Junior Platform Engineer

Ready for a challenge?

Then Just Eat Takeaway.com might be the place for you. We’re a leading global online delivery platform, and our vision is to empower everyday convenience.

Whether it’s a Friday-night feast, a post-gym poke bowl, or grabbing some groceries, our tech platform connects tens of millions of customers with hundreds of thousands of restaurant, grocery and convenience partners across the globe.

About this role

We are looking for a motivated Junior Platform Engineer to join our Core Platform Services team, which builds and maintains the foundational infrastructure that powers our applications. You’ll get hands-on experience with Kubernetes, Docker, Vault, cloud services, and automation tools, while learning from senior engineers who are passionate about building reliable, scalable systems.

This is a great opportunity for someone early in their career who wants to grow into a strong platform or DevOps engineer.

These are some of the key components to the position:

• Support the team in managing and maintaining our Kubernetes-based infrastructure.
• Work with Docker to containerize and manage applications.
• Assist in managing HashiCorp Vault for secrets management and security.
• Help automate workflows, deployments, and monitoring using CI/CD and scripting.
• Participate in troubleshooting and resolving platform-related issues.
• Contribute to documentation, runbooks, and process improvements.
• Learn and grow by collaborating with experienced platform engineers.

What will you bring to the team?

• Basic understanding of Linux systems.
• Exposure to containers (Docker) and awareness of orchestration tools like Kubernetes.
• Interest in cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure) and infrastructure as code.
• Awareness of secrets management concepts (Vault or similar tools is a plus).
• Familiarity with Git/GitHub and CI/CD pipelines.
• Strong problem-solving mindset and eagerness to learn.
• Good communication skills and willingness to work in a collaborative team environment.

At JET, this is how we play

Our teams forge connections internally and work with some of the best-known brands on the planet, giving us truly international impact in a dynamic environment.

Being the best at what we do isn’t just about delivering on our strategy. It's a competition for something incredibly valuable – our customers' choice. Every time a customer decides where to order, they're picking a side.

At the heart of the JET Customer League are our values and behaviours. They guide every interaction, every decision, every innovation. These are the actions we need to perform consistently and brilliantly, to surpass the competition and earn our customers’ loyalty, again and again.

Fun, fast-paced and supportive, the JET culture is about movement, growth, helping one another to succeed and celebrating wins. By truly living our values and embodying our behaviours, we’re building a customer-first culture which enables us to stay one step ahead of the competition.