Cognism is the leading provider of European B2B data and sales intelligence. Ambitious businesses of every size use our platform to discover, connect, and engage with qualified decision-makers faster and close more deals. Headquartered in London with global offices, Cognism’s contact data and contextual signals are trusted by thousands of revenue teams to eliminate the guesswork from prospecting.
About Cognism
Cognism is Europe's leading B2B Sales Intelligence platform, helping thousands of revenue teams make better commercial decisions through trusted, compliant and high-quality data. As part of our engineering transformation, we are building a strategic Warsaw Engineering Hub that will become one of Cognism's two primary technology centres.
About the Role
As a Senior Platform Engineer / SRE, you will build and operate the cloud platform that enables Cognism engineering teams to deliver software safely, reliably and at scale. You will work at the intersection of cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes, developer experience, automation and operational excellence. This is a hands-on engineering role where reliability is treated as a product and automation is the default approach.
What You'll Do
- Design, build and continuously improve Cognism's cloud platform running on AWS.
- Develop Infrastructure as Code using modern automation practices.
- Build and maintain Kubernetes platforms supporting engineering teams globally.
- Improve deployment pipelines, CI/CD workflows and developer productivity.
- Drive observability through monitoring, logging, alerting and distributed tracing.
- Participate in incident response, root cause analysis and reliability improvements.
- Partner with Engineering, Security and Architecture teams to improve platform resilience.
- Identify opportunities for cloud optimisation and FinOps improvements.
- Promote AI-assisted engineering practices for infrastructure and operations.
Technology Environment
- AWS (EC2, EKS, IAM, VPC, RDS, S3 and supporting services)
- Kubernetes and Docker
- Terraform / Infrastructure as Code
- GitHub Actions or equivalent CI/CD tooling
- Observability platforms (Grafana, Prometheus, CloudWatch, OpenTelemetry)
- Linux and networking fundamentals
What Success Looks Like
- Engineering teams deploy software faster with greater confidence.
- Platform reliability and availability continue to improve.
- Operational toil is reduced through automation.
- Cloud costs are optimised without compromising reliability.
- Platform standards are adopted consistently across engineering teams.
Required Experience
- 5+ years in Platform Engineering, SRE or DevOps.
- Hands-on AWS experience in production environments.
- Strong Kubernetes administration and troubleshooting skills.
- Experience building CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation.
- Infrastructure as Code using Terraform or equivalent.
- Experience operating production systems with high availability requirements.
- Strong scripting or programming skills (Python, Go, Bash or similar).
- Excellent communication skills and fluent English.
Nice to Have
- Kafka or distributed event streaming platforms.
- Service Mesh technologies.
- FinOps experience.
- Security hardening of cloud platforms.
- Experience with AI-powered engineering tools such as Claude Code, Cursor or GitHub Copilot.
At Cognism, we’re not just building a company - we’re building an inclusive community of brilliant, diverse people who support, challenge, and inspire each other every day. If you’re looking for a place where your work truly makes an impact, you’re in the right spot!
Our values aren’t just words on a page—they guide how we work, how we treat each other, and how we grow together. They shape our culture, drive our success, and ensure that everyone feels valued, heard, and empowered to do their best work.
Here’s what we stand for:
🤝 We Own the Outcome Together.
🤓 We Deeply Understand our Customers.
🏆 We Celebrate Impact Wherever It Comes From.
At Cognism, we are committed to fostering an inclusive, diverse, and supportive workplace. We welcome applications from individuals typically underrepresented in tech, so if this role excites you but you’re unsure if you meet every requirement, we encourage you to apply!
Skills Required
- 5+ years of experience in Platform Engineering, SRE, or DevOps
- Hands-on AWS experience in production environments
- Strong Kubernetes administration and troubleshooting skills
- Experience building CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation
- Infrastructure as Code experience using Terraform or equivalent
- Experience operating production systems with high availability requirements
- Strong scripting or programming skills in Python, Go, Bash, or similar
- Excellent communication skills and fluent English
- Kafka or distributed event streaming platform experience
- Service Mesh technology experience
- FinOps experience
- Experience with security hardening of cloud platforms
- Experience with AI-powered engineering tools such as Claude Code, Cursor, or GitHub Copilot
Cognism Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Cognism and has not been reviewed or approved by Cognism.
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Fair & Transparent Compensation — Sales compensation for SDR and AE roles is considered broadly in line with market norms, with on‑target earnings seen as attainable for strong performers. Role and location specifics suggest UK SDR pay is near market, enabling reasonable earnings for performers.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Annual leave is presented as generous, with an extra day off for birthdays and region‑specific policies. This positions time off as a meaningful part of the core package.
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Parental & Family Support — Maternity and paternity packages are highlighted as “excellent,” with details varying by country. This points to an emphasis on family support in the offering.
Cognism Insights
What We Do
Cognism is a leader in international sales intelligence, setting a new standard for data quality and compliance, trusted by 1800+ revenue teams worldwide. Cognism helps businesses find, engage and close their dream prospects by providing premium company and contact information, including firmographics, technographics, sales trigger events, intent data, verified business emails and phone-verified mobile numbers. Next level GDPR & CCPA compliance, combined with innovative technology and integrations with leading CRM and sales engagement partners, make Cognism the number one choice for businesses looking to create a predictable pipeline, find their next best business opportunity and overcome global compliance barriers.
