Platform Engineer (Cloud Infrastructure)

Zopa

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Financial Services 👥 501-1,000 employees 📍 London (UK) Est. 2005

We’re Zopa, and we want to make money work better for you. Our diverse team is united in their mission of creating simple, fair and honest financial products that have the customer’s needs at thei…

Job Overview

As Platform Engineer at Zopa, you'll split your time across three kinds of work that keep the platform healthy and moving forward:

• AWS: we manage the AWS accounts where the vast majority of Zopa’s applications are deployed. We are responsible for the management and cost of our infrastructure.
• Kubernetes: almost all Zopa’s applications are deployed into Kubernetes and we have multiple clusters to maintain. We have lots of additional services needed around Kubernetes to be able to offer features to our Engineers.
• Hashicorp Vault: this is the tool used to manage secrets and certificate generation.

Key Responsibilities

- Design, operate, and troubleshoot production platforms at scale

- Collaborate with teams to deliver scalable solutions and maintain reliability

- Participate in brainstorming sessions to discuss challenges affecting the team

Required Qualifications

• Proven depth in CI/CD, deployment, and container orchestration
• Solid AWS experience and proficiency in at least one programming language
• Strong command of observability tooling and developer empathy
• Track record of data-driven decision-making and continuous improvement
• Familiarity with agile methodologies and incident-management best practices

About Zopa

Zopa is redefining what it feels like to work in finance, empowering everyone to aim high and move finance forward. The Cloud Infrastructure team at Zopa ensures secure, resilient foundations for all banking operations.

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Flexible working hours
• Healthcare benefits
• Learning and development opportunities