Senior Platform Engineer

Onmo; City Of London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Onmo is seeking a Platform Engineering Lead to guide the engineering team in creating and maintaining vital infrastructure and processes. The ideal candidate will have deep experience with AWS serverless and container stacks, along with strong scripting skills in Typescript and Python. Responsibilities include optimizing system performance and collaborating with various departments to enhance the platform for all users. Joining Onmo means being part of a forward-thinking company focused on empowering individuals to manage their finances better.

Qualifications

• Experience with serverless and container-based AWS architectures.
• Experience in a platform engineering team and good developer experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead the platform engineering team in building and maintaining infrastructure.
• Monitor and optimize system performance, availability, security, and cost.
• Collaborate with various teams to define and evolve the platform roadmap.

Skills

AWS

Typescript

Python

Terraform

Tools

GitHub Actions

DynamoDB

PostgreSQL

MySQL

Job description

ABOUT US

Onmo believes that everyone has the right to access, understand and manage their money with confidence. Our ambition is to improve lives by providing better clarity, intelligence and technology to empower every individual in making the smartest financial decisions. We may be young but we have an incredible team in place and big ambitions for the years ahead.

We design our products to help demystify money matters wherever possible, providing customers with more financial control and flexibility in their lives. This helps them get more from what they have, or with smart decisions, make more of the same. It also means people spend less time with the negative aspects of money and more on the positive - enjoying what the world has to offer.

ABOUT THE ROLE

Responsibilities

• Lead Onmo’s platform engineering team which builds and maintains the infrastructure, tools and processes that sets Onmo up for success
• Monitor and optimise system performance, availability, security and cost.
• Collaborate with Product, Engineering, Security, and Data/Credit Risk teams to define and evolve the platform roadmap

Tech Stack

• Typescript, Python, general scripting
• AWS (serverless & container-based stack)
• Terraform
• DynamoDB, PostgreSQL, MySQL
• Github Actions
• Datadog

FCA Compliance & Consumer Duty

At Onmo we all take collective responsibility for our individual roles in creating the best outcomes for our customers. In this role that involves;

• Identifying and raising incidents in a timely manner; supporting the resolution
• Developing applications with end users in mind
• Keeping up to date with changes in relevant regulatory rules
• Following the FCA Conduct Rules;
  • You must act with integrity
  • You must act with due skill, care and diligence
  • You must be open and cooperative with the FCA, PRA and other regulators
  • You must pay due regard to the interests of customers and treat them fairly
  • You must observe proper standards of market conduct

ABOUT YOU

• You have experience working in a high performing platform engineering team
• You have experience working with AWS - serverless & container-based stack
• You’re excited to build a platform that enables success for everyone at Onmo
• You’re comfortable dealing with ambiguity
• You’re naturally inclined to solve problems through automation
• You understand and value good developer experience
• You’re excited about scaling a growing business and shaping the culture