Platform Tech Lead

Tech Lead | Azure, Terraform, Kubernetes | Bank-Grade Cloud Platform Build

• Salary: £100,000 - £115,000
• Hybrid: London (2 days/week on-site)

The Role

Join a newly formed Cloud Platform Engineering team building a greenfield Azure platform for a regulated banking venture. As Tech Lead , you’ll drive technical delivery across a team of ten engineers, staying hands-on while setting the standard for Infrastructure-as-Code, DevOps, and platform engineering.

You’ll work at the intersection of architecture and delivery, ensuring solutions are built securely, efficiently, and to a consistently high standard. This is a hands-on technical leadership role , not a people management one.

What They’re Looking For (Non-Negotiables)

• Tech Lead / Principal Engineer experience on large-scale Azure platform builds
• Azure Cloud expertise (enterprise-scale landing zones, networking, security, governance)
• Expert-level Terraform for modular, composable infrastructure-as-code
• Hands-on experience with Kubernetes in production environments
• Delivery leadership in DevOps-driven teams using GitHub Actions / Azure DevOps
• Proven ability to mentor engineers and embed technical standards
• Strong grasp of Kanban / continuous-delivery workflows

What You’ll Work With

• Azure Cloud: CAF enterprise-scale architecture, policy automation, governance
• Terraform: Modular provisioning, testing, and deployment patterns
• Kubernetes: Workload orchestration and container management
• CI/CD: GitHub Actions or Azure DevOps pipelines with end-to-end automation
• Event-Driven Architecture: Kafka or similar messaging systems
• Monitoring & Observability: Azure Monitor, Open Telemetry, Prometheus etc.
• Secure-by-Design Practices: Policy as Code, automated validation, compliance controls

Nice to Haves

• Experience in regulated environments (banking, fintech, healthcare)
• Background in Site Reliability Engineering or DevOps transformation
• Exposure to FinOps / cost optimisation
• Familiarity with Azure Enterprise Scale Landing Zones Accelerators
• Microsoft certifications (AZ-400 / AZ-305 or equivalent)

Why Join / Projects

This is your chance to shape a greenfield banking platform from day one , defining the standards, practices, and automation that will underpin a regulated enterprise cloud

You’ll have genuine technical ownership, influence how a modern engineering culture takes root, and see your work directly impact a mission-critical delivery.

Tech Lead | Azure, Terraform, Kubernetes | Bank-Grade Cloud Platform Build