Senior Cloud Platform EngineerApplylocations: Cannon Street, Londontime type: Full timeposted on: Posted 24 Days Agojob requisition id: R\_17210 Job Title Senior Cloud Platform Engineer Job Description About IG GroupIG Group (LSEG: IGG) is a leading global fintech company, established in 1974 and headquartered in London. As an innovative member of the FTSE 100, IG Group provides dynamic online trading platforms and a robust educational ecosystem, empowering ambitious individuals worldwide in their pursuit of financial freedom. With operations spanning eighteen countries across Europe, Africa, Asia-Pacific, the Middle East and North America, IG Group offers clients access to approximately 19,000 financial markets, including shares, forex, indices, commodities and crypto.IG is at a pivotal moment. We are moving with real pace and ambition rethinking how we serve clients, how we operate, and how we use technology to do both better. For people who want to be part of building something, rather than maintaining it, this is an unusually good time to join. Your Team You'll be joining a small, close-knit Data platform engineering team of three to five engineers. We're a team that takes quality seriously, looks out for each other, and gets things done without a lot of ceremony. Everyone brings something different across cloud infrastructure, data platform, and developer tooling and we rely on that range to solve problems well.We work across time zones with colleagues in Bengaluru and Kraków, so clear communication and good async habits matter. You won't be siloed into a narrow lane in a team of this size, everyone gets exposure to the breadth of what we do, and everyone's opinion on how we do it counts. Your role in the Team's Success In a small team, a senior hire has an outsized impact - and this role is no different. Here's what success looks like: You raise the floor. Your experience with GCP and AWS means the team spends less time firefighting and more time building. You bring rigour to how we design and review infrastructure, and your instinct for security and reliability makes the whole platform better. You unblock people. Data engineers, ML engineers, and Data teams depend on the platform to move fast. You're the person who understands what they need, builds the right foundations, and makes sure the platform is something people trust rather than work around. You make the IDP real. An IDP is only useful if it's kept alive and relevant. You'll be one of the people who makes sure it reflects reality - that services are catalogued, templates are current, and engineers across the business can actually find what they're looking for. You help the team get smarter. Whether it's sharing a better way to use AI tooling, writing a clearer runbook, or spotting a pattern we've been missing - you make the people around you better at their jobs. You own your outcomes. This isn't a team with heavy process or close supervision. You'll be trusted to take work end-to-end, flag when something's wrong, and drive improvements without being asked twice. You speak the business's language. The platform only matters if it delivers something the business can use. You'll spend real time with stakeholders across finance, compliance, BI and data science, understanding what they're trying to achieve, framing the trade-offs in language they can act on, and translating that back into platform decisions.The best person in this role won't just be technically strong - they'll care about the team's success as much as their own, and they'll leave the platform in a better state than they found it. What you'll do Responsibilities . Design and architect scalable cloud infrastructure, developing IaC solutions using Terraform and standardisation initiatives Build, optimise, and maintain CI/CD pipelines for infrastructure deployment, supporting DevOps and DevSecOps best practices across the organisation Operate and evolve GCP data platform services - BigQuery, Cloud Storage, Dataflow, Dataproc, Pub/Sub - in close collaboration with data and ML engineering teams Support IAM, service account design, and security posture across the platform, enforcing least-privilege principles Lead incident response and root cause analysis for platform issues, and drive improvements to reduce recurrence Participate in an on-call rota as the platform's operational coverage matures. Contribute to the development and maintenance of our IDP - adding catalog entries, improving scaffolder templates, and keeping TechDocs accurate Work with data engineering and ML engineering teams to onboard their services and pipelines into the catalog, ensuring ownership and metadata are correctly represented Use AI-assisted engineering tools - including Claude Code - as part of your daily workflow for infrastructure authoring, code review, and documentation Share effective AI patterns and prompting approaches with the team, helping build a culture of thoughtful, safe AI-augmented engineering What you'll need for this role You'll need solid experience in: Cloud Infrastructure & Experience: 4+ years in cloud infrastructure engineering with hands-on experience designing and administering complex platforms in GCP including working knowledge of networking (VPC, VPCSC, Direct Connect) and IaaS/PaaS architectural patterns. Exp Designing and operating Google Cloud Platform - BigQuery, Dataflow, Dataproc, Cloud Storage, Pub/Sub - at production scale Infrastructure-as-Code