Senior Platform Engineer (Domain Operations)

Ebury

  • London
  • Permanent
  • Full-time
  • 20 days ago
Ebury is a global fintech firm dedicated to empowering businesses to expand internationally through tailored and forward-thinking financial solutions. Since our founding in 2009, we've grown to a diverse team of over 1,700 professionals across 40+ offices and 29+ markets worldwide. Joining Ebury means becoming part of a collaborative and innovative environment where your contributions are valued. You'll play a key role in shaping the future of cross-border finance, while advancing your own career in a dynamic, high-growth industry.Senior Platform Engineer (Domain Operations)London Office - Hybrid: 4 days in the office, 1 day working from homeWe are looking for an experienced Senior Platform Engineer to join our team. In this role, you will be working within one of our platform engineering teams to ensure that our platform meets the needs of our customers and business objectives.Why Ebury?
  • High-Performance, High-Growth Environment:** Be part of a dynamic and rapidly growing company that values impact and rewards results.
  • Focus on Excellence:** We are committed to becoming a world-class organization and are looking for individuals who share our passion for delivering exceptional work.
  • Personal Responsibility and Freedom:** We empower our employees to take ownership of their work and make a real difference.
  • Collaborative and Inclusive Culture:** We value diversity, promote inclusion, and foster a positive work environment where everyone feels respected and supported.
  • Continuous Growth and Development:** Benefit from our career map, regular reviews, and training opportunities to advance your career and reach your full potential.
Responsibilities
  • Collaborate with development teams to accelerate value delivery and enhance scalability and reliability for clients.
  • Work within Platform Engineering to ensure high availability and reliability of our platform.
  • Partner with development teams to ensure applications are designed for scalability and reliability.
  • Design and build systems with a longer-term approach in mind, using design patterns that allow for easy iteration and scaling.
  • Develop and maintain infrastructure and application monitoring, incident management, and troubleshooting procedures.
  • Leverage observability tools to gain insights into system performance and health, and drive improvement decisions.
  • Design and implement automation tools and processes to enhance efficiency and minimize downtime.
  • Participate in on-call rotation to address critical incidents and ensure system availability.
  • Stay current with emerging technologies, tools, and practices in Platform Engineering and infrastructure.
About you:
  • Several years of experience in building large-scale distributed systems.
  • Strong understanding of cloud architecture and application deployment models, specifically on GCP or AWS.
  • Experience in operating web-scale deployments of containerized systems using Kubernetes and Amazon Container Services.
  • Deep expertise in your team's technical domain, with a view on how it should move forward.
  • Champions quality, testing, and refactoring, with a strong proficiency in Python and a commitment to writing high-quality code and documentation.
  • Passion for designing large systems with scalable and elegant interfaces.
  • Identify technical debt and propose solutions, balancing short-term delivery with long-term maintainability and proactively mitigating risks.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English. Capable of explaining why something is being built, what the expected impact is, and communicating technical trade-offs to stakeholders.
  • Commitment to upholding Ebury's values.
Nice to have:
  • Experience in the FinTech industry.
  • Bachelor's degree in computer science or a related field.
  • Familiarity with security and compliance requirements (e.g., HIPAA, SOC2, GDPR, DORA) is a plus.
  • Proficiency in Spanish or Portuguese is advantageous.
#LI-AT1#HYBRIDAbout UsEbury is a FinTech success story, positioned among the fastest-growing international companies in its sector.Founded in 2009, we are headquartered in London and have more than 1700 staff with a presence in more than 29 markets worldwide. Cultural diversity is part of what makes Ebury a special place to be. From Sao Paulo to Dubai, Vancouver to Auckland, we enjoy sharing team experiences and celebrating success across the Ebury family.Hard work pays off: in 2019, Ebury received a £350 million investment from Banco Santander and has won internationally recognised awards including Financial Times: 1000 Europe's Fastest-Growing Companies.None of this would have been possible without our proudest achievement: our great people. Enthusiastic, innovative and collaborative teams, always ready to disrupt and revolutionise the fast-paced FinTech sector.At Ebury, we're committed to building a workplace where everyone feels valued, supported, and empowered to thrive. We're proud to have active employee networks and ESG initiatives that reflect our inclusive culture, including our Women's Network, LGBTQIA+ Network, and Veterans Network. These communities provide spaces for connection, mentorship, advocacy, and collaboration across our global teams.We believe in inclusion. We stand against discrimination in all forms and have no tolerance for the intolerance of differences that makes us a modern and successful organisation. At Ebury, you can be whoever you want to be and still feel a sense of belonging no matter your story because we want you and your uniqueness to help write our future.Please submit your application on the careers website directly, uploading your CV / resume in English.

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