Lead Platform Engineer: Global, Scalable Infra & Security

watchTowr; Greater London; On-site; GBP 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Meaningful role in a fast‑growing business

Access to advanced tools

Job summary

A leading cybersecurity firm in Greater London is seeking a Principal Platform Engineer with expertise in networking and distributed systems. This role involves architecting and scaling scanning infrastructure while collaborating closely with product and engineering teams. Ideal candidates will have over 8 years of experience on large-scale systems and a background in cybersecurity platforms. The firm offers competitive compensation and a chance to work with cutting-edge technology in a high-growth environment.

Qualifications

• 8+ years designing and implementing scalable, distributed systems.
• Experience with cybersecurity platforms or security data at scale.
• Direct experience scaling a platform from a single region to a multi-region deployment.

Responsibilities

• Architect, scale, and optimise distributed scanning infrastructure.
• Collaborate closely with Product, Security, and Engineering teams.
• Champion engineering best practices, including infrastructure-as-code.

Skills

Networking

Distributed systems

Large-scale infrastructure design

DevOps performance

Cloud infrastructure

Agile methodologies

Operational documentation

Tools

AWS

Azure

Terraform

Kubernetes

PostgreSQL

Kafka

Job description

A leading cybersecurity firm in Greater London is seeking a Principal Platform Engineer with expertise in networking and distributed systems. This role involves architecting and scaling scanning infrastructure while collaborating closely with product and engineering teams. Ideal candidates will have over 8 years of experience on large-scale systems and a background in cybersecurity platforms. The firm offers competitive compensation and a chance to work with cutting-edge technology in a high-growth environment.