Platform Engineer (Go / AWS / Kubernetes)
Location: Central London (Hybrid – 3 days/week onsite)
Job type: Long Term contract (inside IR35)
Rate: £300 – £320 per day (inside IR35)
Contract: Inside IR35
Industry: Financial Services
Introduction:
My client is urgently seeking an experienced Platform Engineer to join a global Programme on a long-term contract assignment.
The successful Platform Engineer will join the team to help shape secure, scalable, and flexible public cloud infrastructure.
Tasks & Responsibilities:
- Design reference architectures & apps across cloud providers (e.g., web, batch, message-driven)
- Build Terraform modules/providers in Go
- Automate infrastructure provisioning & teardown (in minutes)
- Create ephemeral testing environments
- Drive cost transparency for teams
- Mentor engineers & advocate for developer experience
Skills & Experience:
- 6–9 years’ experience in software/cloud engineering
- Expertise in Go, AWS, Kubernetes, Docker, Git
- Deep DevOps knowledge (CI/CD, cloud infra)
- Strong testing and documentation skills
- Collaborative mindset, agile experience (Scrum)
Tech Stack:
Go | Java | React | GitHub Actions | Docker | Kubernetes | Terraform (Enterprise) | Sentinel | OPA