Senior Platform Engineer (Fintech)

TL;DR

Senior Platform Engineer (Fintech): Responsible for managing the cloud infrastructure that underpins SaaS products and internal tooling with an accent on cloud security, networking, and scalability. Focus on improving existing products, building new ones and delivering to new markets.

Location: Hybrid / Flexible Working in Cardiff, UK

Salary: Up £65,000 depending on experience + up to 20% annual bonus + benefits

Company

hirify.global is a Fintech company focused on digital lending software, part of the LC Financial Holdings group.

What you will do

• Design, build, and operate cloud infrastructure that supports production services.
• Analyse existing infrastructure and propose improvements.
• Share knowledge and explain work to others by writing documentation.
• Provide guidance and mentoring to Junior Engineers in technology, architecture and best practices.
• Explore new technologies by building proof-of-concept solutions.

Requirements

• Ability to design, build, and operate cloud infrastructure that supports production services.
• Strong hands-on knowledge of core AWS services such as EC2, VPC, ECS, RDS, and IAM.
• Proven use of Infrastructure-as-Code tools (for example, Terraform or similar) to deliver repeatable, version-controlled infrastructure.
• Familiarity with building and improving CI/CD pipelines.
• Working knowledge of observability practices and tooling, including metrics, logging, and alerting.
• Acts as a senior technical contributor.

Nice to have

• Ability to automate tasks and workflows using a high-level language such as Shell or Python.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft 365 services.
• Exposure to relational database platforms such as PostgreSQL or Oracle.
• Familiarity with networking concepts – VPCs, subnets, routes, gateways, firewall rules, NAT etc.
• OS Administration of Linux and Windows machines.

Culture & Benefits

• Discretionary Bonus (Up-to 20%)
• 25 days annual leave (plus bank holidays)
• 1 day Birthday leave
• 1 day Charity leave
• Private Health Insurance
• EAP
• Pension (3% / 5% contribution)
• Salary sacrifice - (Bike & Electric Vehicle Scheme)