About this role
Salary: £100,000 - 115,000 per year
Requirements: Deep AWS and Kubernetes platform engineering experienceStrong background operating cloud-native production environmentsExpertise in infrastructure as code and GitOps practicesStrong understanding of cloud security, IAM, networking, and resilienceExperience mentoring engineers and driving engineering standardsAbility to make pragmatic technical decisions in fast-moving environmentsExperience in fintech, regulated SaaS, payments, or financial services environments is highly beneficial Responsibilities: Drive technical direction across AWS, Kubernetes/EKS, and GitOps infrastructureReview and improve platform architecture, resiliency, and operational readinessDefine engineering standards across infrastructure, CI/CD, observability, and securityLead best practices around Terraform, Argo CD, deployment automation, and platform operationsSupport secure multi-environment and SaaS deployment modelsImprove platform reliability, monitoring, disaster recovery, and production hardeningMentor engineers through design reviews, code reviews, and technical guidance Technologies: AWSCI/CDCloudGitOpsIAMSupportKubernetesSecurityTerraformDevOpsHelm More:
We are hiring a Staff / Principal Platform Engineer to provide deep technical leadership across a modern cloud-native platform within a scaling SaaS and fintech environment. This is a highly hands-on senior engineering role with significant technical influence across platform direction, architecture, and operational maturity. We will work closely with senior engineering leadership to evolve and harden a production-grade AWS platform supporting secure, scalable, and repeatable customer environments. The role is based in Cambridge with 2 to 3 days per week in the office. We offer a salary of £100,000 to £115,000 plus bonus. Sponsorship is not available.
last updated 29 week of 2026