Senior Platform Engineer
Hargreaves Lansdown plc3 days ago
London, United KingdomSenior
Responsibilities
- Design, build, and evolve scalable, secure, reliable, and cost-efficient cloud platform capabilities.
- Create automated, reusable, and self-service solutions that improve developer experience and delivery consistency.
- Drive platform design quality, engineering standards, automation, reliability, and cost optimisation.
- Embed best practices that simplify and standardise how services are built and operated.
- Influence technical direction and collaborate across teams on cloud-native solutions.
- Mentor and support the development of other engineers.
- Resolve complex technical challenges and make strategic engineering decisions.
Requirements
- Extensive experience with public cloud services and cloud-native architectures, including networking, security, and governance.
- Proficiency with Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform and CloudFormation.
- Proficiency with scripting languages such as Python and Bash for complex automation workflows.
- Strong experience with CI/CD pipelines, Docker containerisation, and Kubernetes orchestration.
- Deep understanding of cloud security frameworks, identity management, and compliance standards such as ISO, SOC, and GDPR.
- Proven ability to design scalable, resilient, and cost-efficient cloud solutions in enterprise environments.
- Strong analytical and communication skills, including the ability to explain technical concepts to varied stakeholders.
- Experience mentoring or supporting the development of other engineers.
Benefits
- Discretionary annual bonus and annual pay review.
- 25 days of holiday plus bank holidays and one additional Christmas closure day.
- Option to purchase up to five additional holiday days, subject to the annual benefits window.
- Hybrid working with 2–3 days per week in the office and remote flexibility.
- Enhanced parental leave and a pension scheme with up to 11% employer contribution.
- Income protection, life insurance, private medical insurance, health care cash plans, and health screening.
- Mental health counselling and remote GP support through Help@hand.
- Unlimited access to fitness and wellness sessions through Wellhub.
- Travel-to-work schemes, secure bike storage, showers, an on-site barista and deli, and two paid volunteering days per year.
- Full-time schedule of 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday, with a two-stage interview process.
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