Cloud Platform Engineer

Join a leading options market maker with a global trading footprint!

Position: Cloud Platform Engineer

Industry: Financial services

Work Type: Full-time, On-site

Location: London, UK

Salary: Up to £70,000 basic salary

What You'll Be Doing:

• Build and scale a cloud foundation, including networking, IAM, security, and "everything as code" with Terraform/Terramate.
• Implement and maintain self-healing architectures, focusing on Kubernetes.
• Support critical engineering platforms: multi-tenant Airflow, BigQuery, and PostgreSQL clusters.
• Enhance developer experience via remote dev environments, self-hosted CI/CD pipelines, and observability tools.

What They're Looking For:

• Hands-on experience with a major cloud provider (preferably GCP), Kubernetes, and Infrastructure as Code (Terraform).
• Strong Python skills for automation and operational problem-solving.
• Customer-focused approach to building stable, well-documented platforms.
• Pragmatic focus on efficiency, velocity, and leveraging AI tools for problem-solving.
• 2-4 years in Cloud, Platform, or DevOps roles, with excellent communication skills.
• Familiarity with CI/CD and data/observability platforms is a plus.
• Minimum 2:1 STEM degree or equivalent professional experience.

Tech Stack:

• Cloud: GCP
• Orchestration: Kubernetes
• IaC: Terraform/Terramate
• Dev Environments: Remote development tools
• CI/CD: Self-hosted pipelines, Argo Workflows
• Data Platforms: Airflow, BigQuery, PostgreSQL
• Observability: Grafana, Prometheus
• Deployments: Helm

For more information, contact Maria Ciprini at Harrington Starr, or click "Apply" to start your application.