer

    Media, publishing and broadcast

    United Kingdom · Hybrid · £120,000

    Senior Product Engineer (Backend & Platform focussed) with 9+ years’ experience across MarTech, Media and SaaS, combining hands-on development with architecture and technical leadership. Strong in TypeScript, Node.js, Python, AWS, Docker and Terraform, with experience building multi-tenant analytics platforms, backend APIs and cloud-based processing systems end-to-end. Has led engineering teams, owned cloud architecture and delivered infrastructure modernisation projects that improved performance, reliability and reduced costs. Previously managed a 9-person engineering team as a hands-on Technology Director, remaining actively involved in coding, system design and product delivery.

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  • ContractActive

    Senior Product Engineer

    Technology and software

    United Kingdom · Hybrid · £750 a day

    Senior Product Engineer / Forward Deployed Engineer with 11+ years’ experience building end-to-end products across eCommerce, automotive, logistics and AI. Frontend-leaning Full Stack Engineer with strong hands-on, AI-native development experience, working with TypeScript, JavaScript, Node.js, Vue, React, SQL and PostgreSQL. Has architected and built large-scale eCommerce platforms, logistics and operational management systems, improving business efficiency, scalability and customer experience. More recently focused on building AI-powered customer-facing products and multi-agent development workflows, combining strong technical ownership with a commercial product mindset and experience delivering solutions from concept through to production.

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  • PermanentActive

    Senior Product Engineer

    Technology and software

    United Kingdom · Hybrid · £120,000

    Senior Product Engineer with 10 years’ experience delivering scalable products across cybersecurity, financial services, SaaS and AdTech. Strong in Go, React, TypeScript, Node.js, PostgreSQL and ClickHouse, with experience building real-time integrations, event-driven systems, analytics platforms and customer-facing applications. Has led the development of new products from scratch, improved platform performance and scalability, and delivered commercially successful SaaS features, alongside strengthening automated testing and engineering quality. Brings strong end-to-end product ownership, from technical architecture and backend development through to frontend delivery, with a focus on building reliable products that solve real customer problems.

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  • PermanentActive

    Product Engineer - Backend

    E-commerce and retail

    United Kingdom · £110,000

    Senior Backend-focused Product Engineer with 12+ years’ experience, combining hands-on engineering with a strong product mindset and end-to-end ownership, including experience as a dedicated Technical Product Manager. Strong in Python, FastAPI, PHP/Laravel, PostgreSQL, OpenSearch, AWS and Kubernetes, with experience leading complex search platform migrations, architecting marketplace pricing and automation services, and improving system performance and infrastructure efficiency. Has also built eCommerce subscription platforms from scratch, including payments, APIs and internal tooling. Brings experience in a small marketplace scale-up alongside technical leadership, architecture and delivering products from concept through to production.

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  • PermanentActive

    Senior Product Engineer

    Fintech and payments

    United Kingdom · Hybrid · £120,000

    Senior Product Engineer with 8+ years’ experience building end-to-end products across FinTech, Web3, SaaS and digital marketplaces, alongside startup experience helping early-stage founders take MVPs from concept to production. Strong in TypeScript, Node.js, Next.js, NestJS, Go and AWS, with hands-on experience across frontend, backend, architecture and deployment. Has led the development of blockchain-based platforms, built digital marketplace infrastructure supporting large user bases and delivered complex data migrations and customer-facing SaaS products. More recently focused on banking and payment integrations, with a strong product mindset and experience shaping technical direction, translating business requirements into working products and owning delivery end to end.

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FAQs

Frequently asked questions

What is the difference between DevOps, platform and site reliability engineers?

The roles overlap. DevOps engineers typically automate how software is built, tested and released. Platform engineers build the internal tools and platforms other teams ship on. Site reliability engineers focus on keeping live systems reliable, using monitoring, incident response and service level targets. Many job titles mix all three, so we look at what the role will actually own.

Should we look for someone from a development or an infrastructure background?

It depends on the job. Engineers from a development background often suit platform work, developer tooling and automation written as software. Engineers from an infrastructure background often bring deeper networking, systems and reliability experience. Both can be excellent. Knowing which the role leans towards helps us put the right people in front of you.

Do we need engineers certified in AWS, Azure or GCP?

Certifications show some training, but hands-on experience in your cloud matters more. Strong engineers can move between cloud providers, especially if they know infrastructure as code tools such as Terraform. Some clients and partners require certifications, so it is worth including them only where they are really needed.

Should DevOps and platform roles be permanent or contract?

Contract works well for defined pieces of work, such as a cloud migration or introducing a new platform. Cloud and DevOps specialists are among the most requested contractors for exactly that reason. Permanent hires suit ongoing ownership of reliability and platforms, where knowing the systems well over time matters.

How do I start working with Consortia?

Clients can get in touch to discuss a brief, and candidates are welcome to register their interest. The quickest route is our contact page or a call to +44 203 397 4565, and one of our consultants will pick things up from there.

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