Platform Engineer in Cardiff

Hybrid / Flexible Working

Salary: Up To £55,000 depending on experience + up to 20% annual bonus + benefits

Stability, flexibility and the opportunity to work on greenfield projects within one of Europe\’s leading financial experts, does that sound interesting to you?

Job Title: Platform Engineer

Location: Cardiff

LDMS – About Us

Founded in 2018, LDMS is part of the LC Financial Holdings group, a 3 pillar organisation that has over 950 employees across Europe. Together, we have an impressive track record of providing world class credit expertise that spans over 20 years.

We are a Fintech company focused on digital lending software, a market growing around 18% per year and set to be worth $27 billion by 2028. Given our expertise within the company and across the group we aim to be the leader in the space, and in order to do that we need a team of people who can not only write quality code but think, create and challenge others to come up with the best solutions for our customers. We are an ambitious team with a pretty big ‘to do list\’ including improving existing products, building new ones and delivering to new markets.

The Role

As a Platform Engineer at LDMS, you will work as part of the engineering team responsible for the cloud infrastructure that underpins our SaaS products and internal tooling. You will be hands‑on with AWS infrastructure, supporting production systems and improving reliability and automation. You\’ll work alongside senior engineers, learning from their experience while progressively taking ownership.

Requirements

Essential:

• Can deliver technical tasks with guidance, planning your approach and validating your work through testing
• Takes the time to understand existing infrastructure before making changes or proposing improvements
• Documents their work clearly and shares knowledge with teammates
• Is keen to learn from more experienced engineers and receptive to feedback
• Enjoys developing their skills and staying curious about new technologies and approaches
• Understands that good engineering is built on continuous learning and improvement

Desirable:

• Scripting or automation experience using Shell or Python
• Experience administering Linux or Windows systems, including basic troubleshooting via the command line

Benefits

• Discretionary Bonus (Up-to 20%)
• 25 days annual leave (plus bank holidays)
• 1 day Birthday leave
• 1 day Charity leave
• Private Health Insurance
• EAP
• Pension (3% / 5% contribution)
• Salary sacrifice – (Bike & Electric Vehicle Scheme)