backend engineer (infrastructure)
Posted Today by Randstad
£650 Per day
Inside
Remote
london, london
Summary: Seeking a hands-on Infrastructure Engineer for a 6-month contract focused on performance optimization within a large-scale production platform. The role involves executing optimizations, building automation, and collaborating with a small team of engineers. The position is remote and requires expertise in Kubernetes and cloud platforms, particularly GCP. The role is classified as inside IR35 and offers a competitive daily rate.
Key Responsibilities:
- Execute Optimizations: Drive well-scoped initiatives to completion, including compute resource rightsizing, JVM tuning, and workload placement.
- Build Automation: Implement infrastructure changes and build automation to scale impact across the fleet.
- Collaborate: Work within a focused team of 4 engineers, a data analyst, and an engineering manager.
Key Skills:
- Experience: 5 years in Infrastructure, Platform, or Backend engineering roles.
- Kubernetes: Solid experience with Kubernetes (ideally GKE).
- Coding: Proficiency in at least two of: Java, Go, or Python (strong scripting/automation skills preferred).
- Cloud Platform: Comfortable with GCP (compute, networking, IAM, cost monitoring).
- Tooling: Familiarity with IaC (Terraform, Helm) and CI/CD pipelines.
Salary (Rate): £650 per day
City: London
Country: UK
Working Arrangements: remote
IR35 Status: inside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
Infrastructure Engineer (Performance Optimization)
Role Type: 6-Month Contract (Remote, UK-based)
Rate: Upto £650 Per Day (Umbrella / Inside IR35)
Role Summary
Seeking a hands-on Infrastructure Engineer to join a newly formed Performance Optimization Squad within a massive-scale production platform.
Key Responsibilities
- Execute Optimizations: Drive well-scoped initiatives to completion, including compute resource rightsizing, JVM tuning, and workload placement.
- Build Automation: Implement infrastructure changes and build automation to scale impact across the fleet.
- Collaborate: Work within a focused team of 4 engineers, a data analyst, and an engineering manager.
Core Requirements
- Experience: 5 years in Infrastructure, Platform, or Backend engineering roles.
- Kubernetes: Solid experience with Kubernetes (ideally GKE).
- Coding: Proficiency in at least two of: Java, Go, or Python (strong scripting/automation skills preferred).
- Cloud Platform: Comfortable with GCP (compute, networking, IAM, cost monitoring).
- Tooling: Familiarity with IaC (Terraform, Helm) and CI/CD pipelines.
Preferred Qualifications
- Background in Reliability Engineering / SRE (SLOs, error budgets, safe rollouts).
- Experience with JVM-based services at scale.
- Familiarity with GCP Billing or BigQuery cost exports.
Randstad Technologies is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.