Why this role stands out
As a Platform Cloud Engineering Lead at a successful fintech company, you will architect and build the core infrastructure for a fast-growing business, enjoying significant influence and a blend of hands-on engineering and team leadership. This remote role offers excellent compensation up to £100k plus bonus and a 16% pension, perfect for experienced cloud engineers passionate about scaling AWS architecture and mentoring a talented team. You'll thrive here if you enjoy solving complex technical challenges and driving innovation within a supportive, work-life-balance-focused culture.
Quick overview
Job description
Platform Cloud Engineering Lead | Fintech | Remote (UK) | £100k + bonus + 16% pension
Build the platform a fast-growing fintech runs on.
We're an established fintech success story. We've built a culture where work/life balance is real, and we've created a brand-new Platform Cloud Engineering Lead role to shape the next stage of our infrastructure.
The role
You'll set the direction for our cloud platform and the standards behind it, with real influence over architecture, security, and FinOps and a clear tech roadmap to deliver against. It's roughly 70% hands-on engineering and 30% leading a growing team of 6. You'll write some code, solve hard problems, and help your team do their best work.
What you'll do
- Lead cloud, infrastructure, and platform migrations
- Design scalable AWS architecture and the operational practices that keep it reliable
- Drive best practice in Terraform, infrastructure as code, and GitHub orchestration
- Shape our security posture and FinOps approach
- Coach, mentor, and grow team members.
What you bring
- Proven experience leading cloud and platform migrations in fast-growing environments
- Deep AWS and Terraform expertise
- A track record of building scalable architecture and sound operational practices
- A passion for quality engineering and leading by example
- Real enjoyment in helping others grow
What you get
- Up to £100k base, plus bonus
- 16% pension
- Generous holiday and private healthcare
- Full equipment set up
- Remote-first (UK), with one team collaboration day a month at our London HQ
The process: two stages, quick and no fluff and technically very engaging.
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