Senior Platform Engineer

Ross Kane Ltd; Greater London; On-site; GBP 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

A fintech scaleup is looking for a head of engineering to lead their engineering team. The ideal candidate will have strong proficiency in AWS services and demonstrated experience in developing CI/CD pipelines. They should also be familiar with monitoring tools and have a keen interest in Platform Engineering. Previous experience in fintech is a plus. This role offers an opportunity to shape engineering practices in a growing organization in the Greater London area.

Qualifications

• Proficient in AWS services including ECS, EC2, Lambda, etc.
• Solid understanding of monitoring tools like Prometheus and Grafana.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure automation.
• Strong CI/CD pipeline design and maintenance capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain robust CI/CD pipelines.
• Define Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform or Serverless.
• Enhance developer experience and engage in Platform Engineering.
• Drive reliability, monitoring, and incident response readiness.

Skills

AWS services (ECS, EC2, Lambda, etc.)

Monitoring and logging tools (Prometheus, CloudWatch, etc.)

Site Reliability Engineering (SRE)

Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) pipelines

Linux

Git

Docker

Scripting in Python, Bash, or Go

Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

Agile development methodologies

Tools

Terraform

Serverless

AWS Lambda

AWS VPC

IAM

Route53

CloudFront

S3

RDS

Prometheus

CloudWatch

Grafana

OpenTelemetry

Honeycomb

ELK

Opsgenie

PagerDuty

Terraform

Serverless

Linux

Git

Docker

Python

Bash

Go

Job description

Overview

CTI is seeking to appoint a head of engineering for a fintech scaleup.

Requirements

• Proficient in AWS services such as ECS, EC2, Lambda, VPC, IAM, Route53, CloudFront, S3, and RDS.
• Solid understanding of monitoring and logging tools, including Prometheus, AWS CloudWatch, Grafana, OpenTelemetry, Honeycomb, and ELK.
• Basic knowledge of Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) and experience with alerting and incident management systems like Opsgenie and PagerDuty.
• Demonstrated capability to develop and maintain robust and scalable Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) pipelines.
• Familiar with Linux, Git, and Docker, along with strong scripting abilities in languages such as Python, Bash, or Go; proficiency in at least one modern programming language is required.
• Experienced in defining Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using tools like Terraform or Serverless.
• Well-versed in Agile development methodologies and practises.
• Eager to learn and committed to personal and professional growth.
• Strong enthusiasm for enhancing developer experience, coupled with a keen interest in Platform Engineering as a field.
• Previous experience in the fintech sector is considered an advantage.