Senior AWS Platform Engineer

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