Cloud Platform Engineer

Join a leading options market maker with a global trading footprint! Position : Cloud Platform Engineer Industry : Financial services Work Type : Full-time, On-site Location : London, UK Salary : Up to £70,000 basic salary What You’ll Be Doing: Build and scale a cloud foundation, including networking, IAM, security, and “everything as code” with Terraform/Terramate. Implement and maintain self-healing architectures, focusing on Kubernetes. Support critical engineering platforms: multi-tenant Airflow, BigQuery, and PostgreSQL clusters. Enhance developer experience via remote dev environments, self-hosted CI/CD pipelines, and observability tools. What They're Looking For: Hands-on experience with a major cloud provider (preferably GCP), Kubernetes, and Infrastructure as Code (Terraform). Strong Python skills for automation and operational problem-solving. Customer-focused approach to building stable, well-documented platforms. Pragmatic focus on efficiency, velocity, and leveraging AI tools for problem-solving. 2–4 years in Cloud, Platform, or DevOps roles, with excellent communication skills. Familiarity with CI/CD and data/observability platforms is a plus. Minimum 2:1 STEM degree or equivalent professional experience. Tech Stack: Cloud: GCP Orchestration: Kubernetes IaC: Terraform/Terramate Dev Environments: Remote development tools CI/CD: Self-hosted pipelines, Argo Workflows Data Platforms: Airflow, BigQuery, PostgreSQL Observability: Grafana, Prometheus Deployments: Helm For more information, contact Maria Ciprini at Harrington Starr, or click "Apply" to start your application.

Location: City of London, London, GB

Posted Date: 11/9/2025