Staff Platform Engineer, IG Group
AWS/GCP
3 days a week in office (Cannon Street, London)
Global fintech investment platform
Posted today
Global fintech investment platform
1001+ employees
Posted today
3 days a week in office (Cannon Street, London)
1001+ employees
Company mission
To power the pursuit of financial freedom for the ambitious.
Role
Who you are
- 12-14 years of experience, with at least 5 years in designing and administering complex production Kubernetes platforms. (CKA and or CKAD certifications desired)
- 4+ years of experience in Infrastructure As Code (Terraform/Ansible/CDK/Pulumi)
- Must have DevSecOps skills required (CI/CD, Terraform, Ansible, Gitlab, Artifactory, Git etc.)
- Solid working knowledge of networking technologies, AWS or GCP and preferably Hashicorp Nomad
- Experience in leading the design and architecture of the Kubernetes ecosystem, including competing technologies (deployment, configuration, scaling and management of containerised applications)
- Experience in building secure and optimised Docker images, managing Kubernetes services (EKS preferred or GKE) and exposure to Bash or scripting languages such as Python or Go
- Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) or AWS Certified Kubernetes Specialist
- Experience with service mesh solutions (Istio, Consul etc.)
What the job involves
- Our Container Engineering Team is instrumental in designing, implementing, and maintaining our container infrastructure in AWS, GCP and Nomad, while creating tools that empower other teams to work more efficiently. We serve as key technical enablers, building automation and self-service capabilities that streamline operations across the organisation
- Our Container Engineering Team thrives on making complex systems accessible to others, with a passion for removing technical barriers and enabling teams to focus on their core objectives rather than infrastructure challenges
- As a Staff Kubernetes Engineer in the container engineering team, you will play a critical role in designing, building, and operating scalable, secure, and resilient Kubernetes-based platforms across AWS, GCP, and on-prem environments like Nomad
- You will lead the adoption of containerization best practices, drive platform automation, and enable developer self-service by delivering robust IaaS and PaaS capabilities
- Your expertise will directly shape the container strategy, streamline deployment workflows, and ensure the platform is efficient, observable, and cost-optimised, setting the foundation for a successful and developer-friendly container ecosystem
- Design, deploy, and manage containerised applications using EKS, ECS, and Nomad
- Implement infrastructure as code (IaC) using Terraform for provisioning and managing cloud infrastructure
- Define and enforce best practices for container security, networking, and observability
- Implement auto-scaling solutions using Karpenter, Cluster Autoscaler, or custom scaling policies
- Troubleshoot and resolve complex issues related to container orchestration and workload performance
- Collaborate with developers, DevOps, and SRE teams to enhance the container platform
- Handling cloud-based environments - Amazon Web Services (AWS)
- Drive initiatives to identify the right set of cloud technologies/providers to be used for specific types of solutions and drive the effort to templatize and automate those technologies to be used at scale in all products and applications across the organisation
- Define and implement the relevant monitoring and alerting
- Lead and Inspire: Drives trust, alignment, and enthusiasm
- Think Big: Focus on the problems that most impact commercial outcomes
- Champion the client: Understand and prioritise the client's needs
- Deliver at pace: Push for fast, sustainable growth
- Raise the bar: Take ownership, be accountable and share feedback
Salary benchmarks
Our take
Founded in 1974 by Stuart Wheeler as a UK-based spread betting company for gold, IG Group abbreviated from Investors Gold Index, spent the first quarter century focused on trading physical assets. It was only in the year 2000 that it was finally listed on the London Stock Exchange and its gradual evolution into the world of fintech began.
By 2011 after various gambling industry-related controversies, the company had played a part in numerous international buyouts before finally narrowing its focus down to financial wagers. During the latter half of that decade, IG shut down its binary options trading platform and focused instead on building an investment portfolio with partner BlackRock Investments, all whilst maintaining its Forex and CFD trading processes. Since then, it has become a fast-paced market leader in the investment space.
In recent years, IG Group has developed major platforms for various trading actions and has grown profit and revenue significantly despite various investment setbacks. Thanks to its agility and reaction speed to changing financial tides, it's proven itself to be a staple of the financial trading world.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
5% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Company benefits
- Matched giving for your fundraising activity
- Performance-related bonuses
- Pension, insurance and medical plans
- Career-focused technical and leadership training in class and online, including unlimited access to the LinkedIn Learning platform
- Contribution to gym memberships and more
- A day off on your birthday
- Two days’ volunteering leave per year
- Best-in-class shift allowance
- Out-of-hours transport entitlement
Company HQ
City of London, London, UK
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Leadership
Breon Corcoran
(CEO, not founder)Joined IG Group as CEO in January 2024. Prior to this, they were the CEO of WorldRemit and a Non-Executive Director at Tilney Group.
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at IG Group
- Employee-led LGBTQ+, Women’s, Black and Parents & Carers networks with an annual budget for organising events & projects that foster an open, diverse and inclusive culture.
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