Full-Time
Platform Engineer - Developer Experience
OakNorth Bank
501-1,000 employees
Delivers tailored senior debt finance
No salary listed
Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India
Hybrid
 DevOps & Infrastructure (1) |
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- Have 4+ years of experience building developer tooling and internal platforms, such as self-service systems, CLI tools, SDKs, or internal APIs, and iterating on them based on feedback and real-world usage to measurably improve developer productivity.
- Think AI-first when designing solutions and consider automation through agents, workflows, LLMs, AI code generation, and intelligent automation as building blocks rather than novelties.
- Use AI tools daily to accelerate work, including coding, debugging, reviews, or documentation.
- Have strong end-to-end knowledge of the software development lifecycle, from discovery and planning through coding, testing, deployment and operations, and apply that understanding to automate, streamline, and improve the entire flow.
- Be passionate about continuous integration and delivery and release automation, with experience building or significantly improving build systems and deployment pipelines and managing dependencies so engineers can ship continuously.
- Measure success in developer productivity using frameworks like DORA, Core 4 or SPACE, and track metrics such as onboarding time to first commit, cycle time, and automation effectiveness.
- Understand the value of great documentation and onboarding, having built or championed AI-automated documentation, self-updating runbooks, or knowledge-sharing systems that are actually used.
- Be comfortable working in a regulated environment and understand that speed must be balanced with safety, with appropriate guardrails, audit trails, and compliance awareness.
- Embrace DevOps culture by owning end-to-end deployment, monitoring, and fixes of what you build, rather than waiting for others.
- Operate with clear opinions on how developer experience should work while remaining open to feedback and adaptation when evidence suggests otherwise.
- Communicate clearly across distributed teams, writing excellent documentation and maintaining transparency across multiple time zones.
- Build developer tooling and internal platforms, including self-service systems, CLI tools, software development kits, or internal application programming interfaces, iterating on them based on feedback and real-world usage to measurably improve developer productivity.
- Design AI-first solutions, focusing on automation through agents and workflows, leveraging large language models, AI code generation, and intelligent automation as core building blocks.
- Leverage daily AI tools to accelerate work across coding, debugging, reviews, or documentation.
- Demonstrate strong end-to-end knowledge of the software development lifecycle and apply that understanding to automate, streamline, and improve the entire flow from discovery to operations.
- Lead or contribute to continuous integration/continuous deployment and release automation efforts, building or significantly improving build systems and deployment pipelines and managing dependencies to enable continuous shipping.
- Define and track developer productivity metrics using frameworks such as DORA, Core 4 or SPACE, including onboarding time to first commit and cycle time, and measure automation effectiveness.
- Develop and promote documentation and onboarding strategies, including AI-automated documentation, self-updating runbooks, and knowledge-sharing systems that are actually used.
- Operate effectively in a regulated financial services environment with appropriate guardrails, audit trails, and compliance awareness.
- Adopt a DevOps mindset, taking end-to-end ownership of deployments, monitoring, and fixes for what you build.
- Maintain strong, constructive opinions on how developer experience should work while staying adaptable in light of evidence.
- Communicate clearly with distributed teams, producing high-quality documentation and ensuring transparency across time zones.
- Experience working in a fintech, bank, or other regulated business.
- Experience building or customizing developer portals (e.g., Backstage or similar service catalogues).
- Experience integrating tools like GitHub Copilot, large language model APIs, or AI-powered code review into engineering workflows.
- Experience with AI-powered risk detection, intelligent test generation, or AI-assisted code review at scale.
OakNorth provides tailored lending and savings services in the UK. It specializes in senior debt finance for ambitious businesses, including property developers and hospitality ventures, offering fast, flexible loans from small sums to tens of millions of pounds and can support management buyouts. Its products work by delivering loans in days or weeks rather than months, using data-driven underwriting and close collaboration with private equity firms, sponsors, and business owners. In addition to lending, OakNorth offers savings accounts to individuals, with customer deposits supporting local business expansion. The company differentiates itself through speed, customized debt structures, a focus on senior debt for ambitious growth, and a strong customer-delight mindset, aiming to help businesses scale quickly while fostering community impact. Its goal is to fuel business growth and community development in the UK by providing accessible capital and trusted savings options.
Company Size
501-1,000
Company Stage
Grant
Total Funding
$15.8M
Headquarters
London, United Kingdom
Founded
2015
Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- US lending surpassed $1B in 2025, overtaking UK portfolio by mid-2027.
- £223M pre-tax profit in 2025 with £2.8B originations, 40% from US.
- Acquired Community Unity Bank in March 2025 to expand US operations.
What critics are saying
- Private credit giants Ares Management erode UK portfolio dominance within 12 months.
- US CRE loans face 20-30% valuation losses from office vacancies by 2027.
- UK FCA stricter capital rules force loan book contraction by mid-2027.
What makes OakNorth Bank unique
- OakNorth targets underserved $1m-$100m revenue businesses with data-driven lending.
- OakNorth delivers loans in days using analytics for lower mid-market segment.
- OakNorth maintains top 1% global credit metrics across economic cycles.
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