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# Senior Platform Engineer

- **Company:** Ross Kane Ltd
- **Location:** Greater London, UK
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Agile Methodology, Amazon Web Services, Amazon Cloudfront, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud, Amazon S3, Bash Shell, Continuous Delivery, Continuous Integration, Linux, Identity and Access Management, Python (Programming Language), Reliability Engineering, Prometheus, Data Logging, Scripting, Grafana, Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC), Git, Amazon Relational Database Service, Route53, Functional Programming, Cloudwatch, Terraform, Serverless Computing, Docker, Pagerduty, Programming Languages
- **Published:** September 8, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.collegerecruiter.com/job/2840619459-senior-platform-engineer

## About the Role

* Proficient in AWS services such as ECS, EC2, Lambda, VPC, IAM, Route53, CloudFront, S3, and RDS.
 * Solid understanding of monitoring and logging tools, including Prometheus, AWS CloudWatch, Grafana, OpenTelemetry, Honeycomb, and ELK.
 * Basic knowledge of Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) and experience with alerting and incident management systems like Opsgenie and PagerDuty.
 * Demonstrated capability to develop and maintain robust and scalable Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) pipelines.
 * Familiar with Linux, Git, and Docker, along with strong scripting abilities in languages such as Python, Bash, or Go; proficiency in at least one modern programming language is required.
 * Experienced in defining Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using tools like Terraform or Serverless.
 * Well-versed in Agile development methodologies and practises.
 * Eager to learn and committed to personal and professional growth.
 * Strong enthusiasm for enhancing developer experience, coupled with a keen interest in Platform Engineering as a field.
 * Previous experience in the fintech sector is considered an advantage.



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