Senior-Platform-Engineer

London-(Hybrid,-2-days-per-week-in-the-office)

Up-to90,000-+-Benefits

We''re-partnering-with-a-software-company-building-mission-critical-platforms-for-financial-services,-trading-firms,-and-the-gambling-sector.-Regulated,-high-stakes-environments-where-downtime-and-security-gaps-aren''t-an-option.

They''re-looking-for-a-Senior-Platform-Engineer-who-can-operate-as-a-technical-leader.-Not-a-ticket-taker.-Someone-who-can-architect-cloud-native-solutions-on-AWS,-set-the-standard-for-how-the-platform-is-built,-and-bring-genuine-site-reliability-engineering-principles-into-the-way-the-business-operates.

You''ll-be-the-person-engineering-teams-turn-to-when-they-need-a-platform-decision-making.-That-means-real-ownership-of-architecture,-real-influence-over-direction,-and-the-freedom-to-fix-the-things-that-slow-delivery-down.

If-you-enjoy-building-resilient,-well-automated-infrastructure-in-environments-where-compliance-actually-matters,-this-one-could-be-a-good-fit.

What-You''ll-Be-Doing

• -Architect-and-build-secure,-scalable-AWS-infrastructure-using-Terraform-with-an-Infrastructure-as-Code-first-approach
• -Design,-run,-and-optimise-Amazon-EKS-and-containerised-workloads-across-multiple-environments
• -Build-and-maintain-CI/CD-pipelines-using-GitHub-Actions-to-give-engineering-teams-fast,-safe,-repeatable-deployments
• -Write-automation-and-tooling-in-Python-or-Go-to-remove-manual-work-and-reduce-operational-overhead
• -Support-and-optimise-Amazon-RDS-environments-for-availability,-performance,-and-security
• -Embed-site-reliability-principles-across-the-platform,-including-SLIs,-SLOs,-error-budgets,-and-blameless-incident-reviews
• -Build-out-monitoring,-logging,-alerting,-and-observability-so-problems-are-spotted-before-customers-feel-them
• -Design-solutions-that-meet-the-security,-audit,-and-regulatory-requirements-that-come-with-financial-services,-trading,-and-gambling-clients
• -Work-closely-with-software-engineering-teams-to-improve-developer-experience-and-delivery-speed
• -Lead-technical-decisions,-set-standards,-and-take-architectural-ownership-of-the-platform

What-We''re-Looking-For

• -Strong-background-in-Platform-Engineering,-DevOps,-Cloud-Engineering,-or-SRE
• -Deep-hands-on-AWS-experience,-including-networking,-IAM,-and-security
• -Commercial-experience-running-Kubernetes-in-production,-ideally-EKS
• -Expert-level-Terraform-and-Infrastructure-as-Code
• -Solid-experience-building-CI/CD-pipelines-with-GitHub-Actions
• -Strong-programming-ability-in-Python-or-Go,-beyond-basic-scripting
• -Confident-with-Linux-administration,-troubleshooting,-and-performance-tuning
• -Experience-with-Amazon-RDS-or-similar-managed-database-services
• -Track-record-of-architecting-cloud-native-platforms-in-regulated-or-security-sensitive-environments
• -Comfortable-leading-technical-conversations-with-engineers-and-stakeholders-alike

Why-Join?

• -Work-on-platforms-that-power-financial-services,-trading,-and-gambling-businesses-at-scale
• -Genuine-technical-leadership-with-real-architectural-ownership
• -Modern-AWS-stack-with-no-legacy-baggage-holding-you-back
• -Regulated-environments-that-make-the-engineering-problems-more-interesting,-not-more-restrictive
• -A-team-that-values-engineering-quality-over-shipping-at-any-cost
• -Investment-in-training,-certifications,-and-progression
• -Hybrid-working-with-two-days-per-week-in-the-London-office

Don''t-Tick-Every-Box?

That''s-fine.

Nobody-has-every-line-on-a-spec.-If-you''ve-got-strong-AWS,-Kubernetes,-and-Terraform-experience,-plus-the-ability-to-think-architecturally-and-lead-technically,-that''s-the-core-of-it.-The-rest-can-be-learned.

Apply-now!

Senior-Platform-Engineer

London-(Hybrid,-2-days-per-week)

Up-to90,000-+-Bonus-+-Benefits

AWS-|-EKS-|-Kubernetes-|-Terraform-|-RDS-|-Linux-|-GitHub-Actions-|-Python-|-Go-|-SRE-|-CI/CD-|-Infrastructure-as-Code-|-Platform-Engineering