Platform Engineer (Fintech)

TL;DR

Platform Engineer (Fintech): Modernizing infrastructure and developer platform to enable faster, safer delivery across the business with an accent on scalability, reliability, and developer productivity. Focus on infrastructure-as-code, platform APIs, observability, and runtime tooling.

Location: Norwich office; Monday to Friday, core hours between 8am–6pm

Salary: £32,000–£40,000 (GBP)

Company

hirify.global is a leading provider of cloud-based point-of-sale and embedded finance solutions, trusted by 40,000+ businesses worldwide.

What you will do

• Design, build, and operate core platform services on AWS, leveraging Kubernetes, Terraform, and GitHub Actions to enable secure, scalable delivery.
• Lead and contribute to infrastructure-as-code, platform APIs, observability, and runtime tooling (Go/Node.js) that improve reliability and time-to-market.
• Drive best practices in CI/CD, security, cost optimisation, and performance; reduce toil through automation and self-service.
• Collaborate with product and engineering teams to define standards, guide architecture, and support migrations to modern platform patterns.
• Own services end-to-end: design, implementation, testing, deployment, monitoring, incident response, and post-incident review.
• Mentor engineers, share knowledge, and contribute to an inclusive, high-performing engineering culture.

Requirements

• Senior-level platform/SRE experience designing and operating cloud infrastructure (ideally AWS) for high-availability systems.
• Strong hands-on experience with Kubernetes and Terraform (or equivalent IaC), plus CI/CD at scale.
• Proficiency in one or more of Go or Node.js for building platform tooling/services.
• Solid grasp of networking, security, observability, and cost control in cloud-native environments.
• Track record of leading initiatives, influencing architecture, and mentoring others.
• Pragmatic mindset focused on clean, testable code, automation, and measurable impact.

Nice to have

• Helm, service mesh.
• Database operations exposure (PostgreSQL, Redis, or similar).
• GitLab/GitHub ecosystem depth, policy-as-code, or platform engineering enablement work.
• Experience in fintech, payments, or POS domains.

Culture & Benefits

• Company pension.
• On-site parking.
• Standard benefits package.
• Growth and learning opportunities.
• The chance to shape a modern engineering platform used at global scale.