Platform Engineer (Cloud & DevOps)

Job description

We’re partnering with a high-growth, venture-backed AI platform that is transforming how large financial institutions automate and scale complex workflows. Backed by top-tier global investors and growing fast, they’re now looking for a Platform Engineer to take ownership of cloud infrastructure as the company scales.

This role is ideal for someone who enjoys building robust, secure, and cost-efficient platforms in fast-paced environments and wants real ownership and impact.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Design, build, and maintain scalable cloud infrastructure to support rapid product growth
• Own DevOps, observability, and reliability across the platform
• Prepare systems for SOC 2 / ISO 27001 audit readiness
• Build and manage CI/CD pipelines across backend, frontend, and data services
• Implement logging, metrics, tracing, alerting, and on-call processes
• Monitor and optimise cloud costs without compromising performance or reliability
• Act as a champion for operational excellence across engineering teams

Technical Skills Required

• Cloud experience with Azure (AWS experience a plus)
• Infrastructure as Code using Terraform
• Kubernetes (AKS), Docker, GitHub Actions
• Strong observability experience (logging, metrics, tracing)
• Solid understanding of networking (VPCs, DNS, load balancers, VPNs, firewalls)
• Experience managing production databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL, NoSQL) and storage
• Scripting and automation using Python and/or Bash
• Security best practices, secrets management, and vulnerability scanning

Experience

• 4–7 years in platform, infrastructure, or DevOps engineering
• Startup or high-growth environment experience strongly preferred
• Proven ownership of infrastructure end-to-end
• Experience with compliance frameworks (SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR)
• Track record of balancing scale, reliability, and cost efficiency

What You Can Expect

• A challenging, fast-moving environment where priorities evolve
• Real ownership and visibility, working closely with founders
• High standards, high trust, and high impact
• Competitive salary plus meaningful equity
• A defining role at a critical growth stage

This is an opportunity to build something exceptional with a driven, ambitious team.

Extra information

Status

Open

Education Level

Secondary School

Location

City of London

Type of Contract

Full-time jobs

Published at

12-04-2026

Profession type

Accountancy

Full UK/EU driving license preferred

No

Car Preferred

No

Must be eligible to work in the EU

No

Cover Letter Required

No

Languages

English