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Senior Platform Engineer London (Fully Remote or Hybrid) 6 Month Contract A fantastic contract opportunity has opened for an experienced Senior Platform Engineer to join a highly respected technology organisation. Contractors speak positively about the culture here – fast-paced, collaborative, and with real autonomy to influence engineering outcomes. As a Senior Platform Engineer, you … developing runtime environments and cloud services, your work will directly enable faster, more reliable, and more secure software delivery at scale. This role goes beyond maintenance – as a Senior Platform Engineer, you’ll be creating, iterating, and solving genuine engineering challenges. You’ll collaborate closely with product and engineering teams across the stack to improve developer experience, strengthen … observability, and troubleshoot complex distributed systems. A focus on clean, maintainable code, cloud infrastructure, and strong security practices is essential. Senior Platform Engineer – Key Skills & Experience: Solid background in software engineering, with significant platform or backend experience Proficiency in Go, Python, or Java for building internal tools and services Strong expertise in AWS, including CloudFront and related More ❯

Senior Platform Engineer London (Fully Remote or Hybrid) 6 Month Contract A fantastic contract opportunity has opened for an experienced Senior Platform Engineer to join a highly respected technology organisation. Contractors speak positively about the culture here – fast-paced, collaborative, and with real autonomy to influence engineering outcomes. As a Senior Platform Engineer, you … developing runtime environments and cloud services, your work will directly enable faster, more reliable, and more secure software delivery at scale. This role goes beyond maintenance – as a Senior Platform Engineer, you’ll be creating, iterating, and solving genuine engineering challenges. You’ll collaborate closely with product and engineering teams across the stack to improve developer experience, strengthen … observability, and troubleshoot complex distributed systems. A focus on clean, maintainable code, cloud infrastructure, and strong security practices is essential. Senior Platform Engineer – Key Skills & Experience: Solid background in software engineering, with significant platform or backend experience Proficiency in Go, Python, or Java for building internal tools and services Strong expertise in AWS, including CloudFront and related More ❯

Senior Platform Engineer - Developer Platform/Internal Tooling 💰 £90,000 - £100,000 + Equity 📍 London - Hybrid (Very flexible, weekly, fortnightly or even x1 day per Month) 🛠️ AWS, Terraform, Python/Go, CI/CD, Backstage Here at Burns Sheehan, we’re working with a high-growth FinTech that uses data and technology to modernise one of the … biggest but most outdated areas of global finance. Their platform is used by some of the world’s leading investment banks, asset managers, and law firms, and with recent funding they're continuing their Tech expansion. They’re now looking for a Senior Platform Engineer to join their growing team, focused on building a world-class developer … experience and enabling a strong DevOps culture across engineering. You’ll be developing tools, infrastructure, and the Internal Developer Platform that help engineers ship faster, more securely, and with confidence. What You’ll Be Doing: Designing and building reusable IaC modules (Terraform/Serverless) Managing AWS multi-account environments and improving cloud security best practices Building and maintaining CI More ❯

Senior Platform Engineer (Contract) | Outside IR35 | Up to £720 p/day | Azure, Azure DevOps, Kubernetes, Terraform | London Hybrid Contract: 6 Months (Outside IR35) Rate: Up to £720 per day Location: Hybrid (2–3 days per week onsite) IR35: Outside Overview We’re supporting a confidential InsurTech client who are scaling their Platform function as they go … through a large re-platforming project . The environment is modern, cloud-focused, and engineering-led. They’re now looking for a Senior Platform Engineer to join the team and play a key part in building and maintaining core infrastructure, improving automation, and ensuring platform reliability. Tech Stack Azure Kubernetes Terraform Azure DevOps CI/CD, automation … Kubernetes Experience building and managing infrastructure as code ( Terraform ) Solid understanding of CI/CD pipelines and Azure DevOps Background in large-scale, regulated or enterprise environments (bonus) Collaborative engineer who enjoys solving problems and improving processes Senior Platform Engineer (Contract) | Outside IR35 | Up to £720 p/day | Azure, Azure DevOps, Kubernetes, Terraform | London Hybrid More ❯

