Lead Platform Engineer (AI Early Stage Startup) at Foundation Partners | London, England, GBR | Rezi

Lead Platform Engineer (AI Early Stage Startup) at Foundation Partners

Lead Platform Engineer (AI Early Stage Startup)

Foundation Partners · London, England, GBR

2 weeks ago

Lead Platform Engineer (AI Early Stage Startup)

Foundation Partners · London, England, GBR

15 days ago
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About the Role

You will own the secure, multi-tenant infrastructure end-to-end, from GitOps to compliance controls, in a hands-on role shaping an ambitious AI operating system for security-conscious industries.

Responsibilities

  • Own the GitOps deployment backbone using Argo CD
  • Manage Kubernetes on AWS (EKS) across production environments
  • Maintain infrastructure-as-code using Terraform/OpenTofu and Terragrunt
  • Architect and manage multi-tenant, per-customer isolated environments
  • Oversee security and compliance posture including secrets management, access controls, and infrastructure hardening
  • Implement observability including telemetry, metrics, logging, tracing, and alerting
  • Ensure system reliability and manage incident response and operational runbooks
  • Develop CI/CD and release automation
  • Improve developer experience for deployment and debugging

Requirements

  • At least 7 years of experience in DevOps, platform engineering, SRE, or infrastructure
  • Proven experience owning production systems, specifically multi-tenant or customer-specific environments
  • Deep fluency with Kubernetes, AWS, GitOps, and infrastructure-as-code
  • Hands-on experience building and maintaining infrastructure at a high standard
  • Ability to explain complex tradeoffs simply without over-engineering
  • Experience balancing speed, security, cost, and reliability

Skills

  • Kubernetes
  • AWS (EKS)
  • GitOps
  • Argo CD
  • Terraform
  • OpenTofu
  • Terragrunt
  • Infrastructure-as-code
  • Security and compliance (SOC2, HIPAA)
  • Observability
  • CI/CD

Location

  • Central London

Work Type

  • Hybrid
  • Full-time

Experience Level

  • 7+ years

Salary/Compensations

  • Up to £150,000

Benefits

  • Ground floor opportunity at a well-funded seed-stage startup
  • High level of ownership and autonomy
  • Flexible hybrid working model

About the Company

  • Early-stage startup with 15 employees
  • Building an AI operating system for security-conscious industries
  • Founding team with experience deploying production AI in demanding enterprise environments