SeniorPlatformEngineer
London(Hybrid,2daysperweekintheoffice)
Upto90,000+Benefits
We’repartneringwithasoftwarecompanybuildingmissioncriticalplatformsforfinancialservices,tradingfirms,andthegamblingsector.Regulated,highstakesenvironmentswheredowntimeandsecuritygapsaren’tanoption.
They’relookingforaSeniorPlatformEngineerwhocanoperateasatechnicalleader.Notatickettaker.SomeonewhocanarchitectcloudnativesolutionsonAWS,setthestandardforhowtheplatformisbuilt,andbringgenuinesitereliabilityengineeringprinciplesintothewaythebusinessoperates.
You’llbethepersonengineeringteamsturntowhentheyneedaplatformdecisionmaking.Thatmeansrealownershipofarchitecture,realinfluenceoverdirection,andthefreedomtofixthethingsthatslowdeliverydown.
Ifyouenjoybuildingresilient,wellautomatedinfrastructureinenvironmentswherecomplianceactuallymatters,thisonecouldbeagoodfit.
WhatYou’llBeDoing
- Architectandbuildsecure,scalableAWSinfrastructureusingTerraformwithanInfrastructureasCodefirstapproach
- Design,run,andoptimiseAmazonEKSandcontainerisedworkloadsacrossmultipleenvironments
- BuildandmaintainCI/CDpipelinesusingGitHubActionstogiveengineeringteamsfast,safe,repeatabledeployments
- WriteautomationandtoolinginPythonorGotoremovemanualworkandreduceoperationaloverhead
- SupportandoptimiseAmazonRDSenvironmentsforavailability,performance,andsecurity
- Embedsitereliabilityprinciplesacrosstheplatform,includingSLIs,SLOs,errorbudgets,andblamelessincidentreviews
- Buildoutmonitoring,logging,alerting,andobservabilitysoproblemsarespottedbeforecustomersfeelthem
- Designsolutionsthatmeetthesecurity,audit,andregulatoryrequirementsthatcomewithfinancialservices,trading,andgamblingclients
- Workcloselywithsoftwareengineeringteamstoimprovedeveloperexperienceanddeliveryspeed
- Leadtechnicaldecisions,setstandards,andtakearchitecturalownershipoftheplatform
WhatWe’reLookingFor
- StrongbackgroundinPlatformEngineering,DevOps,CloudEngineering,orSRE
- DeephandsonAWSexperience,includingnetworking,IAM,andsecurity
- CommercialexperiencerunningKubernetesinproduction,ideallyEKS
- ExpertlevelTerraformandInfrastructureasCode
- SolidexperiencebuildingCI/CDpipelineswithGitHubActions
- StrongprogrammingabilityinPythonorGo,beyondbasicscripting
- ConfidentwithLinuxadministration,troubleshooting,andperformancetuning
- ExperiencewithAmazonRDSorsimilarmanageddatabaseservices
- Trackrecordofarchitectingcloudnativeplatformsinregulatedorsecuritysensitiveenvironments
- Comfortableleadingtechnicalconversationswithengineersandstakeholdersalike
WhyJoin?
- Workonplatformsthatpowerfinancialservices,trading,andgamblingbusinessesatscale
- Genuinetechnicalleadershipwithrealarchitecturalownership
- ModernAWSstackwithnolegacybaggageholdingyouback
- Regulatedenvironmentsthatmaketheengineeringproblemsmoreinteresting,notmorerestrictive
- Ateamthatvaluesengineeringqualityovershippingatanycost
- Investmentintraining,certifications,andprogression
- HybridworkingwithtwodaysperweekintheLondonoffice
Don’tTickEveryBox?
That’sfine.
Nobodyhaseverylineonaspec.Ifyou’vegotstrongAWS,Kubernetes,andTerraformexperience,plustheabilitytothinkarchitecturallyandleadtechnically,that’sthecoreofit.Therestcanbelearned.
Applynow!
SeniorPlatformEngineer
London(Hybrid,2daysperweek)
Upto90,000+Bonus+Benefits
AWS|EKS|Kubernetes|Terraform|RDS|Linux|GitHubActions|Python|Go|SRE|CI/CD|InfrastructureasCode|PlatformEngineering
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