dcoded. | B Corp ™ pending
Senior Platform Engineer (GCP/AWS)
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Senior Platform Engineer
We're working exclusively with a well-established FinTech to find a Senior Platform Engineer to join their engineering team. This is a hands-on role for someone who genuinely views infrastructure as a product, building the foundations that power the business's digital services.
About you:
- Cloud Proficient: Extensive experience managing production workloads in GCP (essential) and Azure (highly desirable).
- IaC Expert: Highly proficient with Terraform, with a proven ability to build modular, reusable infrastructure at scale.
- Pipeline Master: Deep understanding of Buildkite and GitHub Actions, with a relentless focus on workflow efficiency.
- Security-First Mindset: Practical experience implementing best practices, such as Identity, Encryption, and Secrets management, within regulated environments.
- Autonomous & Driven: A track record of taking a project from a vague requirement to a production-ready solution with minimal supervision.
- Collaborative Mentor: A strong communicator who enjoys sharing knowledge, conducting code reviews, and helping the wider team level up.
- Problem Solver: Thrives on optimising observability and performance to keep a cloud footprint lean and high-performing.
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- You'll be responsible for the "how" of engineering delivery, building the foundation that powers the business's digital services.
- Scaling the Cloud: Managing and evolving multi-cloud environments using Terraform to create highly available, repeatable infrastructure patterns
- Optimising CI/CD: Leading improvements to Buildkite and GitHub pipelines to increase deployment frequency and eliminate developer friction
- Integrating Security: Hardening the platform by embedding automated security scanning and "compliance-as-code" into the delivery process
- Enhancing Developer Experience: Building self-service tools and documentation that empower squads to own their services end to end
- Driving Operational Excellence: Spearheading cost-optimisation and observability initiatives to keep cloud spend efficient as the business scales
- Defining "Golden Paths": Contributing to standardised engineering patterns and providing technical guidance to mid-level engineers
- Spearheading Innovation: Acting as a bridge to strategic vision, ensuring ground-level technical execution aligns with long-term architectural goals
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