Junior Platform Engineer - London

Validus Risk Management; Greater London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive remuneration package

Pension contributions

Regular social events

Financial support towards professional qualifications

Job summary

A technology-enabled advisory firm in Greater London seeks a Platform Engineer to enhance its AWS infrastructure and support developer tooling. The role involves developing cloud-native services and optimizing CI/CD pipelines while collaborating with quantitative teams. Candidates should have at least 1 year of Python experience and familiarity with AWS services. Notable benefits include a competitive remuneration package, pension contributions, and support for professional qualifications.

Qualifications

• 1+ year of commercial experience with Python in a Platform or Back-end setting.
• Experience with AWS services like Lambda, ECS, RDS, S3.
• Experience with databases such as MySQL and MongoDB.
• Familiarity with IaC tools such as CDK or Terraform.
• Experience in building and optimising CI/CD pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain cloud-native services on AWS.
• Collaborate with the Quant team for cloud infrastructure.
• Contribute to job scheduling framework improvements.
• Integrate and maintain third-party tools like Datadog.
• Support containerisation of services on AWS.

Skills

Python

AWS

CI/CD pipelines

IaC tools (CDK, Terraform, Pulumi)

Monitoring and observability (Datadog, New Relic)

Database technologies (MySQL, MongoDB, DynamoDB)

Job description

Validus is looking for a Platform Engineer to join our growing platform team. The team builds and maintains the frameworks, infrastructure, and tools that power our technology platform, Horizon. You'll help improve and support our AWS infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, and internal developer tooling, working closely with experienced engineers and other technical teams.

The platform team is part of the broader technology team working in collaboration with quants, frontend and backend engineers. Our teams work together to grow our technology platform, Horizon. Horizon comprises multiple applications for trade execution, portfolio management and risk analysis for alternative asset managers in various domains, such as private equity, private debt and real estate.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain cloud-native services on AWS under guidance from senior engineers
• Collaborate with the Quant team to help move compute-intensive simulations to scalable cloud infrastructure
• Contribute to the design and implementation of improvements to our job scheduling framework for quantitative workloadsHelp integrate and maintain third-party tools (e.g., Snyk, Datadog) that support platform operations
• Contribute to improving monitoring and observability across our systems
• Support the containerisation of services and deployment on AWS
• Help maintain clear documentation for platform projects and processes
• Participate in problem-solving design discussions and contribute ideas for potential solutions

Requirements

• Solid experience with one or more modern programming languages. We require a minimum of 1+ year of commercial experience with Python (within a Platform, Back-end or DevOps setting) though are happy to consider candidates who have the bulk of their experience in a different language
• Experience with AWS. We use a wide range of services, but the ones we deal with the most are Lambda, ECS, RDS, S3, API Gateway and Step Functions
• Experience with databases. We use MySQL, MongoDB and DynamoDB, but experience with other database technologies would also be valuable
• Experience with IaC tools such as CDK, Terraform or Pulumi
• Experience in building and optimising CI/CD pipelines
• Understanding of monitoring and observability tools such as Datadog or New Relic
• Knowledge of architecture patterns. Experience working on event-driven microservices is a plus
• Curiosity to explore new technologies. We are constantly looking for potential technologies to improve our platform
• Strong communication skills in working with other teams and mentoring more junior developers

Benefits

• Validus Risk Management is an independent technology-enabled advisory firm specialising in the management of FX, interest rate and other market risks. We work with institutional investors, fund managers and portfolio companies to design and implement strategies to measure, manage and monitor financial market risk, using a market-tested combination of specialist consulting services, trade execution and innovative risk technology
• Working at Validus can offer an exciting opportunity for both personal development and professional growth. Share in our mission to become the largest and most respected specialist provider of financial market risk services in the world. Notable benefits include a competitive remuneration package (salary + bonus), pension contributions, regular social events, train ticket loans and financial support towards professional qualifications
• Validus is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees