Principal Platform Engineer
CV-LibraryTower Hamlets, Greater LondonpermanentPosted: 10 April 2026
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£150,000–170,000 + bonus
Join a high-performance trading platform and take ownership of their Observability and SRE evolution. You’ll work at scale, shaping data ingestion and monitoring pipelines that handle huge real-time trading flows.
What you’ll work with
* Python or Go in a DevOps/SRE setting
* Linux, Kubernetes, public cloud
* Prometheus, Grafana, telemetry and full Observability tooling
* GitLab, Bitbucket and modern CI/CD
* Bonus: Slurm, HPC
What they’re looking for
* 8+ years engineering with Python or Go
* Strong systems engineering mindset
* Confident in design discussions, delivering clean and reliable code
* Keen to learn, contribute and shape technical direction
This is a chance to build greenfield Observability services for one of Europe’s most advanced trading platforms, now expanding into crypto and new asset classes. High impact, strong engineering culture and a serious technical challenge
£150,000–170,000 + bonus
Join a high-performance trading platform and take ownership of their Observability and SRE evolution. You’ll work at scale, shaping data ingestion and monitoring pipelines that handle huge real-time trading flows.
What you’ll work with
* Python or Go in a DevOps/SRE setting
* Linux, Kubernetes, public cloud
* Prometheus, Grafana, telemetry and full Observability tooling
* GitLab, Bitbucket and modern CI/CD
* Bonus: Slurm, HPC
What they’re looking for
* 8+ years engineering with Python or Go
* Strong systems engineering mindset
* Confident in design discussions, delivering clean and reliable code
* Keen to learn, contribute and shape technical direction
This is a chance to build greenfield Observability services for one of Europe’s most advanced trading platforms, now expanding into crypto and new asset classes. High impact, strong engineering culture and a serious technical challenge