Senior Platform Engineer

Shou; Greater London; On-site; GBP 80,000 - GBP 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A fintech scale-up is seeking a head of engineering to lead engineering initiatives, focusing on enhancing developer experience and platform engineering. The ideal candidate will be highly proficient in AWS services and CI/CD pipeline maintenance, with experience in monitoring tools and Infrastructure as Code. A background in the fintech sector is advantageous. This role promises opportunities for growth and learning within a dynamic team in Greater London.

Qualifications

• Proficient in AWS services.
• Solid understanding of monitoring tools.
• Experience with SRE and incident management.
• Capable of maintaining CI/CD pipelines.
• Familiar with Linux, Git, and Docker.
• Proficient in at least one modern programming language.
• Experienced with Infrastructure as Code using Terraform or Serverless.
• Strong interest in enhancing developer experience.

Skills

AWS services (ECS, EC2, Lambda, VPC, IAM, Route53, CloudFront, S3, RDS)

Monitoring and logging tools (Prometheus, AWS CloudWatch, Grafana, OpenTelemetry, Honeycomb, ELK)

Basic SRE knowledge

Incident management systems (Opsgenie, PagerDuty)

CI/CD pipelines development

Linux

Git

Docker

Scripting (Python, Bash, Go)

Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform or Serverless

Platform Engineering

Job description

CTI is seeking to appoint a head of engineering for a fintechscaleup.

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 and practices.
• 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.