using Terraform, with real hands-on experience of multi-environment configuration management across cloud providers GitLab CI/CD - building and maintaining pipelines, runners, and merge request workflows Cloud IAM and access control design, with a clear understanding of least-privilege and security best practices Working collaboratively with data or ML engineering teams as a platform provider - not just building infrastructure, but making it usable A consultative approach. You're comfortable working with non-technical stakeholders, interpreting requirements, challenging assumptions where needed, and influencing outcomes without retreating into jargon. It would be a bonus if you have: AWS exposure Backstage experience - software catalog configuration, scaffolder templates, or plugin development Familiarity with data platform concepts - medallion architecture, lakehouse patterns, or orchestration tools such as Airflow or dbt Exposure managing Databricks Practical experience with AI coding assistants (Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, Cursor, or similar) in a professional engineering context Experience working in regulated financial services environments The Perks Your growth fuels our success! Thrive with tailored development programs, mentoring opportunities with leaders, and clear career progression. Expand your network through committees, sports and social clubs. Enjoy extra time off for volunteering and community work. Competitive salary Flexible Benefits Package on top of your salary (12%) Private medical cover for you and your family Life insurance Contribution to gym memberships 25 Days holiday, with 1 additional day off to celebrate your Birthday & 2 additional days off a year for voluntary work (28 in total The option to buy or sell holiday days. Unlimited access to the LinkedIn Learning Platform A comprehensive global and local onboarding process Employee-led LGBTQ+, Women's, Black and Parents & Carers networks with an annual budget for organising events & projects that foster an open, diverse and inclusive culture Option to participate and create ESG initiatives based on IG Brighter Future Fund Enhanced primary (maternity), secondary (paternity), and shared parental pay and leave, as well as a range of support and benefits for parents
27/07/2026
Full time
Senior Cloud Platform EngineerApplylocations: Cannon Street, Londontime type: Full timeposted on: Posted 24 Days Agojob requisition id: R\_17210 Job Title Senior Cloud Platform Engineer Job Description About IG GroupIG Group (LSEG: IGG) is a leading global fintech company, established in 1974 and headquartered in London. As an innovative member of the FTSE 100, IG Group provides dynamic online trading platforms and a robust educational ecosystem, empowering ambitious individuals worldwide in their pursuit of financial freedom. With operations spanning eighteen countries across Europe, Africa, Asia-Pacific, the Middle East and North America, IG Group offers clients access to approximately 19,000 financial markets, including shares, forex, indices, commodities and crypto.IG is at a pivotal moment. We are moving with real pace and ambition rethinking how we serve clients, how we operate, and how we use technology to do both better. For people who want to be part of building something, rather than maintaining it, this is an unusually good time to join. Your Team You'll be joining a small, close-knit Data platform engineering team of three to five engineers. We're a team that takes quality seriously, looks out for each other, and gets things done without a lot of ceremony. Everyone brings something different across cloud infrastructure, data platform, and developer tooling and we rely on that range to solve problems well.We work across time zones with colleagues in Bengaluru and Kraków, so clear communication and good async habits matter. You won't be siloed into a narrow lane in a team of this size, everyone gets exposure to the breadth of what we do, and everyone's opinion on how we do it counts. Your role in the Team's Success In a small team, a senior hire has an outsized impact - and this role is no different. Here's what success looks like: You raise the floor. Your experience with GCP and AWS means the team spends less time firefighting and more time building. You bring rigour to how we design and review infrastructure, and your instinct for security and reliability makes the whole platform better. You unblock people. Data engineers, ML engineers, and Data teams depend on the platform to move fast. You're the person who understands what they need, builds the right foundations, and makes sure the platform is something people trust rather than work around. You make the IDP real. An IDP is only useful if it's kept alive and relevant. You'll be one of the people who makes sure it reflects reality - that services are catalogued, templates are current, and engineers across the business can actually find what they're looking for. You help the team get smarter. Whether it's sharing a better way to use AI tooling, writing a clearer runbook, or spotting a pattern we've been missing - you make the people around you better at their jobs. You own your outcomes. This isn't a team with heavy process or close supervision. You'll be trusted to take work end-to-end, flag when something's wrong, and drive improvements without being asked twice. You speak the business's language. The platform only matters if it delivers