Senior Platform Engineer (Domain Operations)
London Office - Hybrid: 4 days in the office, 1 day working from home
Our platform engineering team is seeking an experienced Senior Platform Engineer. You will collaborate with multiple development teams to accelerate value delivery to our customers and achieve 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.
- Contribute to the design and implementation of new systems and services, meeting reliability and scalability standards.
- Design, build, and maintain infrastructure as code, ensuring reproducible, secure, and scalable environments.
- Champion automated testing and test-driven development (TDD) practices across infrastructure and application code.
- Implement and optimize continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) pipelines to streamline deployment processes.
- Develop and maintain infrastructure and application monitoring, incident management, and troubleshooting procedures.
- Utilize observability tools to gain insights into system performance and health, guiding improvement decisions.
- Build and maintain testing infrastructure to support high confidence in releases and rapid iteration.
- Design and implement automation tools and processes to boost efficiency and minimize downtime.
- Participate in on-call rotation to address critical incidents and guarantee system availability.
- Stay current with emerging technologies, tools, and practices in Platform Engineering and infrastructure.
About You:
- Experience in building large-scale distributed systems.
- Experience in FinTech, banking, or another closely related sector, with a strong understanding of financial systems and building within a regulated environment.
- Strong understanding of cloud architecture and application deployment models (AWS preferred).
- Experience in operating web-scale deployments of containerized systems using Kubernetes and/or Amazon Container Services.
- Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure as code (Terraform, CloudFormation, etc.), and automated testing frameworks.
- Deep understanding of programming languages and the systems you have worked on.
- Enthusiasm for writing code, primarily using Python (prior experience beneficial, willingness to learn essential).
- Advocate for quality-first development, familiar with TDD/BDD principles and automated testing strategies.
- Passion for designing large systems with scalable and elegant interfaces.
Proactive approach to identifying and resolving root causes, and collaborating with code owners to prevent recurrence.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English and a 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, SOC 2, GDPR, DORA) is a plus.
- Experience with DevOps and test automation tooling (e.g., Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Cypress, Playwright).
- Proficiency in Spanish or Portuguese is advantageous.
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About Us
Ebury 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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Ebury London, England Office
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