Platform Engineer

systematica; Greater London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Systematica is seeking a hands-on Platform Engineer to join the Platform Engineering team within Technology Operations. You will design, build, automate and operate a hybrid production platform across AWS and on‑premises, focusing on HashiCorp tooling.

You will treat infrastructure as software, promote automation-first practices and improve developer experience, resilience and security. Strong judgement is required when changing platform architecture, deployment prerequisites, and YAML/config

Tools

Nomad

Consul

Vault

Job description

This is a hands-on engineering role within the Platform Engineering team, which forms part of Technology Operations. Platform Engineering is responsible for building and operating the infrastructure, platforms and developer tooling that enable our engineering and quantitative research teams to deliver software reliably, securely and at scale.

The role will contribute to the design, build, automation and operation of a hybrid production platform across AWS and on-premises environments, with a particular focus on the HashiCorp platform, including Nomad, Consul and Vault. The successful candidate will treat infrastructure as software, promote automation-first practices and build reusable platform capabilities that improve developer experience, operational resilience and security.

The role requires strong judgement when making platform changes, including understanding the architecture, ensuring deployment prerequisites are met, carefully managing YAML and infrastructure configuration, and assessing the impact of maintenance and change activity across the wider platform.