Platform Engineer Central London (Hybrid – 3 days per week in the office) £65,000 – £80,000 per annum + Bonus + Excellent Benefits We’re working with an exciting entertainment company that’s looking for a Platform Engineer to strengthen their cloud and infrastructure capabilities as the business scales. You’ll join a highly skilled engineering … of their AWS-based infrastructure and developer tooling. This is an opportunity to have real technical influence in a cloud-native environment, driving best practices across DevOps, infrastructure, and platform engineering. Tech Stack Cloud: AWS (EC2, RDS, S3, IAM, CloudWatch, Lambda) Infrastructure as Code: Terraform Containerisation & Orchestration: Docker, Kubernetes (EKS), Helm Configuration Management: Ansible Monitoring & Observability: Grafana, Prometheus CI … skills using Python, Bash, Go or Java . A collaborative mindset — comfortable working alongside developers, product teams, and security to ensure performance, reliability, and compliance. We’re open to Platform Engineers who may not meet every requirement but demonstrate curiosity, adaptability, and a drive to grow within an exciting, fast paced setting. Why Join Be part of a modern More ❯

Lead Platform Engineer (Contract) | Outside IR35 | Up to £850 p/day | Azure, Azure DevOps, Kubernetes, Terraform | London Hybrid Contract: 6 Months (Outside IR35) Rate: Up to £850 per day Location: Hybrid (2–3 days per week onsite) IR35: Outside Overview We’re working with a confidential InsurTech client who are scaling their Platform Team as they … undertake a major re-platforming project . They’re looking for a hands-on Lead Platform Engineer to take technical ownership, drive best practices, and mentor others while remaining heavily involved in delivery. The environment is modern, cloud-native, and highly collaborative. Tech Stack Azure Kubernetes Terraform Azure DevOps CI/CD, automation & observability tooling What They’re … Looking For Proven experience leading or mentoring within platform teams Deep hands-on experience with Azure and Kubernetes Strong understanding of Terraform and Infrastructure as Code Skilled with Azure DevOps and modern CI/CD practices Experience in regulated or enterprise environments (bonus) Passion for building reliable, scalable cloud platforms Lead Platform Engineer (Contract) | Outside IR35 | Up More ❯

Platform Engineer (DevOps & Automation) Location: London Employment Type: Permanent Hybrid: 3-day onsite a week Salary: Up to £75,000 Job Summary: Our client, a leading global financial services firm, is seeking a Platform Engineer to join their Platform Engineering Team (20+ team members). This is a hands-on technical role focused on automation … role offers excellent exposure to cutting-edge technologies, including Kafka, Ansible Tower, and containerization platforms. The team values innovation and is open to adopting new tools based on the engineer's recommendations. This is an ideal opportunity for someone who thrives on learning new technologies and can integrate easily into a collaborative, outspoken team culture. Key Responsibilities: Develop automation More ❯

Platform Engineer (DevOps & Automation) Location: London Employment Type: Permanent Hybrid: 3-day onsite a week Salary: Up to £75,000 Job Summary: Our client, a leading global financial services firm, is seeking a Platform Engineer to join their Platform Engineering Team (20+ team members). This is a hands-on technical role focused on automation … role offers excellent exposure to cutting-edge technologies, including Kafka, Ansible Tower, and containerization platforms. The team values innovation and is open to adopting new tools based on the engineer's recommendations. This is an ideal opportunity for someone who thrives on learning new technologies and can integrate easily into a collaborative, outspoken team culture. Key Responsibilities: Develop automation More ❯

Platform Engineer – Databases | London (Hybrid) 💰 £60,000 – £80,000 DOE 📍 Central London (Hybrid – 2–3 days onsite) 🧭 Permanent | Full-time About the Organisation Our client is a global technology-led business consultancy with a mission to help clients innovate, scale, and modernise. Their London engineering hub is home to a diverse international team focused on building next-generation … platforms that empower developers and drive automation at scale. They are now looking for a Platform Engineer, Databases to join their growing Platform Engineering function and take ownership of how database services are automated, delivered, and operated. The Mission This is a hands-on and strategic role within a fast-evolving Internal Platform initiative. You’ll … design and implement database services that can be consumed on demand — secure, compliant, and self-service. Working closely with Platform, SRE, and DevOps teams, you’ll bring automation, observability, and scalability to their database layer, enabling hundreds of developers to ship faster with confidence. What You’ll Do 💾 Design, build, and operate PostgreSQL and ElasticSearch clusters for production. ⚙️ Automate More ❯

