Platform Engineer

Bourne Search Ltd; England; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A recruitment firm seeks a Platform Engineer to develop a new electronic trading platform in London. This hybrid role (3 days in-office) focuses on high performance, reliability, and scalability in a fast-paced front-office environment. Ideal candidates have experience with electronic trading systems, performance optimization, and Terraform. This full-time position requires immediate eligibility to work in the UK and offers an engaging opportunity in the capital markets and IT services sectors.

Qualifications

• Experience in electronic trading systems such as eFX, Equities, or Fixed Income.
• Prior work with front-office platforms and close collaboration with traders.
• Ability to operate in high-performance and uptime-demanding environments.

Responsibilities

• Build and operate a private-cloud platform for electronic trading.
• Support low-latency on-premises environments for performance-critical workloads.
• Collaborate with developers and the trading desk to ensure system reliability.

Skills

Performance optimisation in production environments

Terraform for infrastructure as code

HashiCorp Vault or similar secrets management

Private cloud infrastructure

Tools

Terraform

HashiCorp Vault

Private cloud infrastructure

Job description

Overview

Platform Engineer – Electronic Trading in London. Hybrid (3 days in the office per week).

This role is to help build a new electronic trading platform from the ground up, running in a private cloud environment. It is a hands-on role sitting close to the trading desk, focused on performance, reliability, and scale in a fast-moving front-office setup.

Base pay range

This range is provided by Bourne Search Ltd. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience — talk with your recruiter to learn more.

What you’ll be working on

• Building and running a private-cloud platform for a greenfield electronic trading system
• Supporting low-latency on-premises environments, performance-critical workloads
• Working day-to-day with developers and the trading desk to keep systems fast, stable, and observable

Core skills

• Performance optimisation in production environments
• Terraform for infrastructure as code
• HashiCorp Vault (or similar secrets management)
• Private cloud infrastructure

Experience that matters

• Background in electronic trading systems (eFX, Equities, Fixed Income, etc.)
• Experience supporting front-office platforms and working closely with traders
• Comfortable in environments where performance and uptime are non-negotiable

Location & setup

• London
• Hybrid: 3 days per week in the office

Important

• No sponsorship available – candidates must already have the right to work in the UK

Seniority level

• Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Full-time

Industries

• Capital Markets
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• Financial Services