Platform Engineer — Remote, Equity, FinTech Compute

Hamilton Barnes Associates Limited; Greater London; Remote; GBP 135,000 - 165,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous equity allocation

Remote Working (Travel to London)

Meaningful ownership over core platform architecture

Opportunity to work in a high-impact startup environment

Job summary

A cutting-edge organization is seeking a skilled engineer to design and operate cloud-based backend systems. The role requires proven experience in building scalable production cloud systems, particularly with Python and/or Go programming languages. Candidates should be comfortable making architectural decisions and collaborating closely with senior leadership. Benefits include a competitive salary, generous equity, and the opportunity for remote work with travel to London. Join a high-impact startup environment shaping the future of the compute economy.

Qualifications

• Proven experience building and running production cloud systems at scale.
• Strong backend engineering experience with Python and/or Go (Golang).
• Solid understanding of distributed systems, concurrency, and messaging patterns.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and operate cloud-based backend and platform systems.
• Make architectural decisions around cloud infrastructure, storage, CI/CD, and monitoring.
• Ensure systems are scalable, reliable, and observable in production.

Skills

Backend engineering experience with Python

Experience building production cloud systems

Understanding of distributed systems

Designing CI/CD pipelines

Strong communication skills

Job description

A cutting-edge organization is seeking a skilled engineer to design and operate cloud-based backend systems. The role requires proven experience in building scalable production cloud systems, particularly with Python and/or Go programming languages. Candidates should be comfortable making architectural decisions and collaborating closely with senior leadership. Benefits include a competitive salary, generous equity, and the opportunity for remote work with travel to London. Join a high-impact startup environment shaping the future of the compute economy.