Senior Platform Engineer

Overview

Title: Senior Platform Engineer Rate: Up to £450 Per Day (Outside IR35) Duration: 6 months (Initially) Location: London (1-2 Days Per week) I'm working with an award-winning FinTech that's transforming the way businesses and consumers manage debt, using AI, automation, and empathy to create a fairer, more financially educated world. They're now looking for a Platform Engineer to join their growing engineering team, someone who thrives in a modern DevOps environment and wants to build a secure, scalable, and resilient platform that supports real social impact. What You'll Be Doing Collaborate with developers to streamline deployments and improve the developer experience. Enhance DevOps practices, ensuring platform reliability, scalability, and security. Monitor systems proactively and resolve issues before they impact customers. Lead infrastructure, performance, and security initiatives across AWS. Mentor team members and help shape the future of the platform as the company scales. Tech Stack AWS (EKS, RDS, ElastiCache, Kinesis) Kubernetes & Docker Terraform, GitHub Actions, GitOps Ruby on Rails, Databricks Exposure to Datadog, Cloudflare, or scripting (Ruby, Python, Go) is a plus! About You Strong hands-on experience with Kubernetes (K8s) and containerisation. Proficiency with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform). Solid understanding of AWS and CI/CD pipelines. Curious, collaborative, and passionate about building platforms that make a difference. This is a great opportunity to join a purpose-led tech company making a tangible social impact, while working with modern tools and practices in a truly supportive engineering culture. If this role is of interest to you or someone you might know, then please apply to this role and contact a. .uk LNKD1_UKTJ

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with developers to streamline deployments and enhance the developer experience.
• Enhance DevOps practices ensuring platform reliability, scalability, and security.
• Monitor systems proactively to resolve issues before impacting customers.
• Lead infrastructure, performance, and security initiatives across AWS.
• Mentor team members and contribute to the future development of the platform.

Requirements

• Strong hands-on experience with Kubernetes (K8s) and containerization.
• Proficiency with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform).
• Solid understanding of AWS and CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience with modern DevOps tools and practices.
• Curious and collaborative mindset, focusing on building impactful platforms.