Infrastructure Engineer - Performance OptimizationContract - 6 Months with Potential extensionType of role - Remote across UKDay rate - £480 - £655 Per Day Inside IR35We''re hiring an Infrastructure Engineer to join a high-impact platform team within a globally scaled product company in the streaming space. This role sits within a newly formed Performance Optimization squad focused on improving infrastructure efficiency and reducing cost across thousands of services.This is a hands-on engineering role where your work directly translates into measurable performance gains and cost savings at scale.What you''ll be doingDrive infrastructure optimisation initiatives across large-scale Kubernetes environments (GKE)Identify and implement improvements in resource utilisation (CPU, memory, workload placement)Tune JVM-based services to enhance performance and efficiencyBuild automation to roll out optimisation changes safely across production systemsWork closely with data to analyse usage patterns and drive cost-efficiency decisionsContribute to reliability practices, including safe deployments and incident responseTech stackKubernetes (GKE), Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Terraform, Helm, Python, Go, JavaWhat we''re looking for3-5 years'' experience in Infrastructure, Platform, or Site Reliability Engineering rolesStrong hands-on experience with Kubernetes (ideally GKE)Solid coding/scripting skills in Python, Go, or JavaExperience working with cloud platforms (preferably ..... full job details .....