Platform Engineer

Maxwell Bond; Liverpool; Hybrid; GBP 68,000 - 83,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working (Liverpool)

Competitive benefits package

Growth opportunities in cloud team

Job summary

Maxwell Bond have partnered with a well-established financial services organisation in the North West who are looking for a Senior Platform Engineer to join their growing cloud engineering function. This is a hands‑on platform engineering role aligned to a future move into a junior architecture position.

You'll work closely with senior technical leadership, taking ownership of cloud infrastructure and platform components across a structured engineering environment, while developing your

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a Senior Cloud/Platform/DevOps engineer within a structured environment.
• Strong hands-on experience with cloud infrastructure, networking, security and platform engineering.
• Experience working with governed delivery processes and architectural thinking.

Responsibilities

• Design, build and maintain scalable cloud infrastructure and platform services across enterprise environments.
• Work hands-on across infrastructure, networking, security and cloud platform components.
• Collaborate with senior engineers and architecture leadership to contribute to platform design and technical decision-making.

Skills

Cloud infrastructure

Networking

Security

Platform engineering

AWS

Azure

DevOps

Architectural thinking

Governance

Job description

Maxwell Bond have partnered with a well-established financial services organisation in the North West who are looking for a Senior Platform Engineer to join their growing cloud engineering function.

This is a hands‑on platform engineering role aligned to a future move into a junior architecture position. You'll work closely with senior technical leadership, taking ownership of cloud infrastructure and platform components across a structured engineering environment, while developing your architectural thinking over time.

The business operates within a mature engineering setup with strong governance, frameworks and delivery processes, offering the right environment for an experienced cloud or DevOps engineer looking to step up into an architecture-facing career path.

What you’ll do as Senior Platform Engineer:

Design, build and maintain scalable cloud infrastructure and platform services across enterprise environments, supporting end‑to‑end delivery of cloud‑based solutions.

Work hands‑on across infrastructure, networking, security and cloud platform components.

Collaborate with senior engineers and architecture leadership to contribute to platform design and technical decision‑making in a structured environment.

What’s in it for you:

Salary up to £75,000

Hybrid working (3 days a week in Liverpool)

Competitive benefits package

Opportunity to develop within a growing cloud team

What they’re looking for:

Proven experience as a Senior Cloud Engineer, Platform Engineer or DevOps Engineer within a structured engineering environment.

Strong hands‑on experience with cloud infrastructure, networking, security and platform engineering (AWS or Azure preferred)

Experience working within a medium to large engineering teams with exposure to governed delivery processes and architectural thinking.