Lead Cloud Engineer (GCP, AWS)

ZipRecruiter; London; On-site; GBP 120,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global crypto exchange is looking for a Technical Lead to shape their cloud infrastructure strategies. Located in Central London, the role focuses on designing and managing scalable cloud systems while mentoring engineers. Ideal candidates will have significant experience in cloud technologies and a passion for automation, all while ensuring security and performance in a regulated environment.

Qualifications

• Experience in trading or investment environments.
• Comfortable leading discussions with Senior Stakeholders.
• Proven experience in cloud infrastructure management.

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, and manage cloud infrastructure on GCP and AWS.
• Automate cloud operations and infrastructure as code.
• Guide and mentor engineers and lead technical discussions.

Skills

Cloud infrastructure design

Terraform

Terragrunt

Automation

High-availability systems

Job description

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 optimising 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: 3x 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 1x 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 facing off with Senior Stakeholders.

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