Platform Engineer – Databases | London (Hybrid) 💰 £60,000 – £80,000 DOE 📍 Central London (Hybrid – 2–3 days onsite) 🧭 Permanent | Full-time About the Organisation Our client is a global technology-led business consultancy with a mission to help clients innovate, scale, and modernise. Their London engineering hub is home to a diverse international team focused on building next-generation … platforms that empower developers and drive automation at scale. They are now looking for a Platform Engineer, Databases to join their growing Platform Engineering function and take ownership of how database services are automated, delivered, and operated. The Mission This is a hands-on and strategic role within a fast-evolving Internal Platform initiative. You’ll … design and implement database services that can be consumed on demand — secure, compliant, and self-service. Working closely with Platform, SRE, and DevOps teams, you’ll bring automation, observability, and scalability to their database layer, enabling hundreds of developers to ship faster with confidence. What You’ll Do 💾 Design, build, and operate PostgreSQL and ElasticSearch clusters for production. ⚙️ Automate More ❯

Platform Engineer – AI Scale-Up (Fully Remote, UK-Based) We’re working with an AI-driven scale-up that’s building a powerful platform designed to help organisations streamline and manage field-based operations more effectively. As a Platform Engineer , you’ll play a key role in shaping and scaling the core infrastructure that supports … software engineers to deliver scalable and secure systems. Applying solid security and compliance fundamentals — basic SOC knowledge is a huge plus. What We’re Looking For Strong background in Platform or DevOps Engineering , ideally with a software development mindset . Hands-on experience working with AWS and GCP , and the ability to move between the two. Proficiency with Kubernetes More ❯

Senior Software/Platform Engineer (LLM/AI Interest) | Brand new AI Platform 💰 £120,000 - £130,000 📍 London - 4 days a week in office (Paddington) 🛠️ Python, GCP, Kubernetes, Terraform, CI/CD, AI/LLM interest Here at Burns Sheehan, we’re working with a leading UK tech business in the payments and financial services space - processing … in their engineering function and are now expanding a dedicated AI team that’s quickly becoming a key part of their technology strategy. They’re hiring experienced Software/Platform Engineers to help build and scale their internal AI Platform - the infrastructure, tooling, and developer experience layer that enables teams across the business to develop and deploy AI … driven products. What You’ll Be Doing: Designing and building the core AI platform that supports LLMs, agents, and other AI systems. Developing APIs, SDKs, and orchestration tooling that help product/data teams consume AI capabilities at scale. Automating infrastructure/model deployments using Kubernetes, Terraform, and CI/CD pipelines. Building and managing vector databases and retrieval More ❯

Senior Software/Platform Engineer (LLM/AI Interest) | Brand new AI Platform 💰 £120,000 - £130,000 📍 London - 4 days a week in office (Paddington) 🛠️ Python, GCP, Kubernetes, Terraform, CI/CD, AI/LLM interest Here at Burns Sheehan, we’re working with a leading UK tech business in the payments and financial services space - processing … in their engineering function and are now expanding a dedicated AI team that’s quickly becoming a key part of their technology strategy. They’re hiring experienced Software/Platform Engineers to help build and scale their internal AI Platform - the infrastructure, tooling, and developer experience layer that enables teams across the business to develop and deploy AI … driven products. What You’ll Be Doing: Designing and building the core AI platform that supports LLMs, agents, and other AI systems. Developing APIs, SDKs, and orchestration tooling that help product/data teams consume AI capabilities at scale. Automating infrastructure/model deployments using Kubernetes, Terraform, and CI/CD pipelines. Building and managing vector databases and retrieval More ❯

Senior Platform Engineer We are seeking a Senior Platform Engineer to join a forward-thinking financial services organisation embarking on a greenfield platform build. This is a unique opportunity to shape the foundation of a next-generation infrastructure in a highly regulated environment, leveraging cloud, automation, and AI technologies. You will play a key hands … on role in designing, building, and maintaining a scalable, secure, and high-performing platform built on AWS, Linux, and Kubernetes. Ideal candidates will bring a development or scripting mindset, with the ability to automate infrastructure, streamline operations, and contribute to architectural decisions. This is a full hands-on engineering position, offering significant influence over technology choices and the opportunity … to introduce AI/LLM integrations into the platform as it evolves. Key Responsibilities Design, build, and manage a secure, scalable platform environment in AWS. Implement and maintain container orchestration using Kubernetes. Develop automation tooling, scripts, and infrastructure-as-code solutions (Python, Terraform, etc.). Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design solutions aligned with business and regulatory More ❯

Senior Platform Engineer We are seeking a Senior Platform Engineer to join a forward-thinking financial services organisation embarking on a greenfield platform build. This is a unique opportunity to shape the foundation of a next-generation infrastructure in a highly regulated environment, leveraging cloud, automation, and AI technologies. You will play a key hands … on role in designing, building, and maintaining a scalable, secure, and high-performing platform built on AWS, Linux, and Kubernetes. Ideal candidates will bring a development or scripting mindset, with the ability to automate infrastructure, streamline operations, and contribute to architectural decisions. This is a full hands-on engineering position, offering significant influence over technology choices and the opportunity … to introduce AI/LLM integrations into the platform as it evolves. Key Responsibilities Design, build, and manage a secure, scalable platform environment in AWS. Implement and maintain container orchestration using Kubernetes. Develop automation tooling, scripts, and infrastructure-as-code solutions (Python, Terraform, etc.). Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design solutions aligned with business and regulatory More ❯

