Cloud Platform Software Engineer
Cloud Platform Software Engineer - JPMorgan Chase - Glasgow
Initial 6 Month PAYE Contract
Location: Glasgow
Working Pattern: 5 Days Per Week Onsite
About the Opportunity
JPMorgan Chase is seeking an experienced Cloud Platform Software Engineer, for an initial 6 month contract in Glasgow, to join a cloud platform engineering team responsible for building and enhancing strategic multi-cloud solutions used across the firm's global technology estate.
This is a hands-on engineering role focused on developing cloud-native automation and platform capabilities that enable secure, scalable infrastructure management across AWS, Azure, GCP and on-premise environments.
The team is particularly interested in strong software engineers who enjoy solving complex technical problems through code and automation.
The Role
You'll play a key part in designing and developing Kubernetes-based automation solutions, helping to simplify the management of cloud resources at enterprise scale.
A major focus of the role will be the development of Kubernetes Operators and controllers in Go, alongside the creation of platform services that improve developer experience, operational efficiency and cloud governance.
Working within a collaborative engineering environment, you'll contribute to the design, development and evolution of a modern multi-cloud platform supporting a wide range of business-critical applications.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop Kubernetes Operators, Controllers and Custom Resource Definitions (CRDs) using Go
- Build automation solutions to manage infrastructure and cloud services across multiple environments
- Develop secure, scalable and resilient cloud-native applications and platform services
- Contribute to platform architecture, technical design and engineering best practices
- Enhance observability, reliability and operational performance across cloud environments
- Collaborate with software engineers, platform engineers and cloud architects
- Support CI/CD adoption and Infrastructure-as-Code initiatives
- Troubleshoot complex Kubernetes, cloud and distributed systems challenges
Essential Skills
- Strong commercial software engineering experience
- Proficiency in Go, Python or Java
- Hands-on Kubernetes experience within production environments
- Strong understanding of cloud-native architectures and distributed systems
- Experience working with AWS, Azure or GCP
- Knowledge of modern software delivery practices including CI/CD
- Strong problem-solving and troubleshooting capabilities
Desirable Skills
- Multi-cloud experience across AWS, Azure and GCP
- Production Go development experience
- Experience developing Kubernetes Operators, Controllers or CRDs
- Terraform or other Infrastructure-as-Code tooling
- Platform Engineering or Internal Developer Platform experience
- Cloud security and networking knowledge
- Experience within large enterprise or regulated environments
- Financial Services experience
- Exposure to AI-assisted development tools such as GitHub Copilot
What We're Looking For
The successful candidate will be a Software Engineer first and foremost, with the ability to design and build high-quality solutions while operating comfortably within complex cloud environments.
We're particularly interested in individuals who have experience building automation, platforms or developer tooling and can demonstrate strong coding skills alongside Kubernetes expertise.
If you're a Software Engineer with strong Kubernetes and cloud experience and are looking to work on large-scale cloud platform technology within one of the world's leading financial institutions, we'd be keen to hear from you.
GSC Manchester TET is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.