Platform Engineer

Oceanredpartners; London; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Platform Engineer to enhance their trading technology infrastructure. This role focuses on scaling systems for high availability and low latency, automating workflows, and embedding security throughout the software development lifecycle. You will tackle multi-cloud challenges, ensuring seamless integration between cloud-native and on-premises workloads. Join a dynamic team dedicated to creating a developer-first platform that prioritizes speed, stability, and security, while enjoying a competitive salary and generous benefits. If you are passionate about automation and solving complex problems, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Benefits

Pension

Private Healthcare

Learning & Development Budget

Generous Leave Policy

Qualifications

• Experience in scaling infrastructure in high-traffic environments.
• Strong understanding of automation principles using Terraform or Python.

Responsibilities

• Design and refine infrastructure to handle market activity surges.
• Automate provisioning, deployments, and monitoring to enhance efficiency.

Skills

AWS

Terraform

CI/CD

Python

Kubernetes

DevOps

Job description

Overview

Company | Financial Markets, Trading Technology

Position | Platform Engineer

Impact | Scaling Infrastructure, Automating Workflows, Enhancing Security

Size | 500+ employees

Skills | AWS, Terraform, CI/CD, Python, Kubernetes, DevOps

Location | London

Hybrid | 3 days a week in-office

Offer | Competitive Salary + Bonus + Benefits

Benefits | Pension, Private Healthcare, Learning & Development Budget, Generous Leave Policy

The Challenges You’ll Solve

Scaling Infrastructure at Speed

• The firm’s trading systems demand a highly available, low-latency platform that scales without bottlenecks.
• You’ll design and refine the infrastructure to handle surges in market activity and ensure smooth operations.

Automating Everything

• Manual processes slow teams down—you’ll work on removing friction by automating provisioning, deployments, and monitoring.
• From Infrastructure as Code (Terraform) to self-service tooling, you’ll create solutions that give developers control while maintaining security.

Making Security a First-Class Citizen

• Trading firms are prime targets for cyber threats—security can’t be an afterthought.
• You’ll embed security into the entire SDLC, ensuring least privilege access, compliance, and governance while keeping deployment speeds high.

Building a Developer-First Platform

• Developers want to ship code fast, but not at the cost of stability or security.
• You’ll work on CI/CD pipelines that enable safe, rapid deployments while giving engineers insight into their applications in production.

Multi-Cloud & Hybrid Challenges

• The firm runs cloud-native (AWS) and on-premises workloads—both need to work together seamlessly.
• You’ll define best practices for hybrid cloud deployments, balancing cost, performance, and resilience.

What You Bring to the Table

• You’ve scaled infrastructure in a high-traffic environment.
• You think in automation-first principles—whether it’s Terraform, Ansible, or Python.
• You understand AWS (or Azure) and how to build for security, reliability, and speed.
• You see CI/CD pipelines as the backbone of modern development.
• You love solving complex problems and eliminating inefficiencies.

Interview Process | CV Review > Screening Call with Us > Submission > Technical Interview > Final Interview > Offer