Software engineer in internal developer platforms

Yalla is bp’s Internal Developer Platform (IDP), built on Kubernetes. It is a core part of our strategy to improve developer productivity and standardisation. As a Staff Engineer on the Yalla team, you’ll be at the intersection of software engineering and infrastructure—helping shape how developers across bp build, deploy, and operate software at scale.

• Lead technical direction for the Yalla platform, setting standards for architecture, design, and operations.
• Partner with the head of engineering to guide the team’s priorities, ensuring alignment with bp’s strategy.
• Mentor and coach engineers, providing guidance on coding practices, design reviews, and operational standards.
• Design and build platform capabilities that make developers more productive, secure, and efficient.
• Write high-quality, production-ready code in languages such as .NET, Python, Java, or Go (and be comfortable picking up new ones).
• Develop REST APIs and associated unit tests, applying low-level design principles and key design patterns.
• Troubleshoot and debug issues across infrastructure, networking, and Kubernetes using Linux systems and tooling.
• Automate toil and build self-service workflows for developers, applying SRE and platform engineering practices.
• Design with observability in mind, ensuring platform systems are reliable, and transparent.

• Strong coding ability; can tackle data structures & algorithms problems fluently.
• Skilled in API development and low-level code design.
• Knowledge of design patterns and ability to apply them in real-world systems.
• Ability to design and implement a robust testing strategy.
• Understanding of infrastructure and network design, including common failure modes.
• Experience identifying engineering toil and automating solutions.
• Strong knowledge of Kubernetes internals (scheduling, networking, controllers, orchestration).
• Skilled at debugging infra, networking, and Kubernetes issues using Linux tools.
• Deep understanding of the three pillars of observability (metrics, logs, traces) and monitoring systems.
• Proven ability to set technical vision and influence roadmaps at the team or platform level.
• Experience leading engineers through complex design discussions and trade-offs.
• Ability to inspire, mentor, and grow team members while fostering a culture of collaboration and excellence.
• Comfortable representing the team with senior stakeholders and driving cross-team alignment.
• Будет плюсом: Experience being on-call and handling live production incidents; Hands-on with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Crossplane, Pulumi, etc.); Experience building Kubernetes operators, controllers, or custom tooling; Exposure to cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP)

• At bp, we support our people to grow in a diverse and exciting environment. We believe that our team is strengthened by diversity.
• There are many aspects of our employees’ lives that are meaningful, so we offer benefits to enable your work to fit with your life. These benefits can include flexible working options, a generous paid parental leave policy, excellent retirement benefits, among others!
• Up to 10% travel should be expected with this role
• This role is not eligible for relocation
• This position is a hybrid of office/remote working