Principal Platform Engineer

ISS; London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

ISS is seeking a Principal Platform Engineer to provide leadership in the development of a financial intelligence platform. This role requires extensive experience in cloud technologies, particularly GCP, and a strong focus on building scalable and reliable infrastructure. The ideal candidate will mentor others while driving innovation and efficiency in engineering practices within a vibrant and collaborative environment.

Benefits

Culture of creativity and innovation

Diverse skills and perspectives

Professional growth opportunities

Qualifications

• At least 10 years' experience in platform engineering with a focus on cloud solutions.
• Expertise in GCP products and CI/CD solutions.
• Strong documentation, communication, and collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Drive the architecture and operation of the GCP platform infrastructure.
• Be the go-to person for critical platform issues, leading cross-functional teams.
• Develop and support robust CI/CD pipelines and observability stacks.

Skills

Cloud Solutions

Application Modernization

DevOps Practices

Server Management

Mentoring

Agile Methodologies

CI/CD Pipelines

Python

Terraform

Observability Tools

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science

Job description

Let’s be #BrilliantTogether

ISS Stoxx is seeking a Principal Platform Engineer to bring expert-level technical leadership to the development and deployment of our cutting-edge financial intelligence platform. We are in the early stages of a full-scale re-architecting of our on-prem estate to a modern componentised set of solutions using GCP technologies. In this IC role, you will collaborate with Principal Engineers to own and evolve our platform architecture and interpret requirements and enterprise policies into requirements that deliver clear value. You’ll be an advocate of our platform architecture and solutions, demonstrating technical principles and business value.

You’ll be able to demonstrate comfort and success in a matrixed organisation where reporting lines do not dictate technical direction – in a culture where the global Platform Engineering function collaborate to achieve shared success. You understand that platform engineering is a service function that enables other teams to deliver value and have proven approaches to balance reactive and proactive work.

You’ll be a humble expert, willing and able to meet people at their level and both help them and learn from them. You’ll lead by example, using data and proof-of-concepts to bring people along and make them successful. You’ll own deliverables as well as co-developing solutions with your peers and colleagues, to help other develop.

Responsibilities:

• Drive the architecture, development and operation of Stoxx's GCP platform infrastructure

• Ensure the platform's scalability, reliability, and efficiency meets business and client requirements

• Develop, build and support a robust CI/CD pipeline and observability stack

• Be the go-to person for the most critical Platform issues, leading cross-functional teams where necessary, to deliver best-in-class engineering solutions.

• Drive continuous improvement initiatives to enhance pipeline performance and customer satisfaction

• Keep abreast of emerging trends and technologies in cloud management and operation, and promote them across engineering and business functions

• Act as a mentor for other team members, advising on best practice, technology and p rocesses

Requirements:

• At least 10 years' experience in platform engineering, with a focus on cloud solutions and implementations

• Experience implementing developer self-service / developer experience portals

• Strong experience of application modernisation and cloud migration programs

• Strong Linux and Windows server experience in a high-availability 24/7 operation

• Experience with the development and deployment of large-scale, complex technology platforms

• Deep understanding of GCP products across database, serverless, containerization and API

• Advanced level expertise in Terraform

• Extensive experience in designing and implementing DevOps practices

• Experience with two or more CI/CD solutions

• Experience coaching and mentoring high-performing teams

• Pragmatic experience using agile to deliver incremental value

• Experience working in a global or multinational team setting

• Strong documentation, communication and collaboration skills

• Proven ability to drive innovation and continuous improvement initiatives

• Focus on simplicity, automation and observability

• Expertise in Python, GitHub Actions, Apigee, Airflow

• Expertise in Observability tooling such as Prometheus/Grafana, ELK, Splunk or similar

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or related field

• This requires out-of-hours emergency support in the case of escalation .

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What You Can Expect from Us

At ISS STOXX, our people are our driving force. We are committed to building a culture that values diverse skills, perspectives, and experiences. We hire the best talent in our industry and empower them with the resources, support, and opportunities to grow—professionally and personally.

Together, we foster an environment that fuels creativity, drives innovation, and shapes our future success.

Let’s empower, collaborate, and inspire.

Let’s be #BrilliantTogether.

About ISS STOXX

ISS STOXX GmbH is a leading provider of research and technology solutions for the financial market. Established in 1985, we offer top-notch benchmark and custom indices globally, helping clients identify investment opportunities and manage portfolio risks. Our services cover corporate governance, sustainability, cyber risk, and fund intelligence. Majority-owned by Deutsche Börse Group, ISS STOXX has over 3,400 professionals in 33 locations worldwide, serving around 6,400 clients, including institutional investors and companies focused on ESG, cyber, and governance risk. Clients trust our expertise to make informed decisions for their stakeholders' benefit.

STOXX and DAX indices comprise a global and comprehensive family of more than 17,000 strictly rules -based and transparent indices. Best known for the leading European equity indices EURO STOXX 50, STOXX Europe 600 and DAX, the portfolio of index solutions consists of total market, benchmark, blue-chip, sustainability, thematic and factor-based indices covering a complete set of world , regional and country markets. STOXX and DAX indices are licensed to more than 550 companies around the world for benchmarking purposes and as underlyings for ETFs, futures and options, structured products, and passively managed investment funds. STOXX Ltd., part of the ISS STOXX group of companies, is the administrator of the STOXX and DAX indices under the European Benchmark Regulation.

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