Platform Engineer – Global Cloud & SRE (GCP/Kubernetes)

Starling Bank; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading SaaS company in London is looking for a Platform Engineer to scale their cloud-native banking platform. In this role, you will be responsible for designing and maintaining cloud infrastructure, optimizing software delivery, and enhancing developer experience. The ideal candidate has experience with cloud platforms, strong programming skills in Golang and Java, as well as a passion for automation. This position offers a hybrid work model and numerous employee benefits.

Benefits

33 days holiday

Extra day off for birthday

Annual leave buy/sell

Paid volunteering time

Enhanced pension scheme

Life insurance

Private Medical Insurance

Gym partnerships

Cycle to Work scheme

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a Site Reliability Engineer, DevOps Engineer, Platform Engineer or similar role.
• Strong proficiency in Golang and/or Java.
• Hands-on experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
• Solid understanding of Kubernetes.
• Experience with Terraform or other Infrastructure-as-Code tools.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain our cloud infrastructure across multiple providers.
• Contribute to the build-out and optimisation of our core Engine on GCP using Java and Kubernetes.
• Enhance our multi-tenant, multi-region SaaS release and continuous deployment systems.

Skills

Site Reliability Engineering

Golang

Java

Google Cloud Platform

Kubernetes

Terraform

Automation

CI/CD pipelines

Security best practices

Problem-solving skills

Job description

A leading SaaS company in London is looking for a Platform Engineer to scale their cloud-native banking platform. In this role, you will be responsible for designing and maintaining cloud infrastructure, optimizing software delivery, and enhancing developer experience. The ideal candidate has experience with cloud platforms, strong programming skills in Golang and Java, as well as a passion for automation. This position offers a hybrid work model and numerous employee benefits.