Job title: Platform Engineer/DevOps Engineer – Trading Client: Elite FinTech Salary: £80,000-£150,000 + Bonus Location: London/Hybrid Skills: Linux, Chef, Puppet, Ansible, Kubernetes, Docker, CI/CD, Python The role: My client are seeking a knowledgeable Platform Engineer to work on their low latency Linux estate. The role sits between … Platform Engineering, DevOps, Linux Systems Administration and SRE, and incorporates elements of all these positions. You will build, design and architect automated solutions for scalable deployment, in private and public cloud infrastructure. You will work in both a project and BAU capacity, automating wherever possible. Core skills required: Linux Chef, Puppet or Ansible Kubernetes, Docker, or Podman CI/ More ❯

Job title: Platform Engineer/DevOps Engineer – Trading Client: Elite FinTech Salary: £80,000-£150,000 + Bonus Location: London/Hybrid Skills: Linux, Chef, Puppet, Ansible, Kubernetes, Docker, CI/CD, Python The role: My client are seeking a knowledgeable Platform Engineer to work on their low latency Linux estate. The role sits between … Platform Engineering, DevOps, Linux Systems Administration and SRE, and incorporates elements of all these positions. You will build, design and architect automated solutions for scalable deployment, in private and public cloud infrastructure. You will work in both a project and BAU capacity, automating wherever possible. Core skills required: Linux Chef, Puppet or Ansible Kubernetes, Docker, or Podman CI/ More ❯

AI/ML Platform Engineer Up to £80,000 plus benefits Onsite – Kensington, London Company and Role This is an opportunity to join a global technology and AI solutions provider delivering some of the most advanced computing platforms in the world. You will be working on a high profile programme to design, deploy and support a next generation … AI and Machine Learning Operations Platform within a world class research and innovation environment. As a Senior AI/ML Platform Engineer, you will play a pivotal role in implementing and maintaining a high performance computing environment that supports large scale artificial intelligence and machine learning workloads. This platform will enable cutting edge research and AI … development, and you will be directly involved from design and build through to long term operational support. It is a hands on, technically challenging position that combines platform engineering, containerisation and GPU optimisation within a highly collaborative setting. Why This Role Stands Out • Work on a flagship AI and ML infrastructure project for one of the UK’s most More ❯

AI/ML Platform Engineer Up to £80,000 plus benefits Onsite – Kensington, London Company and Role This is an opportunity to join a global technology and AI solutions provider delivering some of the most advanced computing platforms in the world. You will be working on a high profile programme to design, deploy and support a next generation … AI and Machine Learning Operations Platform within a world class research and innovation environment. As a Senior AI/ML Platform Engineer, you will play a pivotal role in implementing and maintaining a high performance computing environment that supports large scale artificial intelligence and machine learning workloads. This platform will enable cutting edge research and AI … development, and you will be directly involved from design and build through to long term operational support. It is a hands on, technically challenging position that combines platform engineering, containerisation and GPU optimisation within a highly collaborative setting. Why This Role Stands Out • Work on a flagship AI and ML infrastructure project for one of the UK’s most More ❯

AI Platform Lead | £100,000 + 20% Bonus | Hybrid - 2 Days per Week in London 💰 £100,000 + 20% Bonus 📍 London - 2 days a week in office 🛠️ AWS, Python, Terraform, Kubernetes, RAG/GenAI interest Here at Burns Sheehan, we're exclusively partnered with a leading UK fintech that's transforming small business lending - processing billions in decisions annually. … team over the past 18 months and are now scaling their GenAI capabilities from proof-of-concept to production-ready systems across the business. They're hiring an experienced Platform or Software Engineer to build and own the AI platform. This will involve the management of all the infrastructure, tooling, and cloud layer that enables data scientists and … product teams to develop and deploy AI applications at scale. What You'll Be Doing: Defining and executing the technical strategy for the company's AI platform infrastructure. Architecting and building scalable, secure AWS-based systems for hosting and serving AI models and applications. Developing tooling, frameworks, and governance systems to standardise AI development across teams. Guiding others on More ❯

