Platform Engineer

Burns Sheehan; England; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A FinTech company in London is looking for a Senior Platform Engineer to enhance their developer experience and support a strong DevOps culture. The ideal candidate will design IaC modules, manage AWS environments, and implement CI/CD practices. Full-time position with a hybrid work model. Interested candidates should apply for further information.

Qualifications

• Strong experience with AWS services.
• Solid understanding of Infrastructure as Code principles.
• Hands-on experience with CI/CD systems.
• Strong scripting in Python/Bash/Go.
• Familiarity with monitoring/observability (Prometheus, CloudWatch, Grafana).

Responsibilities

• Design reusable IaC modules (Terraform/Serverless).
• Manage AWS multi-account environments.
• Build and maintain CI/CD templates.
• Developing a developer portal (Backstage) and internal tooling to support engineering productivity.
• Supporting observability initiatives and contributing to reliability metrics.
• Working on internal open‑source projects that enhance the developer experience.

Skills

AWS (ECS, EC2, Lambda, VPC, IAM, Route53, CloudFront, S3, RDS)

Terraform and Infrastructure as Code

CI/CD systems and release automation

Python, Bash, or Go

Monitoring and alerting tools (Prometheus, CloudWatch, Grafana, OpenTelemetry)

Passionate about developer tooling and DevOps culture

Experience in FinTech or with public APIs

Tools

Backstage

Job description

Senior Platform Engineer - Developer Platform / Internal Tooling

📍 London - Hybrid (Very flexible, weekly, fortnightly or even x1 day per Month)

Here at Burns Sheehan, we’re working with a high-growth FinTech that uses data and technology to modernise one of the biggest but most outdated areas of global finance. Their platform is used by some of the world’s leading investment banks, asset managers, and law firms, and with recent funding they’re continuing their tech expansion.

They’re now looking for a Senior Platform Engineer to join their growing team, focused on building a world-class developer experience and enabling a strong DevOps culture across engineering. You’ll be developing tools, infrastructure, and the Internal Developer Platform that help engineers ship faster, more securely, and with confidence.

Base pay range

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What You’ll Be Doing:

• Designing and building reusable IaC modules (Terraform/Serverless)
• Managing AWS multi-account environments and improving cloud security best practices
• Building and maintaining CI/CD templates to enable rapid, reliable deployments
• Developing a developer portal (e.g. Backstage) and internal tooling to support engineering productivity
• Supporting observability initiatives and contributing to reliability metrics
• Working on internal open‑source projects that enhance the developer experience

What They’re Looking For:

• Strong experience with AWS (ECS, EC2, Lambda, VPC, IAM, Route53, CloudFront, S3, RDS)
• Solid understanding of Terraform and Infrastructure as Code principles
• Hands‑on experience with CI/CD systems and release automation
• Comfortable working with Python, Bash, or Go
• Monitoring and alerting tools (Prometheus, CloudWatch, Grafana, OpenTelemetry, etc.)
• Passionate about developer tooling, DevOps culture, and improving engineering workflows
• Any experience in FinTech or with public APIs would be a bonus

Seniority level

Mid‑Senior level

Employment type

Full‑time

Job function

Information Technology

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