Staff Software Engineer - Platform

Own the strategy to support massive expansion

Up to £170,000 plus benefits
London Office - 4 days a week

Golang, AWS/GCP, Kubernetes, Distributed Systems

Staff Software Engineer - We're working with a high-growth payments business that has disrupted the market to become a major player in Europe. With over 150,000 customers and billions processed annually, they are scaling rapidly - and now looking for an experienced Staff Software Engineer to join their Platform organisation.

This is a senior technical leadership role, ideal for someone who enjoys working across multiple squads, setting technical strategy, and driving clarity in ambiguous problem spaces. The client is looking for an established Staff-level Software Engineer with both hands-on engineering expertise and the ability to influence at scale across an organisation.

The Opportunity

• Shape the long-term technical direction of platform infrastructure.
• Lead cross-squad initiatives and empower teams to solve complex challenges.
• Drive innovation around cloud-native technologies and platform automation.
• Balance strategic vision with ~30% hands-on coding and design work.
• Promote best practice in reliability, observability, and scalability.

The Ideal Staff Software Engineer

• Proven experience operating at Staff+ level within a fast-paced engineering organisation.
• Strong background in cloud platforms (AWS or GCP) and deep knowledge of Kubernetes - ideally including the ability to build operators.
• Strong coding skills in Golang, Java, or C#, with experience in distributed systems.
• Demonstrated leadership across multiple squads and technical roadmaps.
• Expertise in operational excellence: observability, reliability, automation.

This is an outstanding opportunity for a Staff Software Engineer join a rapidly scaling company where you'll play a pivotal role in shaping the technical foundations of a platform that supports millions of transactions every day. Please reply with your CV or call Simon for a chat.

Burns Sheehan Ltd will consider applications based only on skills and ability and will not discriminate on any grounds.