Staff infrastructure engineer building Mercury’s fintech services platform, service ecosystem, and Kubernetes deployment standards. Improving observability, operational safety, and scalable infrastructure adoption across engineering teams.
About the role
- Lead Platform Engineer ensuring Midnite's platforms are reliable and performant. Guiding a team in architectural decisions and infrastructure improvements.
Responsibilities
- Ensure Midnite's reliability, performance, and availability.
- Shape the evolution of the core platform and set engineering standards.
- Drive improvements across infrastructure and backend systems.
- Work closely with the Head Of Platform Engineering and the global Platform team.
- Manage a small team of engineers, providing direction and coaching.
- Regularly contribute code, reviews, and production changes.
Requirements
- 7+ years of engineering experience with deep expertise in Python or an equivalent modern language (e.g. Go, Rust), and cloud-based systems.
- Proven experience leading or managing engineers in a platform, backend, or infrastructure-focused role.
- Strong background in building resilient, scalable, and high-performance distributed systems.
- Ability to break down ambiguous and complex problems into clear plans and well-defined milestones.
- Demonstrated impact improving reliability, performance, and the developer experience.
- Hands-on technical leadership - able to dive into code and architecture while guiding others.
- Strong communication and cross-functional collaboration skills.
- Experience integrating third-party systems at scale and acting as the technical lead for those relationships.
- Familiarity with modern delivery practices and a deep appreciation for quality, testing, and stability.
Benefits
- Private healthcare coverage to support your physical health and wellbeing.
- Virtual GP access so you can get medical advice quickly and conveniently.
- Pension scheme to help you plan and invest in your future.
- Tenure holiday policy. After three years you receive an extra two days leave, increasing to 30 days annually after five years.
- Flexible working and a fully supported home office setup so you can do your best work from home.
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