Why Joining Syntasso Matters for Your Career

By joining us, you'll become a pivotal part of our innovative journey, shaping the future of Kratix, our platform-building framework. Your role will involve:

• Innovative product development: Using your knowledge of platforms and their users and feedback from our customers to further develop our product
• Working with potential clients: Working with potential to showcase the product and how much value it can add to their business
• Close collaboration with Syntasso customers: Offering support to ensure seamless Kratix adoption
• You'll also have the opportunity to make a lasting impact on the Platform Engineering community in your unique way—whether it's through insightful blogs, prestigious conference speaking engagements, or active engagement with fellow professionals

Qualifications for Success

• Collaborative Spirit: Demonstrated ability to work effectively within a team, contributing to a positive and productive work environment through strong communication and teamwork skills such as pairing.
• Dynamic Learning: Enthusiasm for working in a dynamic and learning-driven environment, even when faced with ambiguity.
• We value a strong desire to learn. While experience with every technology listed and other complex technologies is a plus, it's not required from day one. What matters most is your enthusiasm to acquire new skills and grow with us.

• Navigate Complex Systems: Proven ability to navigate complex distributed systems through relevant work experience; experience building and supporting complex software products is an advantage
• Language Proficiency: Proficiency in Golang
• Hands-on experience in crafting and managing platforms using Kubernetes; experience with public cloud services, CNCF technologies, or the HashiCorp stack is useful

Interview Process

Thoughtful Interview Process: Our interview process is designed to be inclusive and thorough, comprising several stages:

• Open conversation with our in-house recruiter, Rekha
• Technical and values based conversation with our Engineering Manager, Shane, and/or our CTO, Chris
• A remote coding exercise with one of our senior engineers
• An opportunity to meet our team in person at our office, covering an architecture discussions, a pairing exercise and time to get to know the team and find out about life at Syntasso

Compensation, Perks & Benefits

• We believe in creating a work environment that is sustainable so we have a 35 hour week
• Our office is based in London Bridge and is available to use every day if you choose, but we have a hybrid working policy:
  Office Days: Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday
  Remote Days: Monday and Friday by default
  Monthly Team Office Day: Every 3rd Tuesday of the month
  In practice, how often some are in office varies from once a week to once a month but you need to available and willing to be in the office up to 3 times a week
• We're expecting big things when it comes to the growth of our company and we want everyone to benefit from the growth in value by offering share options
• You are entitled to 25 days of annual leave, plus UK public holidays. Additionally, you'll earn one extra day of holiday for each year worked, up to a maximum of 30 days. You can carry forward up to 5 days into the next calendar year and take up to 5 days of unpaid leave if needed
• We dedicate every other Friday as a research day for experimentation and skill development to keep Syntasso thriving
• We organise one official company social per quarter, with past events including darts and ping pong. Unofficially, team members often gather for drinks after the monthly team office days
• Save for your retirement via a workplace pension, with the option to use salary sacrifice; we offer 8% (employer 3%, employee 5%) with the option to increase
• Private medical insurance through AXA, with the option to add dependents through salary sacrifice
• Childcare can be expensive so we offer workplace nursery benefits which operates on a salary sacrifice scheme (https://www.workplace-nursery.net/)
• We have a team of avid cyclers and if you are too, you can use the Cycle to Work scheme to save up to 42% on a bike and accessories (https://www.cyclescheme.co.uk/how-it-works)