Platform Engineer: Global Internal DB Platform

Wise; Greater London; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial technology company in Greater London is looking for a Platform Engineer to develop and operate their internal cloud-based database platform. You will collaborate with various teams to automate database management tasks, ensuring reliability and security. The ideal candidate has 2+ years of Platform Engineering experience, strong Python skills, and familiarity with cloud infrastructure. This role offers a competitive salary of £65,000 - £85,000 along with a strong focus on team collaboration and diversity.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of Platform Engineering experience (not software‑only).
• Experience with cloud infrastructure (AWS or GCP).
• Strong Python development skills (or similar).
• Solid understanding of software engineering principles.
• Proficiency with Cloud APIs and DevOps tooling.
• Clear communicator who collaborates well across teams.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and evolve our internal cloud‑based database platform.
• Develop self‑service tooling that improves developer experience.
• Automate common database management tasks.
• Own production systems end‑to‑end with a zero‑downtime mindset.
• Plan and deliver solutions to complex problems.

Skills

Platform Engineering experience

Cloud infrastructure (AWS or GCP)

Python development skills

Software engineering principles

Cloud APIs and DevOps tooling

Clear communication

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

CI/CD

Job description

A leading financial technology company in Greater London is looking for a Platform Engineer to develop and operate their internal cloud-based database platform. You will collaborate with various teams to automate database management tasks, ensuring reliability and security. The ideal candidate has 2+ years of Platform Engineering experience, strong Python skills, and familiarity with cloud infrastructure. This role offers a competitive salary of £65,000 - £85,000 along with a strong focus on team collaboration and diversity.