Lead Platform Engineer

Lead Platform Engineer - FinTech

£110,000 + Bonus (£15k +)

Central London - Hybrid working, 2/3 days per week in the office

We’re working with a highly successful FinTech business in Central London who are looking to hire a Lead Platform Engineer to help shape the future of their infrastructure and platform strategy.

This is a high-impact role within a growing engineering team where you’ll have the opportunity to influence architectural decisions, mentor engineers, and remain deeply hands-on with modern infrastructure tooling. The company builds all it's software in-house and has been investing heavily in its platform, observability, and cloud capabilities as they continue to scale.

The Opportunity:

You’ll join as the Lead Platform Engineer, working closely with engineering leadership to drive improvements across infrastructure, reliability, and developer experience. This role sits at the intersection of hands-on engineering, mentoring, and strategy. You’ll guide platform direction while continuing to build and improve the infrastructure that powers the business.

You’ll also mentor one platform engineer, helping them grow while ensuring the team continues delivering high-quality infrastructure and automation.

Environment:

The platform currently operates in a hybrid environment:

• ~60% on-premise infrastructure
• ~40% Microsoft Azure

The long-term strategy is focused on modernising the platform, improving observability, and evolving cloud capabilities, making this an excellent opportunity for someone who enjoys building and shaping systems.

Tech Stack:

You’ll be working across a modern DevOps and platform stack including:

• Kubernetes
• Terraform
• Hybrid cloud infrastructure (on-premise + Azure)

CI/CD & Automation

• GitHub Actions
• Python

Azure Services

• Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
• Azure Virtual Machines
• Azure Virtual Networks
• Azure Load Balancer
• Azure Application Gateway
• Azure Storage Accounts
• Azure Blob Storage
• Azure Key Vault
• Azure Monitor
• Azure Log Analytics
• Azure Active Directory
• Azure Container Registry
• Azure DNS
• Azure DevOps integrations

Observability

• Logging, monitoring, and tracing across distributed systems
• Building meaningful telemetry and platform visibility

What you'll be doing:

• Leading the evolution of the company’s platform and infrastructure strategy
• Designing and improving hybrid Azure + on-premise environments
• Driving Kubernetes platform improvements
• Building automation with Terraform and Python
• Improving observability and monitoring across systems
• Mentoring a Platform Engineer and helping shape platform best practices
• Working closely with engineering teams to improve developer experience and reliability

Why this role is exciting:

• Huge impact on the future platform architecture
• Opportunity to shape the hybrid cloud strategy
• Combination of technical leadership and hands-on engineering
• Modern DevOps tooling and cloud technologies
• Direct influence on platform reliability and scalability

Package:

• Salary: Up to £110,000
• Bonus: 15k +
• Location: Central London
• Working: Hybrid - 2–3 days per week in the office

If you’re a Senior or Lead Platform / DevOps Engineer who enjoys solving complex infrastructure problems while shaping platform strategy, this is a fantastic opportunity to make a real impact.

Please click "APPLY" and reach out to Vytas Jelinskas at ReVybe IT, to find out more.

You must have full rights to work in the UK, and be happy to travel into the Central London office 2/3 days a week to be considered for this role. Please keep this in mind when applying!

Lead Platform Engineer - FinTech

£110,000 + Bonus

Central London

Azure, Kubernetes, Terraform, On-Premise, Python, PowerShell, GitHub Actions, Platform Engineer