Senior Platform Engineer (Network & Security) Central London, Hybrid (2-3 days) | £70,000-£80,000 + excellent benefits About the company We’re proud to be partnering with a leading international bank, renowned for its commitment to digital transformation, sustainability, and innovation. With operations spanning multiple continents, they’re investing heavily in modernising their technology landscape; driving automation … This is a fantastic opportunity to join the heart of this transformation, helping to build secure, scalable platforms that power global banking operations. About the role As the Senior Platform Engineer, you’ll take ownership of network infrastructure design, automation, and security and work with both internal teams and third party partners to drive enterprise-level transformations. You … work across cloud and on-prem environments, utilising a range of cloud, network, and security technologies, developing Infrastructure as Code (IaC), and embedding security controls to deliver seamless, secure platform connectivity. About you An experienced Network & Security Engineer with at least 5+ years of relevant experience in designing, implementing, and securing enterprise-grade network platforms. You’ll bring More ❯

Senior Platform Engineer (Network & Security) Central London, Hybrid (2-3 days) | £70,000-£80,000 + excellent benefits About the company We’re proud to be partnering with a leading international bank, renowned for its commitment to digital transformation, sustainability, and innovation. With operations spanning multiple continents, they’re investing heavily in modernising their technology landscape; driving automation … This is a fantastic opportunity to join the heart of this transformation, helping to build secure, scalable platforms that power global banking operations. About the role As the Senior Platform Engineer, you’ll take ownership of network infrastructure design, automation, and security and work with both internal teams and third party partners to drive enterprise-level transformations. You … work across cloud and on-prem environments, utilising a range of cloud, network, and security technologies, developing Infrastructure as Code (IaC), and embedding security controls to deliver seamless, secure platform connectivity. About you An experienced Network & Security Engineer with at least 5+ years of relevant experience in designing, implementing, and securing enterprise-grade network platforms. You’ll bring More ❯

Senior Platform Engineer | Infrastructure | Terraform | DevOps | AWS | GCP | Hybrid, London Location : United Kingdom, ideally London Start Date : Immediate Position Type : Full-time About the Role We're seeking a Staff Engineer to own and evolve our technical infrastructure across cloud operations, data systems, internal tooling, and product deployment. This is a high-impact generalist role perfect for … demonstrated ability to own complex technical systems end-to-end Experience with databases (relational and/or NoSQL) and data pipeline design Experience with at least one major cloud platform (AWS or GCP) Frontend development experience with modern frameworks (React, Vue, Angular, or similar) and TypeScript Strong Python programming skills and experience building production services Hands-on experience with … ll lead the technical evolution of Horizyn from internal tool to external product serving customers, design and implement a greenfield database architecture that becomes the foundation for our data platform, shape development practices and infrastructure patterns that scale with the company, and mentor future infrastructure hires as the team grows. Our small team means your architectural decisions have immediate More ❯

Senior Platform Engineer | Infrastructure | Terraform | DevOps | AWS | GCP | Hybrid, London Location : United Kingdom, ideally London Start Date : Immediate Position Type : Full-time About the Role We're seeking a Staff Engineer to own and evolve our technical infrastructure across cloud operations, data systems, internal tooling, and product deployment. This is a high-impact generalist role perfect for … demonstrated ability to own complex technical systems end-to-end Experience with databases (relational and/or NoSQL) and data pipeline design Experience with at least one major cloud platform (AWS or GCP) Frontend development experience with modern frameworks (React, Vue, Angular, or similar) and TypeScript Strong Python programming skills and experience building production services Hands-on experience with … ll lead the technical evolution of Horizyn from internal tool to external product serving customers, design and implement a greenfield database architecture that becomes the foundation for our data platform, shape development practices and infrastructure patterns that scale with the company, and mentor future infrastructure hires as the team grows. Our small team means your architectural decisions have immediate More ❯

Platform Engineer - PERMANENT Location : London Industry : Financial Services Salary : £70,000 - 80,000 + benefits + bonus Hybrid : In office 3 days per week The Platform Engineering team seeks an ambitious Engineer specialising in AWS, Python, Terraform, Git for CI/CD, and Docker to create a cutting-edge platform for rapid, reliable software development … integrated with dev tools. Improve developer experience in cloud deployment. Define IaC and CI/CD policies and standards. Automate workflows and toolchains. Required Skills & Experience 3+ years in Platform Engineering. Strong AWS/Azure and cloud security knowledge. Proficient in Python and Docker. CI/CD pipeline automation in agile environments. Terraform experience (a plus). Familiarity with More ❯