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Platform Engineer

CV-Library

Posted on Jun 4, 2026 by CV-Library
City of London, City and County of the City of London, United Kingdom
Accountancy
Immediate Start
£60k - £100k Annual
Full-Time
Leading Crypto Trading Client requires a Platform Engineer with Web Scraping, Python and networking tools and Linux. All rounder position will look after Network Virtual Servers, self starter, must be able to communicate with senior stakeholders:

As a Platform Engineer, you will:

Act as infrastructure SME for a 24x7x365 globally distributed ethical web scraping function, supporting a multi region high frequency crypto trading operation
Be able to proactively analyze, drive, and own, performance and process improvements along all parts of the chain
Collaborate closely with development team in terms of architecture/prioritization
Liaise closely and collaboratively with central infrastructure team, in terms of common infrastructure/improving standards across the estate
Work effectively in a global multi-cloud set up, in terms of initiating/managing relationships, evaluation/onboarding of new providers, and improving internal processes in line with best-of-breed industry practices
Be a Linux/network stack expert and utilise that knowledge in the context of tuning/optimization and production support
Support the platform during business hours, and out-of-hours as part of a rota, and proactively chase ways to reduce/design out manual support overhead

Required skillset
You should get in touch if you have:

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or a STEM subject from a recognised university
Minimum 2 years of solid working experience in an infrastructure, DevOps, or Platform engineer role
Production experience in a global cloud environment. Demonstrable AWS and strong networking experience in a multi-region and/or multi-cloud set up is essential.
Demonstrable basic development or scripting experience in one or more of the following languages: Bash, Python, Java, C#, Rust, Excel VBA
Strong Linux / network stack knowledge, as well as optimization/tuning

Nice to haves

Containerization (Docker / Kubernetes) in a production environment
Monitoring tools in a production environment (Prometheus / Grafana / ELK stack / Splunk)
IaC tooling (Terraform, Ansible etc)

To find out more about Huxley, please visit

Huxley, a trading division of SThree Partnership LLP is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy | Registered office | 8 Bishopsgate, London, EC2N 4BQ, United Kingdom | Partnership Number | OC(phone number removed) England and Wales

Reference: 225205016

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CV-Library

Platform Engineer

CV-Library

Posted on Jun 4, 2026 by CV-Library

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City of London, City and County of the City of London, United Kingdom
Accountancy
Immediate Start
£60k - £100k Annual
Full-Time
Leading Crypto Trading Client requires a Platform Engineer with Web Scraping, Python and networking tools and Linux. All rounder position will look after Network Virtual Servers, self starter, must be able to communicate with senior stakeholders:

As a Platform Engineer, you will:

Act as infrastructure SME for a 24x7x365 globally distributed ethical web scraping function, supporting a multi region high frequency crypto trading operation
Be able to proactively analyze, drive, and own, performance and process improvements along all parts of the chain
Collaborate closely with development team in terms of architecture/prioritization
Liaise closely and collaboratively with central infrastructure team, in terms of common infrastructure/improving standards across the estate
Work effectively in a global multi-cloud set up, in terms of initiating/managing relationships, evaluation/onboarding of new providers, and improving internal processes in line with best-of-breed industry practices
Be a Linux/network stack expert and utilise that knowledge in the context of tuning/optimization and production support
Support the platform during business hours, and out-of-hours as part of a rota, and proactively chase ways to reduce/design out manual support overhead

Required skillset
You should get in touch if you have:

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or a STEM subject from a recognised university
Minimum 2 years of solid working experience in an infrastructure, DevOps, or Platform engineer role
Production experience in a global cloud environment. Demonstrable AWS and strong networking experience in a multi-region and/or multi-cloud set up is essential.
Demonstrable basic development or scripting experience in one or more of the following languages: Bash, Python, Java, C#, Rust, Excel VBA
Strong Linux / network stack knowledge, as well as optimization/tuning

Nice to haves

Containerization (Docker / Kubernetes) in a production environment
Monitoring tools in a production environment (Prometheus / Grafana / ELK stack / Splunk)
IaC tooling (Terraform, Ansible etc)

To find out more about Huxley, please visit

Huxley, a trading division of SThree Partnership LLP is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy | Registered office | 8 Bishopsgate, London, EC2N 4BQ, United Kingdom | Partnership Number | OC(phone number removed) England and Wales
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Reference: 225205016

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