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Senior Platform Engineer AWS - FinTech

Client Server Ltd.
Posted 15 hours ago, valid for 23 days
Location

London, Greater London W12 9JB, England

Contract type

Full Time

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  • The Senior Platform Engineer (AWS IaC) position is based in London with a salary of up to £100k plus bonuses and benefits.
  • Candidates should have a strong background in software engineering, preferably with experience in Rust or Python, and expertise in AWS.
  • The role requires at least several years of experience in architecting, designing, and implementing high-frequency platforms.
  • The successful applicant will spend 90% of their time hands-on, while also providing technical strategy and direction to a small team.
  • This position offers the opportunity to work with a modern tech stack in a dynamic FinTech environment, ensuring compliance with security standards.

Senior Platform Engineer (AWS IaC) London / WFH to £100k+

Are you a senior Platform Engineer looking for an opportunity to work with a modern tech stack with no legacy code where you can make an impact and progress your career in a leadership role whilst remaining hands-on?

You could be joining a growing, global, FinTech services company that has seen 30-40% year on year growth for the past 10 years and has ambitious growth plans.

As the Senior Platform Engineer you'll remain hands-on 90% of the time whilst also providing technical strategy and direction to a small team of senior Platform Engineers. You'll take a lead role in architecting and developing cloud-native services on AWS, instilling best practices and providing expertise on AWS.

This is an impactful role where you'll collaborate with Quant and Tech teams as well as the wider business to design and implement the infrastructure to support quantitative trading and data analysis, parallelising complex simulations to drive improvements whilst optimising for cost and efficiency. You'll ensure the platform meets security standards including OWASP Top 10 and ISO 27001 compliance, collaborating with IT, legal and compliance teams.

Location / WFH:

You'll join the team in Central London three days a week with flexibility to work from home the other two days.

About you:

  • You are a Platform Engineer from a software engineering background (Rust or Python preferred)
  • You have expertise with AWS
  • You have experience of architecting, designing and implementing high frequency platforms
  • You have a strong knowledge of IaC (Infrastructure as Code) tools such as AWS CDK, Terraform or CloudFormation
  • You have experience of working on event driven microservices
  • You're collaborative and pragmatic, with some previous coaching / mentoring experience
  • You are degree educated in Computer Science or similar

What's in it for you:

As a Senior Platform Engineer you will earn a competitive salary (to £80k) plus bonus and benefits package including:

  • Private Medical Healthcare including Dental and Vision cover
  • Pension
  • Share Option scheme
  • Employee Wellness Programme
  • Summer time hours
  • £2k personalised training budget

Apply now to find out more about this Senior Platform Engineer (AWS IaC) opportunity.

At Client Server we believe in a diverse workplace that allows people to play to their strengths and continually learn. We're an equal opportunities employer whose people come from all walks of life and will never discriminate based on race, colour, religion, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. The clients we work with share our values.

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In order to submit this application, a Reed account will be created for you. As such, in addition to applying for this job, you will be signed up to all Reed’s services as part of the process. By submitting this application, you agree to Reed’s Terms and Conditions and acknowledge that your personal data will be transferred to Reed and processed by them in accordance with their Privacy Policy.