At a Glance
- Tasks: Build and scale high-performance bare metal systems while managing server hardware.
- Company: Join Form3, a leading tech company revolutionising payment infrastructure.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, remote work options, and supportive team culture.
- Other info: Dynamic team with opportunities for growth and collaboration across global data centres.
- Why this job: Make a real impact on cutting-edge infrastructure that powers major payment gateways.
- Qualifications: Experience with system installation, Infrastructure as Code, and networking protocols.
The predicted salary is between 63000 - 77000 £ per year.
This role is all about building and scaling the physical foundation of Form3’s infrastructure — true bare metal.
It’s a hands‑on engineering position for someone who thrives at the intersection of hardware and software.
As a Platform Engineer, you’ll take ownership of managing and scaling high‑performance bare metal systems.
You’ll work deeply with server hardware, oversee firmware updates, and build automation around server provisioning.
The focus is on developing and maintaining resilient, scalable distributed systems that support our broader platform — ensuring optimal performance, reliability, and operability.
- Projects you’ll be involved with
- Streamlining our approach to data centre maintenance to make it as low effort as possible
- Scaling out the UK data centres to meet future customer demand
- Improving performance of our infrastructure
- Improving the automation of infrastructure provisioning
- Solid grounding in system installation, including operating system installations, building system images, and automated server provisioning
- Experience in Infrastructure as Code patterns and practices (Terraform and Ansible are a plus)
- Familiarity with hardware lifecycle, including firmware patching, BIOS configuration, and component troubleshooting
- Knowledge of networking, including Layer 2 and Layer 3 protocols, VLANs, and link aggregation
- Strong understanding of virtualization technologies like KVM and QEMU and their interaction with underlying hardware
- Understanding of Kubernetes and its intricacies when run on bare metal infrastructure (ideally)
- Experience running Kubernetes in cloud environments is a real plus
- A background in Software Engineering and solid programming experience is beneficial but not essential (preferably Go but we’re flexible on this)
- Enthusiasm towards ensuring a high degree of service reliability, always putting the stability & safety of our products at the forefront
The Platform Infrastructure Team is responsible for building and operating the infrastructure that supports our on‑premise Kubernetes clusters and manages our UK & US data centres.
We also oversee cloud infrastructure across GCP, AWS, and Azure, running managed Kubernetes clusters that power our Cloud payments platform.
Our infrastructure underpins the FPS gateway—the largest payment gateway by volume we operate—making our work central to Form3's ability to scale and meet growing customer demands.
We manage over 60 hypervisors and hundreds of VMs across multiple environments, combining robust Infrastructure as Code with hands‑on operational expertise.
We’re a self‑sufficient, distributed team empowered to make our own decisions.
As part of the wider Platform Engineering organisation, we collaborate closely with adjacent teams to ensure secure and highly available connectivity across our infrastructure and with our customers.
- Team responsibilities
- Managing, operating, and ensuring the reliability of hypervisors (bare metal machines) for VM provisioning and management
- Deployment, maintenance, and updates of software tools critical to bare metal and VM provisioning such as Digital Rebar and Apache Cloud Stack
- Continuous improvements in our data centre maintenance process, collaborating in cross‑team efforts to ensure robust and efficient operations
- Being on‑call to ensure the seamless performance and uptime of the infrastructure & services, responding promptly to any issues or incidents
- Interview Process
- Stage 1: Screening Call with Talent Team
- Stage 2: Take home test
- Stage 3: Team interview
- Stage 4: Technical interview
We are able to accept applications from the following countries: Germany, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain & UK.
All new joiners start their first day in our office to collect the equipment needed to work remotely.
We'll also arrange for some of your team to come in to say hi, ensuring you're supported and have a positive first few days with Form3!
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Senior Platform Infrastructure Engineer employer: Form3
At Form3, we pride ourselves on being an exceptional employer, offering a dynamic work culture that fosters innovation and collaboration. Our commitment to employee growth is evident through continuous learning opportunities and the chance to work on cutting-edge cloud security projects in a vibrant tech environment. Located in a thriving hub for technology, we provide our team with unique advantages, including flexible working arrangements and a focus on work-life balance, making it a truly rewarding place to advance your career.
