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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Google Cloud Platform Engineer - **Company:** Damia Group - **Location:** London, UK - **Experience:** Expert - **Contract:** Temporary contract - **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Artificial Intelligence, Cloud Computing, Cloud Computing Security, Cloud Engineering, Code Review, Continuous Delivery, Continuous Integration, Software Debugging, DevOps, Programming Tools, Distributed Systems, Python (Programming Language), Role-Based Access Control, Cloud Services, Prometheus, Scaled Agile Framework, Secure Coding, Software Engineering, Datadog, Google Cloud, Cloud Platform System, GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, Grafana, Agentic-AI, Cloudformation, Kubernetes, Infrastructure Automation Frameworks, Deployment Automation, Production Code, Free and Open-Source Software, Cloudwatch, Terraform, Webhooks, Programming Languages - **Published:** October 7, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.totaljobs.com/job/cloud-platform-engineer/damia-group-ltd-job108089275 ## About the Role This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced Cloud Architect / Platform Engineer to work on complex, enterprise-scale cloud-native environments, influencing architectural decisions and helping shape cloud engineering standards across multiple teams. The role requires someone who can combine deep hands-on engineering expertise with strong architectural thinking, while being comfortable working with senior technical stakeholders and influencing technology strategy., * Formal training or certification in software engineering concepts with 5+ years' professional experience in production software development. * Advanced hands-on experience across system design, application development, testing and operational stability at scale. * Strong proficiency in modern programming languages, with Go or Python particularly desirable. * Advanced Kubernetes platform engineering experience, including designing, developing and operating custom Kubernetes Operators and Custom Resource Definitions (CRDs). * Experience with technologies such as Kubebuilder, Operator SDK or equivalent. * Strong understanding of Kubernetes internals, API machinery, RBAC, multi-tenancy, observability and production operational practices. * Proven experience building cloud-native control planes and automation frameworks on Kubernetes, including reconciliation loops, admission controllers, webhooks and custom controllers. * Strong Google Cloud Platform experience, including architecting, building, deploying and operating production cloud-native workloads using core GCP services. * Understanding of cloud cost optimisation, security and enterprise architecture principles. * Strong experience designing and implementing CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure automation and deployment strategies. * Advanced understanding of the Software Development Lifecycle and experience improving engineering practices across teams. * Strong knowledge of agile engineering methodologies, CI/CD, application resilience, security and capacity planning. * Demonstrable expertise in a technical discipline such as cloud architecture, distributed systems, security, DevOps or platform engineering. * Experience working within the financial services sector, including understanding of IT environments, regulatory requirements and operational constraints. * Practical experience using AI-assisted developer tools and AI agents, such as GitHub Copilot, Claude Code or equivalent. * Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to explain complex technical decisions and trade-offs to both technical and non-technical audiences. Desirable Skills * Advanced Infrastructure-as-Code experience, particularly Terraform, CloudFormation or CDK. * Strong observability and monitoring experience with technologies such as Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog or CloudWatch. * Relevant Google Cloud certifications, such as Developer, Solutions Architect or Security. * Experience implementing cloud security practices including secure coding, threat modelling, compliance and incident response. * Open-source contributions or a strong track record of technical knowledge sharing. * Experience leading multi-team initiatives spanning infrastructure, application and platform engineering. ## Description * Architect and deliver complex, creative software and cloud solutions, applying strategic thinking to ambiguous technical problems and influencing architectural decisions across teams. * Develop secure, high-quality production code and actively review, debug and improve code produced by other engineers. * Lead architectural design for cloud-native systems and services, producing comprehensive RFCs, ADRs, architecture diagrams and other technical design documentation. * Drive operational excellence by identifying patterns in system failures, operational metrics and data, implementing improvements to reliability, performance and observability. * Lead technology and vendor assessments, conducting technical deep dives and evaluating architectural approaches, technical capabilities and emerging technologies. * Help develop engineering communities of practice, promoting cloud-native technologies, engineering standards and best practices. * Mentor junior and mid-level engineers through code reviews, technical design and knowledge sharing. * Contribute to strategic initiatives covering cloud platform standards, CI/CD maturity and Infrastructure-as-Code. * Design and operate resilient, highly scalable cloud services in line with enterprise security, compliance and public cloud standards.