Lead Cloud Engineer

Have you worked for a fintech start‑up and have a strong background with the AKS stack? This could be your next move.

We’re hiring a Principal Cloud Engineer to own the Microsoft Azure platform: architecture, security, and hands‑on delivery, with a clear path to building and leading a team as the business scales.

This is a greenfield build, not a migration. You’ll shape cloud strategy from day one, in a business with no rigid career ladder and no ceiling on progression, salary, or bonus.

WHAT YOU’LL OWN

• Design and operate Azure environments powering a live trading platform (Kubernetes, relational and in‑memory data stores, event streaming infrastructure)
• Define secure, scalable cloud architecture: networking, segmentation, private endpoints, isolation
• Build infrastructure as code with Terraform and Azure CLI
• Own cloud security posture: identity, RBAC, least‑privilege, secrets management, encryption
• Build observability: logging, monitoring, alerting, security events
• Lead cloud‑level incident response and post‑incident reviews
• Define cloud strategy and roadmap, and build a team over time while staying hands‑on

WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR

• Proven, hands‑on Azure expertise (4+ years), Kubernetes/AKS core to this platform
• Financial services background is a must
• Entrepreneurial, highly autonomous, comfortable with ambiguity
• Right to work in the UK

Strongly preferred:

• Trading platforms, low‑latency systems, or other regulated environments
• Scale‑up or start‑up background, builder not migration specialist
• Comfortable operating without a large supporting team

THE DETAILS

Location: West London, hybrid (3 days office / 2 remote)

Bonus: discretionary, targeted around 20%+

Equity scheme, vesting annually over 3 years

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