Platform Engineer
Central London (2-3 days in-office)
£65,000 - £75,000 + 10% bonus
This is a chance to join a small, high-impact Cloud Infrastructure team inside a fast-growing, tech-first financial services organisation. You'll be responsible for running, scaling and improving the cloud platforms that power real, customer-facing products used by hundreds of thousands of people every day.
What you'll be working on:
* AWS-based environments supporting mission-critical, customer-facing applications
* Kubernetes (EKS) clusters in production
* Infrastructure as Code with Terraform
* Highly available, scalable platforms used for current accounts and investment products
* Secrets and access management (Vault exposure a bonus)
Tech you'll need:
Essential
* AWS (EC2, VPC, IAM, Load Balancers, Lambda, API Gateways) (Open to GCP/Azure with extensive Kubernetes experience)
* Kubernetes (EKS) - real production experience
* Terraform (hands-on, not just running other people's modules)
Nice to have
* HashiCorp Vault
What they're looking for:
* 3-5+ years of experience in Cloud / Platform / DevOps engineering
* Strong Kubernetes exposure in production environments
* Confidence owning infrastructure and driving improvements
* Someone who enjoys autonomy, collaboration, and problem-solving
* Financial services experience is nice, but not required
Why this is worth your time:
* Work abroad for up to 120 days per year
* Highly modern, cloud-native environment (no legacy!)
* Small team = real influence + real ownership
* Strong focus on learning, wellbeing and flexibility
* Fast, simple 2-stage interview process (fully remote)
Interview process
* Behavioural interview (45 mins - Zoom)
* Technical + values interview (80 mins - Zoom)
Desired Skills and Experience
AWS, Amazon Web Services, Kubernetes, EKS, EC2, Terraform, Google Cloud Platform, GCP, Microsoft Azure, Azure