At a Glance
- Tasks: Design and develop internal platforms and tooling for software development at scale.
- Company: Leading global investment firm with a focus on innovation and technology.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, flexible working options, and opportunities for professional growth.
- Other info: Dynamic environment with significant influence on engineering practices and career advancement.
- Why this job: Join a cutting-edge team transforming software development with AI and distributed systems.
- Qualifications: 10+ years in software engineering, strong skills in Go and Python, and experience with AI tooling.
The predicted salary is between 63000 - 77000 £ per year.
- Senior Software Engineer – Platform Engineering | Developer Acceleration
- London | Hedge Fund | Platform Engineering / AI
- Tempest Vane Partners has partnered with a leading global investment firm to identify a
Senior Software Engineer to join a highly technical Platform Engineering team in London.
The team is responsible for building the platforms and tooling that enable engineers, researchers and investment professionals to develop, test and deploy software at scale .
This is a particularly interesting opportunity for an engineer with a strong platform/software engineering background who wants to work at the intersection of developer productivity, distributed systems and AI .
The Role
You will play a key role in designing and developing the firm's internal developer platform, with a focus on
Paa S, infrastructure, runtime enablement and AI-enabled software development .
The team is exploring how agentic technologies can transform the software development lifecycle, from generating code and running tests through to deployment and operational workflows.
You’ll be working on highly scalable platform services used across the organisation, whilst helping establish engineering standards and tooling that improve developer autonomy and productivity.
Key Responsibilities
- Design and build internal platform services and developer tooling used across engineering and research.
- Develop agentic workflows and AI-enabled tooling to accelerate coding, testing and deployment.
- Build highly scalable and reliable distributed services supporting critical investment technology.
- Develop and automate
CI/CD pipelines and deployment processes .
- Improve developer experience through self-service platforms, automation and reusable frameworks.
- Contribute to the firm’s wider
SRE and Dev Ops practices , including observability and infrastructure-as-code.
- Work across both cloud and on-premise environments .
- Collaborate with engineers, researchers and investment teams to translate technical requirements into production-ready platforms.
- Participate in production support and incident response.
What We're Looking For
10+ years' commercial software engineering experience , with a strong track record of delivering production systems.
- Excellent
Go and Python development skills.
- Hands-on experience with agentic workflows, AI development tooling or relevant SDKs .
- Strong understanding of distributed and high-throughput systems .
- Experience building
REST and/or g RPC services .
- Strong experience with
Kubernetes and containerised environments .
- Experience with
Terraform or other infrastructure-as-code technologies .
- Proven ability to design and implement solutions architecture .
- Strong understanding of software engineering, Dev Ops and SRE principles.
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to document complex technical concepts clearly.
Why This Opportunity?
This is an opportunity to join a highly technical engineering environment where platform engineering and AI are being applied directly to the investment technology ecosystem .
The role offers significant scope to influence how engineers and researchers build software, while working on challenging problems around distributed systems, developer acceleration, automation and agentic AI .
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Senior Software Engineer - Platform Engineering employer: Tempest Vane Partners
Tempest Vane Partners is an exceptional employer, offering a dynamic work culture that fosters innovation and collaboration among high-calibre professionals. Located in the heart of London, employees benefit from a vibrant city atmosphere while enjoying opportunities for personal and professional growth through cutting-edge projects in cloud-native infrastructure and automation. With a strong emphasis on teamwork and continuous learning, this role provides a meaningful and rewarding experience in a fast-paced investment management environment.
