Senior Platform Engineer

Salary: £75,000 - 100,000 per year

Requirements:

• Commercial experience in a Platform Engineering, DevOps, Cloud Engineering, or Site Reliability Engineering role
• Strong hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure
• Experience managing Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) or container platforms such as Azure Container Apps
• Strong experience with Docker and containerisation technologies
• Expertise with Terraform and Infrastructure as Code
• Strong experience building and maintaining Azure DevOps CI/CD pipelines
• Solid scripting skills with PowerShell
• Experience supporting or administering Azure SQL or Microsoft SQL Server
• Experience with monitoring and observability tooling
• Good understanding of cloud networking, security, identity, and platform automation
• Excellent communication skills with a collaborative mindset
• Someone who enjoys solving complex problems, improving platforms, and continuously learning

Responsibilities:

• Design, build, and maintain secure, scalable Azure infrastructure using Terraform with an Infrastructure as Code-first approach
• Manage and optimise Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) and containerised workloads using Azure Container Apps or similar container platforms
• Build, manage, and optimise Docker images and containerised application deployments
• Build and enhance CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps, enabling faster and more reliable software delivery
• Automate infrastructure provisioning, deployments, and operational tasks using PowerShell
• Work closely with software engineering teams to improve developer experience, deployment processes, and platform reliability
• Support and optimise Azure SQL environments, ensuring performance, availability, and security
• Implement monitoring, logging, and observability solutions to improve platform performance and resilience
• Champion cloud security, governance, and automation best practices across the Azure estate
• Contribute to the evolution of our Platform Engineering strategy and cloud roadmap
• Mentor engineers and share knowledge across the wider technology team

Technologies:

• Azure
• CI/CD
• Cloud
• DevOps
• Docker
• Support
• Kubernetes
• PowerShell
• SQL
• Security
• Terraform

More:

We are a rapidly growing fintech company based in Central London, working in a hybrid model with one day per week in the office. We are investing heavily in our Platform Engineering function and offer the chance to shape the future of our platform, influence technical decisions, and build the cloud infrastructure that powers a scaling business. You will join a collaborative engineering team where ownership is encouraged, your ideas help define how the platform evolves, and there are clear opportunities for progression. We also provide ongoing investment in training, certifications, and professional development, along with a modern cloud-native Azure technology stack and a highly collaborative environment.

last updated 32 week of 2026