Platform Engineer

Monzo Bank
Cardiff, London
Workplace: RemoteFull timeFunction: DevOps, Cloud & InfrastructureSkills: ["Problem-solving","Collaboration","Communication","Curiosity","Ambition"]

Platform Engineer role focused on building and maintaining Monzo’s infrastructure and platform tooling. You’ll work across Kubernetes clusters, cloud infrastructure (AWS/GCP), and automation with Terraform, while enabling other teams through self-service platforms. The role blends platform engineering and backend services to support scaling Monzo’s microservices with robust, scalable primitives.

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Monzo Bank
Monzo Bank
1 year ago

Platform Engineer

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Job Summary

Platform Engineer role focused on building and maintaining Monzo’s infrastructure and platform tooling. You’ll work across Kubernetes clusters, cloud infrastructure (AWS/GCP), and automation with Terraform, while enabling other teams through self-service platforms. The role blends platform engineering and backend services to support scaling Monzo’s microservices with robust, scalable primitives.
Location: Cardiff, London
Workplace: Remote
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: DevOps, Cloud & Infrastructure
Seniority: Sr. Manager level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Collaborate across Platform Engineering to build and maintain core infrastructure and tooling
  • •Develop and operate backend services that abstract and orchestrate infrastructure for other engineers
  • •Migrate and manage infrastructure projects (e.g., migrations, high-scale traffic management, security tooling)
  • •Enhance reliability, performance, and developer experience through platform improvements
  • •Drive automation and IaC adoption using Terraform and related tooling

Pay and Benefits

Perks:EquityLearning BudgetRelocationVisa Sponsorship

Key Requirements

  • •Hands-on experience with Kubernetes, AWS and Terraform
  • •Experience with integrating and managing open-source components for engineering platforms
  • •Strong software engineering background with backend services (APIs, controllers)
  • •Comfort with automating infrastructure as code and platform tooling
  • •Ability to work across platform and backend engineering to support scalability and reliability
Experience:Fintech
Skills:Problem-solvingCollaborationCommunicationCuriosityAmbition
Languages:English
Tech Stack:GoKubernetesAWSGCPTerraformEnvoy

Eligibility

Work Authorization:Sponsorship available.

Company Brief

Monzo Bank
Monzo is a UK-based digital bank offering mobile-first current accounts, savings, business banking, and financial tools focused on transparency, low fees, and real-time money management for consumers and small businesses.
Industry: Neobanking
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Growth: Scaleup
Valuation: Unicorn (USD 1B+)
Funding: Series E+
Headquarters: London, United Kingdom
Founded: 2015
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