Platform Engineer

Harnham; Greater London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Work abroad up to 120 days per year

Learning-focused cloud-native environment

Strong focus on wellbeing and flexibility

Fast two-stage interview process

Job summary

A tech-first financial services organization in London is seeking a Platform Engineer to join their high-impact Cloud Infrastructure team. The ideal candidate has strong skills in AWS and Terraform, with experience in Kubernetes. This role offers competitive compensation between £70,000 and £100,000 per year along with a dynamic learning environment free from legacy systems. Benefits include work abroad opportunities, a small team with significant influence, and a fast interview process.

Responsibilities

• Support AWS-based environments for critical applications.
• Use Infrastructure as Code with Terraform.
• Maintain scalable platforms for financial products.
• Manage secrets and access with Vault.

Skills

AWS (EC2, VPC, IAM, Load Balancers, Lambda, API Gateways)

Terraform

Kubernetes

Financial services experience

Tools

HashiCorp Vault

Job description

Platform Engineer – Windows or Linux (Contract, Outside IR35)

London, United Kingdom | Salary: £70,000 – £100,000 per year | Contract

Overview

This is a chance to join a small, high‑impact Cloud Infrastructure team inside a fast‑growing, tech‑first financial services organisation. Your work will run, scale and improve the cloud platforms powering real, customer‑facing products used by hundreds of thousands of people daily.

Responsibilities

• AWS‑based environments supporting mission‑critical, customer‑facing applications
• Infrastructure as Code with Terraform
• Highly available, scalable platforms used for current accounts and investment products
• Secrets and access management (Vault exposure a bonus)

Required Skills

• AWS (EC2, VPC, IAM, Load Balancers, Lambda, API Gateways). Open to GCP/Azure with extensive Kubernetes experience.
• Terraform – hands‑on, not just running modules.
• Strong Kubernetes exposure in production environments.
• Confidence owning infrastructure and driving improvements.
• Financial services experience is a plus.

Nice to Have

• HashiCorp Vault

Benefits

• Work abroad up to 120 days per year
• Learn‑centric, cloud‑native environment – no legacy systems
• Small team – real influence and ownership
• Strong focus on learning, wellbeing and flexibility
• Fast, simple two‑stage interview process (fully remote)
• Behavioural interview (45 min – Zoom)
• Technical + values interview (80 min – Zoom)

Seniority Level

Mid‑Senior level

Employment Type

Full‑time (Contract)