Head of Platform Engineering – Fintech Scaleup

Ross Kane Ltd; Greater London; On-site; GBP 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

A fintech scaleup is looking for a head of engineering to lead their engineering team. The ideal candidate will have strong proficiency in AWS services and demonstrated experience in developing CI/CD pipelines. They should also be familiar with monitoring tools and have a keen interest in Platform Engineering. Previous experience in fintech is a plus. This role offers an opportunity to shape engineering practices in a growing organization in the Greater London area.

Qualifications

• Proficient in AWS services including ECS, EC2, Lambda, etc.
• Solid understanding of monitoring tools like Prometheus and Grafana.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure automation.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain robust CI/CD pipelines.
• Define Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform or Serverless.
• Enhance developer experience and engage in Platform Engineering.

Skills

AWS services (ECS, EC2, Lambda, etc.)

Monitoring and logging tools (Prometheus, CloudWatch, etc.)

Site Reliability Engineering (SRE)

Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) pipelines

Linux

Git

Docker

Scripting in Python, Bash, or Go

Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

Agile development methodologies

Tools

Terraform

Serverless

Job description

A fintech scaleup is looking for a head of engineering to lead their engineering team. The ideal candidate will have strong proficiency in AWS services and demonstrated experience in developing CI/CD pipelines. They should also be familiar with monitoring tools and have a keen interest in Platform Engineering. Previous experience in fintech is a plus. This role offers an opportunity to shape engineering practices in a growing organization in the Greater London area.