Senior Platform Engineer AWS - FinTech

JR United Kingdom; London; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Senior Platform Engineer to join their innovative team in London. This role offers an exciting opportunity to work with a modern tech stack, focusing on cloud-native services and Infrastructure as Code. You'll be hands-on, leading a talented team while ensuring the platform meets high security standards. With a commitment to growth and collaboration, this role is perfect for someone looking to make a significant impact in a dynamic FinTech environment. Enjoy the flexibility of working from home while being part of a diverse and inclusive workplace that values continuous learning and development.

Benefits

Private Medical Healthcare

Dental and Vision cover

Pension

Employee Wellness Programme

Summer time hours

£2k personalised training budget

Qualifications

• Experience in architecting and implementing high frequency platforms.
• Strong knowledge of IaC tools and AWS expertise.

Responsibilities

• Lead architecting and developing cloud-native services on AWS.
• Collaborate with teams to design infrastructure for quantitative trading.

Skills

AWS

Rust

Python

Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

Event-driven microservices

Coaching/Mentoring

Education

Degree in Computer Science

Tools

AWS CDK

Terraform

CloudFormation

Job description

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Client:

Client Server

Location:

London, United Kingdom

Job Category:

Other

EU work permit required:

Yes

Job Views:

4

Posted:

13.04.2025

Expiry Date:

28.05.2025

Job Description:

Senior Platform Engineer (AWS IaC) London / WFH to £100k+

Are you a senior Platform Engineer looking for an opportunity to work with a modern tech stack with no legacy code where you can make an impact and progress your career in a leadership role whilst remaining hands-on?

You could be joining a growing, global, FinTech services company that has seen 30-40% year on year growth for the past 10 years and has ambitious growth plans.

As the Senior Platform Engineer, you'll remain hands-on 90% of the time whilst also providing technical strategy and direction to a small team of senior Platform Engineers. You'll take a lead role in architecting and developing cloud-native services on AWS, instilling best practices and providing expertise on AWS.

This is an impactful role where you'll collaborate with Quant and Tech teams as well as the wider business to design and implement the infrastructure to support quantitative trading and data analysis, parallelising complex simulations to drive improvements whilst optimising for cost and efficiency. You'll ensure the platform meets security standards including OWASP Top 10 and ISO 27001 compliance, collaborating with IT, legal and compliance teams.

Location / WFH:

You'll join the team in Central London three days a week with flexibility to work from home the other two days.

About you:

• You are a Platform Engineer from a software engineering background (Rust or Python preferred)
• You have expertise with AWS
• You have experience of architecting, designing and implementing high frequency platforms
• You have a strong knowledge of IaC (Infrastructure as Code) tools such as AWS CDK, Terraform or CloudFormation
• You have experience of working on event driven microservices
• You're collaborative and pragmatic, with some previous coaching / mentoring experience
• You are degree educated in Computer Science or similar

What's in it for you:

As a Senior Platform Engineer you will earn a competitive salary (to £80k) plus bonus and benefits package including:

• Private Medical Healthcare including Dental and Vision cover
• Pension
• Employee Wellness Programme
• Summer time hours
• £2k personalised training budget

Apply now to find out more about this Senior Platform Engineer (AWS IaC) opportunity.

At Client Server we believe in a diverse workplace that allows people to play to their strengths and continually learn. We're an equal opportunities employer whose people come from all walks of life and will never discriminate based on race, colour, religion, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. The clients we work with share our values.