Platform Engineer at VC-backed fintech SaaS

Jack & Jill/External ATS; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A fintech SaaS company in London is seeking a Platform Engineer to enhance its core infrastructure. This role involves driving reliability and performance, developing Infrastructure as Code, and collaborating with engineering teams. Candidates should have over 4 years of experience in platform engineering or similar roles, alongside expertise in tools like Amazon EKS and Terraform. The company offers a dynamic environment where you can make significant contributions to a high-traffic platform.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience in SRE, DevOps, or platform engineering roles.
• Deep expertise with Amazon EKS/Kubernetes, RDS/Postgres, and Redis.
• Proven track record in setting SLIs/SLOs and leading incident command.

Responsibilities

• Build and iterate on platform tooling and best practices.
• Drive a culture of post-incident learning and resilience testing.
• Develop and optimize Infrastructure as Code (Terraform).

Skills

Infrastructure as Code (Terraform)

Amazon EKS/Kubernetes

RDS/Postgres

Redis

SRE, DevOps, or platform engineering

Job description

Company Description

VC-backed fintech SaaS

Job Description

As a Platform Engineer, you will be integral to our platform team, focusing on the infrastructure and tooling that empowers product teams. You'll ensure reliability, scalability, and performance, proactively identifying improvements. This role involves building best practices, driving incident learning, optimizing costs, and partnering with engineering teams on their releases.

Location

London, UK

Why this role is remarkable

• Make a significant impact on the core infrastructure of a high-traffic, user-centric platform.
• Drive a culture of reliability and resilience, shaping platform tooling and best practices from the ground up.
• Work with a modern, robust tech stack including EKS/Kubernetes, Postgres, and Redis within a well-funded company.

What you will do

• Build and iterate on platform tooling and best practices, including SLIs/SLOs, to understand and optimize system performance.
• Drive a culture of post-incident learning and proactive resilience testing across engineering squads.
• Develop and optimize Infrastructure as Code (Terraform) and manage deployment pipelines in CircleCI.

The ideal candidate

• Possesses 4+ years of hands-on experience in SRE, DevOps, or platform engineering roles, particularly with high-traffic services.
• Has deep expertise with Amazon EKS/Kubernetes, RDS/Postgres, and Redis.
• Demonstrates a proven track record in setting SLIs/SLOs, conducting error-budget reviews, and leading incident command.

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