As the first dedicated Platform Engineer at Five Sigma Finance Limited, you will own the cloud infrastructure end-to-end. You will design CI/CD pipelines, manage Azure environments, and automate workflows for the ABIDE platform. Balancing infrastructure ownership with backend contributions in Python/Django, you’ll play a pivotal role in architectural decisions within a high-growth fintech environment.
Platform Engineer at Five Sigma Finance Limited
Five Sigma Finance Limited is seeking its first dedicated Platform Engineer to take full ownership of their Azure-based infrastructure in London. Working in a tight-knit team of eight engineers, you’ll play a critical role in building the foundation for ABIDE, a cutting-edge platform for structured finance portfolios. This is a rare opportunity for an engineer with 3-5+ years of Azure and CI/CD experience to move away from rigid corporate structures and into a high-impact, hybrid role offering up to an 80k base plus a 30% bonus and equity.
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Location
London, United Kingdom
Compensation
£70k-£80k + Bonus + Equity
Company
Five Sigma Finance Limited
Role overview
Five Sigma Finance is a London-based investment firm and financial advisory company focused on bringing innovative, technology-driven solutions to the fixed income marketplace. It provides strategic buy-side and sell-side advisory services, as well as ongoing, tech-driven asset and transaction lifecycle advisory across a wide variety of credit products, with a particular specialization in asset-backed finance (ABF) and private credit. The firm helps institutional investors and originators navigate the complexities of private debt transactions and facilitates institutional investment in both public and private fixed income assets, using a proprietary technology platform and fintech SaaS solutions to support capital markets activities and investment decision-making Five Sigma Finance Limited is an Appointed Representative of Capricorn Fund Managers Limited, which is authorised and regulated by the UK Financial Conduct Authority, and operates from Temple Chambers, 3-7 Temple Avenue, London.[8][13]
What you will do
- Design, deploy, and maintain robust CI/CD pipelines and cloud infrastructure on Azure using Infrastructure as Code (Terraform or similar).
- Automate complex workflows and optimize deployments to ensure a seamless, secure, and scalable development-to-production pipeline for the ABIDE platform.
- Collaborate with the software engineering team to manage containerized environments and occasionally contribute to backend application tickets using Python and Django.
Who this is a fit for
- At least 3-5 years of experience in DevOps or Platform Engineering with a proven track record of managing production environments specifically in Microsoft Azure.
- Strong proficiency in CI/CD design, automation, and container orchestration tools like Kubernetes or managed container services like Azure Container Apps.
- Working knowledge of Python for automation and the ability to contribute to a Django/PostgreSQL backend when necessary to support the broader team.
Why this role is remarkable
- True infrastructure ownership where you lead architectural decisions and shape the DevOps culture from the ground up with minimal hand-holding.
- Join a nimble, high-talent team of 8 engineers in a ~10-person startup, offering direct exposure to founders and significant impact on a scaling product.
- Attractive total compensation package including a performance bonus up to 30% and stock options in a growing London-based fintech.
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