something the business can use. You'll spend real time with stakeholders across finance, compliance, BI and data science, understanding what they're trying to achieve, framing the trade-offs in language they can act on, and translating that back into platform decisions.The best person in this role won't just be technically strong - they'll care about the team's success as much as their own, and they'll leave the platform in a better state than they found it. What you'll do Responsibilities . Design and architect scalable cloud infrastructure, developing IaC solutions using Terraform and standardisation initiatives Build, optimise, and maintain CI/CD pipelines for infrastructure deployment, supporting DevOps and DevSecOps best practices across the organisation Operate and evolve GCP data platform services - BigQuery, Cloud Storage, Dataflow, Dataproc, Pub/Sub - in close collaboration with data and ML engineering teams Support IAM, service account design, and security posture across the platform, enforcing least-privilege principles Lead incident response and root cause analysis for platform issues, and drive improvements to reduce recurrence Participate in an on-call rota as the platform's operational coverage matures. Contribute to the development and maintenance of our IDP - adding catalog entries, improving scaffolder templates, and keeping TechDocs accurate Work with data engineering and ML engineering teams to onboard their services and pipelines into the catalog, ensuring ownership and metadata are correctly represented Use AI-assisted engineering tools - including Claude Code - as part of your daily workflow for infrastructure authoring, code review, and documentation Share effective AI patterns and prompting approaches with the team, helping build a culture of thoughtful, safe AI-augmented engineering What you'll need for this role You'll need solid experience in: Cloud Infrastructure & Experience: 4+ years in cloud infrastructure engineering with hands-on experience designing and administering complex platforms in GCP including working knowledge of networking (VPC, VPCSC, Direct Connect) and IaaS/PaaS architectural patterns. Exp Designing and operating Google Cloud Platform - BigQuery, Dataflow, Dataproc, Cloud Storage, Pub/Sub - at production scale Infrastructure-as-Code using Terraform, with real hands-on experience of multi-environment configuration management across cloud providers GitLab CI/CD - building and maintaining pipelines, runners, and merge request workflows Cloud IAM and access control design, with a clear understanding of least-privilege and security best practices Working collaboratively with data or ML engineering teams as a platform provider - not just building infrastructure, but making it usable A consultative approach. You're comfortable working with non-technical stakeholders, interpreting requirements, challenging assumptions where needed, and influencing outcomes without retreating into jargon. It would be a bonus if you have: AWS exposure Backstage experience - software catalog configuration, scaffolder templates, or plugin development Familiarity with data platform concepts - medallion architecture, lakehouse patterns, or orchestration tools such as Airflow or dbt Exposure managing Databricks Practical experience with AI coding assistants (Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, Cursor, or similar) in a professional engineering context Experience working in regulated financial services environments The Perks Your growth fuels our success! Thrive with tailored development programs, mentoring opportunities with leaders, and clear career progression. Expand your network through committees, sports and social clubs. Enjoy extra time off for volunteering and community work. Competitive salary Flexible Benefits Package on top of your salary (12%) Private medical cover for you and your family Life insurance Contribution to gym memberships 25 Days holiday, with 1 additional day off to celebrate your Birthday & 2 additional days off a year for voluntary work (28 in total The option to buy or sell holiday days. Unlimited access to the LinkedIn Learning Platform A comprehensive global and local onboarding process Employee-led LGBTQ+, Women's, Black and Parents & Carers networks with an annual budget for organising events & projects that foster an open, diverse and inclusive culture Option to participate and create ESG initiatives based on IG Brighter Future Fund Enhanced primary (maternity), secondary (paternity), and shared parental pay and leave, as well as a range of support and benefits for parents
IG Group is seeking a Senior Cloud Platform Engineer to join a small data platform team in London. You'll design scalable cloud infrastructure, build CI/CD pipelines, and operate GCP data services in collaboration with data and ML teams. You will also help secure the platform, maintain on-call readiness, and contribute to the IDP catalog and docs. A strong background in cloud engineering and AI tooling is valued.
27/07/2026
Full time
IG Group is seeking a Senior Cloud Platform Engineer to join a small data platform team in London. You'll design scalable cloud infrastructure, build CI/CD pipelines, and operate GCP data services in collaboration with data and ML teams. You will also help secure the platform, maintain on-call readiness, and contribute to the IDP catalog and docs. A strong background in cloud engineering and AI tooling is valued.
