Salary: : £35,000 – £40,000 per annum
Location: Manchester (hybrid)
Contract: Full time, permanent
The Role
As a Platform Engineer, you will be working as part of the Platform team to build,
enhance, and support the infrastructure and tooling that underpins our modern cloud native services. This role is an ideal opportunity for a graduate-level engineer interested
in Amazon Web Services (AWS), infrastructure as code, and event-driven architecture
to gain hands-on experience in a fast-moving fintech environment.
You’ll work closely with engineers across multiple squads to ensure our platform is
scalable, secure, and designed for rapid deployment and operational excellence. You’ll
contribute to the development and automation of cloud infrastructure, observability
systems, CI/CD pipelines, and event-based services that power key parts of our
product ecosystem.
About Suits Me
Suits Me® is a multi-award-winning, ethical fintech dedicated to promoting financial
inclusion and equal opportunity. We provide an innovative alternative to traditional
banking that’s built to serve the needs of people who are underserved or excluded by
mainstream financial institutions.
We’re in a dynamic phase of growth, expanding across the UK and actively exploring
opportunities for European and global reach.
Our digital current account comes with all the essentials and more. Account holders
receive a contactless Mastercard® debit card, access to key banking-like features,
cashback rewards at major retailers, and an easy onboarding process with no credit
checks or lengthy paperwork.
At Suits Me®, we believe that everyone deserves a safe, accessible, and modern way to
manage their money, regardless of background, income, or employment status.
What you’ll be doing
- Supporting the development, deployment, and monitoring of AWS-based
infrastructure using Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform) - Participating in the design and implementation of event-driven services using
serverless, container and event streaming technologies - Helping to maintain and improve our CI/CD pipelines (e.g. GitHub Actions) to
enable rapid and reliable delivery of services - Contributing to the design of scalable and secure platform components that
enable developer productivity - Building and improving observability tooling (e.g. CloudWatch, Grafana) to
support rapid detection and resolution of issues - Collaborating with developers and stakeholders across squads to understand
infrastructure needs and ensure best practices are applied - Writing technical documentation and contributing to our knowledge base as you
learn and grow
What you’ll bring to Suits Me
- An understanding of AWS fundamentals and enthusiasm for cloud-native
architectures - Exposure to or interest in Infrastructure-as-Code tools (e.g. Terraform, AWS
CDK, CloudFormation) - Interest in event-based, serverless and/or container computing
- Basic scripting skills (e.g. Python, Bash) for automation and tooling
- Familiarity with CI/CD concepts and tools (e.g. GitHub Actions, Jenkins)
- A willingness to learn, experiment, and iterate in a collaborative environment
- Attention to detail and a mindset focused on automation and continuous
improvement
Standout candidates will also…
- Demonstrate curiosity and a self-driven attitude to problem-solving
- Be excited by infrastructure challenges in a fast-growing fintech
- Show a foundational understanding of security and compliance best practices
- Have participated in relevant university projects, internships, or personal cloud
projects - Be comfortable working with distributed teams in a hybrid working model
Benefits
- Competitive salary
- 30 days holiday per year plus Bank Holidays
- Opportunity to work on impactful systems that make a real social difference
- Structured career path with support for continuous learning and development
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