BGR Lead Platform Engineer

At Costa Coffee, we are what we craft. We’re reimagining coffee experiences in over 50 countries and counting, as a key part of the Coca-Cola System. Whether you get your coffee in a store, from a machine, at home, or on the go – we’ve got you covered.

We want to bethe leaders in new technology that transforms coffee experiences. At the heart of this is our coffee technology hub in Sofia, developing fresh solutions and reimagining the future of coffee to make greatness every day.

We also want to help you grow in your career through amazing experiences, ourapprenticeship scheme, and development programmes. At Costa, you can go beyond the day-to-day.

And as aLead Platform Engineeryou’ll help make greatness every day too.

So, why Costa?

We're a global coffee brand with bold plans and some pretty brilliant perks to sweeten the deal:

• Life, Accident & Disability Insurance
• Healthcare Benefits for you and your dependents
• Preferential rates on a Multisport Card for you and the family

We’re passionate about being a great place to work, where you can bring your real self into our mix. We firmly support diversity, equity and inclusion, and continue to work with our teams to shape the future of our culture and values: Disciplined to Deliver, Passion for Progress, Win with Warmth, Courage to Challenge and Trusted Team Players.

To learn more about our Bulgaria hub, our roles, and Costa Coffee, head to our careers site here:https://bit.ly/bulgariahub.

What you’ll do

Being aLead Platform Engineeris your chance to join our exciting hub in Sofia - which means you’ll :

• Ownplatform health andengineering executionacross our AWS-based backend.
• Set direction for CI/CD, automation, and quality practices, enabling teams to deliver safely and at pace.
• Providetechnical leadership and coaching to backend teams, improving delivery predictability, time-to-value, andraising engineering standards across our UK and international markets.

Who you are

It’s your unique ingredients we’re interested in:

• Strong prior hands-on experience with AWS-based backend systems, and a clear understanding of how to design, run, and evolve them at scale.
• Deep knowledge ofoperating live production systems, including observability, alerting and incident response.
• A quality-first mindset, with practical experience ofquality engineering practices, automation strategies, and shift-left approaches.

Base Salary: 42,952 - 59,059 EUR

Base pay offered may vary depending on geography, job-related knowledge, experience and skills.

Location – Sofia – Hybrid

The role will be hybrid model with the expectation of being in the Sofia office 2-3 days per week as required. Some international travel may also be required occasionally to UK.

For any reasonable adjustments and general queries, please get in touch with Costa.Recruitment@costacoffee.com