DevOps / Software Engineer

JR United Kingdom; Slough; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A major tech transformation company seeks a Cloud Platform Engineer to enhance their cloud infrastructure amid a multi-year modernization. The role emphasizes automation, ownership of projects, and developing key skills in AWS, Python, and Terraform. Candidates should have a solid analytical background and be ready to contribute to a highly impactful team.

Qualifications

• Strong analytical background.
• Solid programming skills in Python or Rust.
• Experience with cloud development and architecture.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to core platform development on the new cloud stack.
• Modernise the entirety of their infrastructure.
• Take ownership of projects.

Skills

Cloud development

Automation

Analytical skills

AWS expertise

Programming in Python

Programming in Rust

Cloud security

Networking

Education

Degree in Maths, Physics, Computer Science, or similar

Tools

Terraform

Job description

AWS Cloud Engineering / Software Engineer - Major Tech Transformation

• London
• 2 days On Site

My client is undergoing a major multi-year transformation to modernize their full technology stack - covering pricing, risk, market data, and trade capture. As part of this effort, they’re now entering a new phase: building out a cloud infrastructure to support the entire company.

They’re looking for a Cloud Platform Engineer to join a small, focused team making a big impact. The culture values simplicity, automation, testing, and reliability.

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Key Responsibilities:

• Contribute to core platform development on the new cloud stack
• Modernise the entirety of their infrastructure
• Working agnostically across a variety of tools
• Opportunity to work heavily on automation
• Take ownership of projects and run with ideas from inception to execution
• IaC: Terraform
• Languages: Python, Rust

Ideal Candidate Will Have:

• A strong analytical background (maths, physics, computer science, etc.)
• Solid programming skills in Python, Rust, C++, or similar
• Experience with cloud development and architecture
• AWS expertise
• Cloud security or networking experience
• Cloud migration projects
• Open source contributions

This opening has two headcount, one of which is focused on cloud engineering and the other on core infrastructure and software development. Both will require software engineering skills.

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Created on 31/05/2025 by JR United Kingdom