Lead Cloud Engineer (GCP, AWS)

JR United Kingdom; Gloucester; On-site; GBP 119,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading global crypto exchange as a Technical Lead, shaping the future of finance. Oversee the design and management of cloud infrastructures on GCP and AWS while optimizing performance and security. As part of a lean team in London, you will lead discussions and mentor engineers during a period of significant growth.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in designing and managing cloud infrastructure.
• Expertise with GCP and AWS cloud platforms.
• Experience in automation using Terraform and Terragrunt.

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, and manage scalable and secure cloud infrastructure.
• Lead and mentor team members while optimizing cost and performance.
• Automate cloud operations and infrastructure as code.

Skills

Cloud infrastructure management

Automation

Terraform

Security

Job description

Help shape the future of finance at a global crypto exchange that has surpassed over $1 trillion in trading volume.

Ideally, you’ve engineered systems in trading or investment environments, where infrastructure must move at the speed of the market, scale under pressure, and stay secure in the face of constant change.

You’ll design, deploy, and manage scalable, secure, and resilient cloud infrastructure hosted on both GCP and AWS. This is a hands-on role where you’ll play a key part in optimizing cost, performance, and security across a globally regulated platform.

There’s a strong focus on automation here - you’ll automate cloud operations and infrastructure as code using Terraform and Terragrunt.

You’ll ideally have proven experience in designing and managing cloud infrastructure, including compute, storage, networking, and security components in a high-availability environment.

• Location: 3 days per week in Central London
• Salary: up to £140k + bonus

Though they operate on a global scale, the London team is lean (~50 users). You won't just support the platform, you'll help shape it.

As a Technical Lead, you'll guide and mentor 1 engineer initially. The firm has ambitious growth plans - this team could scale to 7-8 people within the next 12 months.

You'll need to be comfortable leading technical discussions and engaging with Senior Stakeholders.

Are you the idea-generator they’re looking for?