Lead Cloud Engineer (GCP, AWS)

JR United Kingdom; Slough; Hybrid; GBP 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

A global crypto exchange seeks a Technical Lead to design and manage resilient cloud infrastructure on GCP and AWS. This role prioritizes automation, cost optimization, and security, while also providing an opportunity to mentor upcoming engineers in a rapidly growing team. Located in Central London, this position involves leading technical discussions and ensuring high availability across a globally regulated platform.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in managing and designing cloud infrastructure.
• Experience in trading or investment environments.
• Comfortable leading technical discussions and engaging with senior stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, and manage scalable and secure cloud infrastructure.
• Automate cloud operations and infrastructure as code using Terraform.
• Guide and mentor engineers in the team.

Skills

Cloud infrastructure design

Automation

Terraform

GCP

AWS

Security management

Networking

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?