Backend Engineer (Infrastructure)

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, coding, and cloud platforms. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in infrastructure and backend engineering.

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 Daily

City: London

Country: UK

Working Arrangements: remote

IR35 Status: inside IR35

Seniority Level: undetermined

Industry: IT

Detailed Description From Employer:

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.

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