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# Platform Engineer

- **Company:** developrec
- **Location:** Greater London, UK
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Amazon Web Services, Cloud Computing, Python (Programming Language), Scripting, Kubernetes, Terraform, Docker
- **Published:** August 26, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.collegerecruiter.com/job/2815089828-platform-engineer

## About the Role

* Proven experience as a Platform Engineer or similar role
 * Strong hands-on expertise with AWS, Terraform, Kubernetes, and Docker
 * Solid scripting or development experience with Python
 * Experience operating production systems in high-availability, regulated, or Fintech environments
 * Strong problem-solving skills and a collaborative mindset
 * Comfortable mentoring others and influencing technical direction

## Description

We're working with a fast-growing Fintech company based in Central London that's building scalable, secure, and high-performance financial platforms. They're now looking for a Platform Engineer to play a key role in shaping their cloud infrastructure and engineering culture.

Responsibilities

 * Designing, building, and maintaining highly available AWS infrastructure
 * Driving Infrastructure as Code using Terraform
 * Managing and scaling containerised workloads with Kubernetes and Docker
 * Collaborating closely with software engineers to improve CI/CD pipelines
 * Automating systems and processes using Python
 * Improving reliability, security, monitoring, and performance across platforms
 * Acting as a senior voice in technical decision-making and best practices

Requirements

 * Proven experience as a Platform Engineer or similar role
 * Strong hands-on expertise with AWS, Terraform, Kubernetes, and Docker
 * Solid scripting or development experience with Python
 * Experience operating production systems in high-availability, regulated, or Fintech environments
 * Strong problem-solving skills and a collaborative mindset
 * Comfortable mentoring others and influencing technical direction

If you're interested please get in touch ASAP!


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