Cloud Engineer

Tempest Vane Partners; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Tempest Vane Partners is seeking a highly capable platform engineer to shape an enterprise AI platform from the ground up, sitting between AI, cloud and Front Office tech to deliver secure, scalable platforms for a global investment platform.

This role offers collaboration with engineering leaders, infrastructure specialists and business stakeholders, with significant ownership from day one in a highly technical environment investing heavily in AI and cloud technology.

Qualifications

• Public cloud engineering across Azure, AWS, and/or GCP.
• Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, Bicep, CloudFormation, or CDK.
• Platform engineering, automation, and scripting (Python, Bash, PowerShell).
• Hybrid infrastructure and networking.
• Identity, security and governance in cloud environments.
• Production support in high-availability environments.
• Experience in regulated, mission-critical or low-latency environments is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Build and evolve AI-ready cloud platforms across a hybrid environment.
• Enable enterprise AI technologies securely.
• Partner with stakeholders across engineering, infrastructure and Front Office.
• Drive resilience, scalability, observability and operational excellence.
• Influence strategic direction of cloud and AI capabilities.

Skills

Public cloud

IaC

Platform engineering

Automation scripting

Hybrid infrastructure

Security governance

Production support

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

CDK

Bicep

Job description

Location: London

The Client

Our client is a leading investment firm where technology is central to its competitive advantage. The business continues to make significant investment across AI, cloud engineering and platform infrastructure, creating an environment where exceptional engineers can have a direct impact on how the firm operates and evolves.

This is not a traditional infrastructure role.

You'll sit between AI, cloud and Front Office technology, helping to build the foundations that enable next-generation capabilities across a global investment platform. Working alongside engineering leaders, infrastructure specialists and business stakeholders, you'll be responsible for delivering secure, scalable platforms that bring AI from concept into production.

For engineers who enjoy solving difficult problems, working with smart people and building systems that matter, this is an opportunity to operate at the forefront of technology within financial services.

What You'll Get

• The opportunity to shape an enterprise AI platform from the ground up.
• Exposure to Azure, AWS, GCP and leading AI technologies including OpenAI and Anthropic.
• A highly technical environment where engineering excellence is genuinely valued.
• Close collaboration with Front Office and senior technology leadership.
• Significant ownership and autonomy from day one.
• Competitive compensation, bonus and benefits.
• The chance to work alongside some of the industry's strongest technologists.

What You'll Do

You'll be responsible for building the platform capabilities that enable AI adoption across the organisation.

That means designing secure cloud environments, automating infrastructure, integrating AI services and ensuring the firm's technology estate is ready to support the next wave of innovation.

Expect to:

• Build and evolve AI-ready cloud platforms across a hybrid environment.
• Enable the adoption of enterprise AI technologies in a secure and governed manner.
• Partner with stakeholders across engineering, infrastructure and the Front Office.
• Drive improvements across resilience, scalability, observability and operational excellence.
• Influence the strategic direction of cloud and AI capabilities across the business.

What You'll Need

We're interested in speaking with engineers who have experience across several of the following areas:

• Public cloud engineering (Azure, AWS and/or GCP).
• Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Bicep, CloudFormation, CDK).
• Platform engineering, automation and scripting (Python, Bash, PowerShell).
• Hybrid infrastructure and networking.
• Identity, security and governance within cloud environments.
• Production support within high-availability environments.
• Experience working within regulated, mission-critical or low-latency organisations is advantageous.

Most importantly, we're looking for naturally curious individuals who enjoy building things and want to be part of an organisation that is investing heavily in AI and cloud technology.