Overview

Platform Engineer (Cloud Infrastructure)

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Zopa Bank

The TeamOur Cloud Infrastructure team ensures the foundations for Zopa Bank are secure, resilient, and ready to handle the demands of modern digital banking. We work with teams across the business to deliver scalable solutions, automate where possible, and maintain reliability for our customers. The team is composed of 4 people: 1 Associate, 2 Mid-Levels and 1 Senior Platform Engineer.

A Day In The LifeAs Platform Engineer at Zopa, you''ll split your time across three kinds of work that keep the platform healthy and moving forward:

AWS: manage the AWS accounts where the vast majority of Zopa’s applications are deployed, responsible for the management and cost of our infrastructure.

Kubernetes: maintain multiple clusters and provide additional services around Kubernetes to enable features for Engineers.

Hashicorp Vault: manage secrets and certificate generation.

Collaboration is at the core of our culture. We share ownership of the services we maintain and engage in regular brainstorming to discuss technical and non-technical challenges. We operate in a fast-paced, learning-rich environment with a balance of technical depth and a human-centered approach to software delivery.

About You

Proven depth in CI/CD, deployment and container orchestration (e.g. Kubernetes, ArgoCD, Terraform, Jenkins, GitHub Actions)

Solid AWS experience and proficiency in at least one programming language (Go is used at Zopa)

Comfortable designing, operating and troubleshooting production platforms at scale

Strong command of observability tooling (Prometheus, Splunk or similar); eager to master Honeycomb

Developer empathy and outstanding communication skills; thrive on coaching and cross-team collaboration

Track record of data-driven decision-making and continuous improvement

Familiarity with agile methodologies and incident-management best practices

Growth mindset; curious about GenAI and its impact on developer productivity

Nice To Have Experience

Experience building mobile or serverless (Lambda) CI/CD pipelines

Exposure to regulated or high-compliance domains; fintech being a bonus

Advanced Honeycomb or observability-as-code know-how

Working Style and LocationWe value flexible ways of working. This hybrid role requires you to come to our London office 2-3 days a week. There is also an option to work from abroad for up to 120 days a year. You must have the right to work in the country of choice.

Diversity StatementZopa is proud to offer a workplace free from discrimination. Diversity of experience and backgrounds leads to better products and a unique company culture. We have nearly 50 nationalities and a DEandI forum. Please let us know if you require any reasonable adjustments in our hiring process.

Seniority level

Not Applicable

Employment type

Full-time

Job function

Engineering and Information Technology

Industries

Financial Services

IT Services and IT Consulting

Banking

Referral and application details are provided for applicants in the original posting.

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