Lead Platform Engineer

Trust In SODA; City Of London; On-site; GBP 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading fintech startup in London is seeking a Lead Platform Engineer to drive platform engineering for mission-critical environments. This role focuses on the implementation of resilient and secure systems using cutting-edge technologies, including multi-region Kubernetes and event streaming. The successful candidate will enjoy a competitive salary of £120-150k plus benefits like healthcare and matched pension. If you are passionate about building the future of banking infrastructure with AI-powered solutions, apply now.

Benefits

Bonus

Private Healthcare

25 days Annual Leave

Matched Pension

Learning & Development Fund

Industry conference participation

Collaboration with industry leaders in SRE

Qualifications

• Deep experience with multi-region Kubernetes infrastructure.
• Proficiency in event streaming technologies like Kafka.
• Experience with distributed systems including CockroachDB, YugabyteDB, and Redis.

Responsibilities

• Own platform engineering for mission-critical operating environments.
• Ensure resilience, security, and compliance at scale.

Skills

Multi-region Kubernetes infrastructure

Event Streaming (Kafka)

Distributed Systems (CockroachDB, YugabyteDB, Redis)

GitOps (ArgoCD, Flux)

Infrastructure as Code (Terraform)

Public Cloud (AWS, Azure, GCP)

Strong SRE mindset (SLOs, SLIs, error budgets)

Job description

Lead Platform Engineer

👔 FinTech AI Startup

📍 London (fully onsite)

💵 £120-150k + Bonus

Are you keen to work for a rapidly scaling fintech startup who's AI-native, open-source technology is revolutionising banking infrastructure?

Are you keen to work with the most cutting edge technologies in the DevOps space, withing a genuinely AI first prod enviornment?

My client is creating the first open-source “Thin Ledger” to replace legacy core systems with a modern, event-driven platform powered by Golang, Kafka and multi-region Databases.

They are now seeking a Lead Platform Engineer to own platform engineering for a mission-critical operating environment, ensuring resilience, security, and compliance at scale.

Required Skills

• Deep experience with multi-region Kubernetes infrastructure
• Event Streaming (Kafka)
• Distributed Systems (CockroachDB, YugabyteDB, Redis)
• GitOps (ArgoCD, Flux)
• IaC (Terraform)
• Public Cloud (AWS, Azure, GCP)
• Strong SRE mindset (SLOs, SLIs, error budgets)

In return they would be offering a competitive salary along with a number of great benefits :

Benefits

• Bonus
• Private Healthcare
• 25 days AL
• Matched Pension
• L&D Fund
• Team regularly speaks and SRE / K8s conferences
• Working alongisde industry leaders within SRE

If you’re excited to build resilient, secure infrastructure for regulated, high-scale environments and want to work at the cutting edge of AI-powered operations, apply now!