Harrington Starr
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Principal Platform Engineer | AWS | Kubernetes | GitOps
City of London - Hybrid (2 days in the office)
Salary: £110,000 - £140,000
For engineers who want to shape the platform — not just run it.
We’re working with a well-funded UK fintech entering an exciting phase of commercial growth, and we’re looking for a Principal Platform Engineer to help define what comes next. This is a genuine hands-on technical leadership role. You’ll have the autonomy to challenge the existing platform, make architectural decisions, build better patterns and raise the engineering bar.
The Stack
- AWS
- EKS
- Kubernetes
- Terraform
- Argo CD
- GitHub Actions
- Helm
- Grafana
- VictoriaMetrics
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You’ll Be Tackling:
- Platform architecture and technical direction
- Kubernetes and cloud hardening
- GitOps and deployment automation
- Security, resilience and disaster recovery
- Observability and production readiness
- Repeatable customer environment provisioning
- Mentoring engineers and establishing engineering standards
We’re looking for someone with deep production experience across AWS and Kubernetes, strong engineering judgement and a track record of building platforms that are secure, resilient and scalable. Fintech, regulated environments or SaaS experience is a strong plus.
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It’s an opportunity to get your hands on the platform, influence the technology and help build the foundations of a growing financial technology business.
Interested? DM me for a confidential conversation. For immediate enquiries please contact Harriet Lamplugh de Smith at Harrington Starr on harriet@harringtonstarr.com
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