Platform Engineer

Sahomelocator; City of London; On-site; GBP 150,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading trading platform is seeking a Principal Platform Engineer to enhance Observability services within its high-performance environment. The successful candidate will leverage their 8+ years of engineering experience with Python or Go to build scalable solutions that manage real-time trading flows. This position offers a salary of £150,000-170,000 plus bonus, and the chance to work on challenging projects at the forefront of the trading technology landscape.

Qualifications

• 8+ years engineering experience with Python or Go.
• Strong systems engineering mindset.
• Confidence in design discussions and code delivery.

Responsibilities

• Take ownership of Observability and SRE evolution.
• Shape data ingestion and monitoring pipelines.
• Build greenfield Observability services.

Skills

Python

Go

Linux

Kubernetes

Prometheus

Grafana

GitLab

Bitbucket

Job description

Principal Platform Engineer, Observability

£150,000-170,000 + bonus

Join a high-performance trading platform and take ownership of their Observability and SRE evolution. You’ll work at scale, shaping data ingestion and monitoring pipelines that handle huge real‑time trading flows.

What You’ll Work With

• Python or Go in a DevOps/SRE setting
• Linux, Kubernetes, public cloud
• Prometheus, Grafana, telemetry and full Observability tooling
• GitLab, Bitbucket and modern CI/CD
• Bonus: Slurm, HPC

What They’re Looking For

• 8+ years engineering with Python or Go
• Strong systems engineering mindset
• Confident in design discussions, delivering clean and reliable code
• Keen to learn, contribute and shape technical direction

This is a chance to build greenfield Observability services for one of Europe’s most advanced trading platforms, now expanding into crypto and new asset classes. High impact, strong engineering culture and a serious technical challenge.

Location: Little London, England, United Kingdom

Employment type: Full-time