Principal Platform Engineer GCP - Start-up

Principal Platform Engineer London / WFH to £100k

Are you a technologist with start-up experience and a first class education looking for a new opportunity?

You could be joining a small Fintech start-up run by small, successful and proven team of finance technology entrepreneurs, backed by Silicon Valley investors, as they build out the product, currently in stealth mode.

As a Principal Platform Engineer you'll have an impactful role with lots of influence. Initially you'll assess the current tech set up based on GCP, Python, TypeScript, PostgreSQL and Terraform; establish the production environment and extend the platform to enable scalability.

You'll collaborate closely with the CTO and Lead Software Engineer to establish and build systems from scratch and will build a team of high performing engineers, progressing quickly to Head of Technology.

Location / WFH:

You'll be based in Central London, with flexibility to work from home twice a week.

About you:

• You have experience in a similar Principal Platform Engineer role within start-up / scale-up environments with strong commercial acumen
• You have achieved a 2.1 or above BSc from a well renowned top world university, e.g. Russel Group, Ivy League in a relevant technical discipline
• You have a software engineering background with a strong knowledge of modern best practices, architecture and design experience
• You have strong, current technical skills including: GCP, Python, TypeScript, PostgreSQL and Terraform
• You're collaborative and pragmatic with strong leadership and stakeholder management skills
• You have experience of building teams and developing people

What's in it for you:

• Strating salary £100k
• Equity

Apply now to find out more about this Principal Platform Engineer opportunity.

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