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title: 'Senior Platform Engineer - London at Skyral Group'
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# Senior Platform Engineer - London at Skyral Group

- **Company:** Skyral Group
- **Location:** London, United Kingdom
- **Work type:** hybrid
- **Posted:** 2026-08-06
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-07
- **Apply:** https://jobs.lever.co/skyralio/e78137fb-2a81-4431-b51a-56e79fa8f207

## Job description

Senior Platform Engineer - London We Are Skyral:

We believe every decision maker can be empowered by technology. Skyral combines AI, leading edge simulation technology and world class expertise to transform the decision making experience. Our products and services enable faster and more confident decisions in a complex, unforgiving world. We deploy practical, intuitive and efficient solutions to governments and enterprises, delivering outstanding outcomes at the speed of relevance.

## What We Do

The Production Engineering team owns the foundation of Skyral’s Core platform, providing services and infrastructure to deploy our platform in any environment: whether on the public cloud or a highly secure air-gapped network. We provide a reliable base for other engineering teams to build customer solutions on top of. Our team also owns the software delivery lifecycle at Skyral, reducing friction for other engineers by providing tooling, setting patterns and creating automations. What You’ll Be Responsible For: Owning complex platform initiatives end to end, from extending our Core platform to supporting customer solutions. Settingcompany-wide technical direction, shaping our roadmap and building golden paths engineers enjoy following. Mentoring engineers across the company, lifting the bar through review, pairing and sharing knowledge. Improving our developer tooling and automation (reusable GitHub Actions, GitOps workflows, Terraform modules, Backstage and more) to make every engineer more productive. Running and maintaining reusable components that package common open-source tools (e.g. Grafana, Istio, CloudNativePG) for teams to deploy in any environment. Baking security into the platform through secure-by-default infrastructure, compliance audits and close work with our security engineer. What We Are Looking For: A strong software engineering foundation, with significant experience building tooling and services in Go or Python. Deep expertise in infrastructure and tooling practices, including Infrastructure as Code (ideally Terraform), CI/CD (we use GitHub Actions) and GitOps (for example, ArgoCD). Hands-on experience building scalable, reusable infrastructure on a major cloud platform (GCP or AWS). Experience deploying to on-prem environments is a bonus. Proficiency with Kubernetes, from building and operating services to managing cloud-vendored clusters. A production mindset, with experience improving reliability of production environments through observability, incident response and alerting. Note: Please feel empowered to apply for this position, even if you think you may only align with some of the qualities listed above. Your unique skills and perspectives could be just what we’re looking for. What We Can Offer You:

🌴 Unlimited Paid Holiday - we value and support the need to maintain a strong work-life balance.

🏡 Hybrid Working - we understand that a one-size-fits all approach doesn’t suit everyone.

⏰ Flexible Working Hours -  We’re not bound by the 9-to-5 model. Collaborate with your manager on determining a work schedule that suits you.

🍼 Enhanced Parental Leave - we’re proud to offer 26 weeks maternity leave and 4 weeks paternity leave at full pay.

🏥 Private Medical & Dental Insurance - offered through Bupa.

💲Honest about Compensation - We maintain a well defined salary range which a member of the Talent Team will discuss with you during the first call.

☕ Healthy Snacks & Drinks Provided - If you decide to come into the office, we have a range of snacks and drinks for you to enjoy.

At Skyral, we are committed to fostering a culture of diversity, equality and inclusion. We also ensure that individuals with disabilities have access to reasonable adjustments. If you require such accommodations during the job application process we ask that you inform a member of our Talent Team. We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses and identifying potential inconsistencies or verification signals in application materials based on available information. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.

## About Skyral Group

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Skyral Group builds advanced modelling, simulation, and AI-powered decision-support systems for enterprise, defence, and national security customers.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Series A) – total funding $20M
- **Headquarters**: London, England, United Kingdom
- **Founded**: Year not publicly available (company states “over a decade” of history)
- **Founders**: Jason Kennedy (CEO), Naomi Hulme (CEO – Skyral Defence & Government), Nick Blair (Executive Chairman)

## Core Business
- **Primary industry/industries**: Defence & National Security, Enterprise Software, AI-Driven Simulation
- **Target customers**: Western governments, defence organisations, and large enterprises facing high-stakes, complex decision-making challenges
- **Mission**: “Every decision maker can be empowered by technology” – putting people in the ideal position to make the best decisions based on both knowns and unknowns.

## Products & Services
- **Decision Support Systems**: AI-fused, simulation-based tools that help users test and refine choices in digital environments before acting in the real world.
- **Digital Twins**: Real-time digital representations of complex scenarios (e.g. military operations, unstable markets) for strategy testing and risk mitigation.
- **Modelling & Simulation Suite**: Modular, open, and interoperable software that integrates with existing systems; covers data fusion, AI/ML, and scenario modelling.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed (private company)
- **Key Metric**: Total funding $20M (Series A led by NOIA Capital, announced July 2025)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: NOIA Capital (lead), plus one prior corporate round investor
- **Growth Signals**: Active contracts with Western governments and enterprises; headcount ~50 employees (down ~24% YoY, though company maintains active hiring with 3 open roles); high LinkedIn follower growth (+26.5% YoY); team includes alumni from Google, Amazon, Goldman Sachs, Palantir, elite military units, and Formula 1

## Competitive Advantages
- Deep domain expertise in defence and national security – “we are experts in selling to governments and hold multiple production contracts”
- Technology built for security and extensibility – modular, open, interoperable design allows rapid deployment with low disruption
- Partnership model rather than vendor – they work as “technology partners” who understand customer challenges first-hand

## Strategic Focus
- Continue to expand modelling & simulation footprint across Western governments and allied nations
- Apply core technology to commercial enterprise markets (e.g. digital twins for unstable markets)
- Build on Series A funding to scale team, product, and customer delivery

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: “Radical and pioneering” company with a focus on mission-driven impact (preservation of security, prosperity, freedom). Diverse, high-calibre team.
- **Hybrid/Remote**: Minimum 2 days/week in the central London office; flexible scheduling with manager approval.
- **Perks & Benefits**: Unlimited paid holiday; enhanced parental leave (26 weeks full-pay maternity, 4 weeks paternity); private medical & dental insurance; company pension; employee assistance programme; dog-friendly office; company swag.
- **Engineering Culture**: Emphasis on problem-solving, innovation through iteration, and working on the “most important mission”. Technical stack includes AI, simulation, data fusion, and secure system design.

## Sources
1. [LinkedIn](https://linkedin.com/company/skyral)
2. [Skyral – Our Story](https://www.skyral.com/our-story/)
3. [Skyral – Our People](https://www.skyral.com/our-people/)
4. [Skyral – Join Us](https://www.skyral.com/join-us/)
5. [Lever Job Board](https://jobs.lever.co/skyralio)

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