Low Latency Production Support

Posted 08 February 2024
Salary Up to £150,000
LocationLondon
Job type Permanent
Discipline Software Development
Reference1572
Contact NameEanna Flanagan

Job description

A leading multi-strategy hedge fund have recently started the search for a Senior Platform Engineer to join their London technology team. Having had several consecutive years of excellent performance and growth, they need a senior technologist to come in and help define new coding standards, tooling and a shared services platform for the various development teams across the fund. 

This is a brand new role for the company and as such, the successful Senior Platform Engineer should be good at adopting and driving best practices in a new environment. You will be responsible for evangelising DevOps and cloud strategies, building new software tools/solutions and also consulting with developers and stakeholders on technology best practices.

Key Requirements
  • Extensive programming skills with one or more languages (Python, Java, NodeJS, C#)
  • Experience building RESTful API's
  • In depth knowledge of public cloud platforms (ideally AWS)
  • Strong experience with infrastructure-as-code tools such as Terraform/CloudFormation
  • Deep knowledge of application management platforms such as Kubernetes and Docker 
  • Degree in Computer Science, Engineering or similar 

* You must be eligible to work in the UK without requiring sponsorship*

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