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# Platform Engineer

- **Company:** Bourne Search Ltd
- **Location:** London, UK
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Information Technology Consulting, Key Management, Performance Tuning, Private Cloud Environment, Cloud Platform System, Information Technology, Hashicorp, Terraform
- **Published:** August 26, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.collegerecruiter.com/job/2815193792-platform-engineer

## About the Role

* HashiCorp Vault (or similar secrets management)
 * Private cloud infrastructure

Experience that matters

 * Background in electronic trading systems (eFX, Equities, Fixed Income, etc.)
 * Experience supporting front-office platforms and working closely with traders
 * Comfortable in environments where performance and uptime are non-negotiable

## Description

Overview

Platform Engineer - Electronic Trading in London. Hybrid (3 days in the office per week).

This role is to help build a new electronic trading platform from the ground up, running in a private cloud environment. It is a hands-on role sitting close to the trading desk, focused on performance, reliability, and scale in a fast-moving front-office setup.

Base pay range

This range is provided by Bourne Search Ltd. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience - talk with your recruiter to learn more.

What you'll be working on

 * Building and running a private-cloud platform for a greenfield electronic trading system
 * Supporting low-latency on-premises environments, performance-critical workloads
 * Working day-to-day with developers and the trading desk to keep systems fast, stable, and observable

Core skills

 * Performance optimisation in production environments
 * Terraform for infrastructure as code
 * HashiCorp Vault (or similar secrets management)
 * Private cloud infrastructure

Experience that matters

 * Background in electronic trading systems (eFX, Equities, Fixed Income, etc.)
 * Experience supporting front-office platforms and working closely with traders
 * Comfortable in environments where performance and uptime are non-negotiable

Location & setup

 * London
 * Hybrid: 3 days per week in the office

Important

 * No sponsorship available - candidates must already have the right to work in the UK

Seniority level

 * Mid-Senior level

Employment type

 * Full-time

Industries

 * Capital Markets
 * IT Services and IT Consulting
 * Financial Services


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