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Senior Platform Engineer
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full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: London • 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
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Senior
Tech Stack
AkkaAngularASP.NETAWSAzureDockerEC2JenkinsKubernetesMicroservices.NETPythonTerraformTypeScript
About the role
- Drive the design and improvement of YouLend’s developer platform and infrastructure
- Write and reason about code (preferably in C#/.NET or Python)
- Build scalable infra using Terraform and Kubernetes
- Shape standards, tooling, and infrastructure patterns
Requirements
- Proven software engineering experience, ideally in C#, Python, or Typescript
- Exposure to microservices and event-driven architectures, with an understanding of message handling, domain boundaries, and service isolation principles.
- Hands-on experience building and maintaining RESTful APIs and unit testing (xUnit, Pytest, etc.)
- Proficiency with Terraform, Terragrunt, Pulumi, Helm, and Kubernetes (EKS preferred)
- Experience designing systems using multi-account AWS infrastructure (VPC, IAM, EC2, Lambda, RDS, etc.)
- Track record of creating or improving CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, Jenkins, Azure DevOps, etc.)
- Comfortable with containerisation using Docker and secure image management
- Familiarity with observability tools like Datadog or CloudWatch
- Understanding of GitOps and infrastructure lifecycle management
- Exposure to C# fundamentals, ASP.NET Core, and Akka.NET
- Frontend experience or familiarity with Angular applications
- Experience with OPA/Gatekeeper, Fluent Bit, or security scanning tools (Snyk, Trivy, tfsec)
- Strong understanding of SOLID principles and software architecture patterns
- Passion for mentoring, building for reuse, and improving developer velocity
Benefits
- Award-Winning Workplace: YouLend has been recognised as one of the “Best Places to Work in 2024 and 2025” by the Sunday Times for being a supportive, diverse, and rewarding workplace.
- Award-Winning Fintech: YouLend has been recognised as a “Top 250 Fintech Worldwide” company by CNBC.
- Stock Options
- Private Medical insurance via Vitality and Dental Insurance with BUPA
- EAP with Health Assured
- Enhanced Maternity and Paternity Leave
- Modern and sophisticated office space in Central London
- Free Gym in office building in Holborn
- Subsidised Lunch via Feedr
- Deliveroo Allowance if working late in office
- Monthly in office Masseuse
- Team and Company Socials
- Football Power League / Paddle and Yoga Club
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
C#PythonTypescriptTerraformKubernetesRESTful APIsxUnitPytestAWSSOLID principles
Soft skills
mentoringbuilding for reuseimproving developer velocity
