Senior Platform Engineer

Senior Platform Engineer £100,000–£130,000 basic + benefits UK Remote I'm partnering with a high-growth technology business looking for a Senior Platform Engineer to help shape the next phase of its platform engineering function. Following the acquisition of a new exchange, the team is tackling a significant engineering challenge: evolving its platform architecture to support a highly available, low-latency distributed system. This is an opportunity to join a small engineering team at a pivotal stage, with genuine influence over architectural decisions, platform standards and the direction of the infrastructure. The role

• Design and build cloud-native infrastructure across AWS and Kubernetes.
• Develop scalable, highly available platforms, balancing performance, reliability and resilience.
• Establish infrastructure-as-code standards using Terraform.
• Build and optimise CI/CD pipelines, developer tooling and observability.
• Collaborate across platform, application and exchange engineering teams to solve complex technical challenges.
• Take ownership of projects from initial design through to production, with the autonomy to shape solutions rather than simply execute tickets. What we're looking for
• Strong, hands-on experience with AWS, Kubernetes and Terraform.
• A background in Platform Engineering, DevOps or a closely related engineering discipline.
• Experience building and operating distributed systems, ideally in environments where latency and availability are critical.
• Proficiency in Java, Go or Python, with an understanding of the relationship between infrastructure and application code.
• A proactive, ownership-driven approach, with the ability to navigate ambiguity and make sound technical decisions.
• Strong communication skills and experience collaborating across distributed engineering teams. Why consider it? You'll be joining at an early stage of a significant platform evolution, with the opportunity to influence architecture, establish engineering standards and make a tangible impact on the technology underpinning a growing business.