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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.

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Senior-Platform-Engineer

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

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

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