Senior Platform EngineerApplylocations: City of London - United Kingdomtime type: Full timeposted on: Posted Todayjob requisition id: R\_17523 Job Title Senior Platform Engineer Job Description # So, who are we? IG is a FTSE 100 fintech operating across five continents, serving over 1.3m customers and handling billions of dollars in transactions - built on scale, trust, and proof. We didn't pivot to innovation; it's how we've always operated.What that means for the people who work here is real: genuinely complex problems to solve, the technology and resources to tackle them properly, and the kind of scope that's rare in established businesses.The bar is high - bring a curious and forward-thinking mindset and we'll give you the platform to define what comes next. Join us at IG - the future gets built here.# Your team This role is part of our Platform Engineering team they are responsible for building the cloud and containers platform landscape to support the business applications via self-service capabilities and automation.# Your role in the Team's Success The Senior Platform Engineer is a hands-on technical contributor responsible for building, evolving, and maintaining cloud platform infrastructure to ensure it is secure, scalable, reliable, and cost-effective.The Senior Platform Engineer embeds best practices into platform design and delivery across Engineering, Security and FinOps. They operate as a hands-on expert, contributing to complex technical decisions, reducing platform risk, and enabling engineering teams to build and operate services with confidence, speed, and financial discipline. The role includes mentoring junior engineers and supporting knowledge sharing across the team.# What you'll do Design and architect scalable AWS cloud infrastructure, developing IaC solutions using Terraform and leading cloud technology evaluation and standardisation initiatives Build, optimise, and maintain CI/CD pipelines for infrastructure deployment, establishing DevOps and DevSecOps best practices across the organisation Architect and manage Kubernetes environments (EKS, AKS, GKE) and implement platform engineering tools to deliver self-service capabilities via an IDP (e.g. Backstage) Define and enforce monitoring, alerting, and observability standards to ensure infrastructure reliability and performance Foster collaboration between development and operations teams, bridging gaps to drive a unified engineering culture Mentor junior engineers, share knowledge across the team, and write and maintain documentation to support continuous learning and engineering best practices# What you'll need for this role Cloud Infrastructure & Experience : 4+ years in cloud infrastructure engineering with hands-on experience designing and administering complex platforms across AWS, GCP, and Azure, including deep knowledge of networking (VPC, Direct Connect, Transit Gateways, BGP, OSPF) and IaaS/PaaS architectural patterns Infrastructure-as-Code & Automation : 2+ years with IaC tools (Terraform or Ansible) and hands-on experience with orchestration and automation platforms (AWX, Ansible Tower, Terragrunt), scripting in Python, Bash, or Go DevOps & DevSecOps : 2+ years designing and implementing CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, GitLab, GitHub Actions, or equivalent, with strong knowledge of security best practices including secrets management, vulnerability scanning, and compliance Kubernetes & Containers : 2+ years of Kubernetes administration across on-premises and cloud environments (EKS preferred, AKS, GKE), with proficiency in networking, RBAC, pod security, service mesh (Istio), and Docker image management Platform Engineering & Developer Tooling : Experience implementing developer portals (Backstage), artifact repositories (JFrog Artifactory, Nexus), API gateways, and self-service platform engineering tools to support internal teams Observability & Reliability : Hands-on experience with monitoring and observability platforms (Honeycomb, Prometheus, Grafana), including defining alerting standards and ensuring infrastructure reliability at scale Architecture & Design: Strong grasp of microservices architecture, cloud networking protocols (Layer 2/3, MPLS), DNS, load balancing, and traffic management, with the ability to contribute to and implement technical direction Version Control & Collaboration : Proficiency across version control systems (Git, GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket) with the ability to operate autonomously and contribute to engineering standards across teams# How we work We try to take a thoughtful approach to our ways of working as a company. We follow a hybrid working model with 3 days in the office which we think balances the need to collaborate effectively and connect with each other. When it comes to how we deliver, there are 5 things we want everyone to do to drive high performance, better learning and career satisfaction: Lead and Inspire: Drives trust, alignment, and enthusiasm Think Big: Focus on the problems that most impact commercial outcomes Champion the client: Understand and prioritise client's needs Deliver at pace: Push for fast, sustainable growth; Raise the bar: Take ownership, be accountable and share feedbackWe believe that diversity is vital to success, it fuels creativity, drives innovation and sets us up for global success. We're committed to building teams with a variety of perspectives and skills to help us realise our vision and strategy, that's why we encourage applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences to join us on this journey. Learn more about our D&I approach here.# The Perks Your growth fuels our success! Thrive with tailored development programs, mentoring opportunities with leaders, and clear career progression. Expand your network through committees, sports and social clubs. Enjoy extra time off for volunteering and community work.Learn more about the Perks here! Join us for this exciting journey. Apply now!
27/07/2026
Full time
Senior Platform EngineerApplylocations: City of London - United Kingdomtime type: Full timeposted on: Posted Todayjob requisition id: R\_17523 Job Title Senior Platform Engineer Job Description # So, who are we? IG is a FTSE 100 fintech operating across five continents, serving over 1.3m customers and handling billions of dollars in transactions - built on scale, trust, and proof. We didn't pivot to innovation; it's how we've always operated.What that means for the people who work here is real: genuinely complex problems to solve, the technology and resources to tackle them properly, and the kind of scope that's rare in established businesses.The bar is high - bring a curious and forward-thinking mindset and we'll give you the platform to define what comes next. Join us at IG - the future gets built here.# Your team This role is part of our Platform Engineering team they are responsible for building the cloud and containers platform landscape to support the business applications via self-service capabilities and automation.# Your role in the Team's Success The Senior Platform Engineer is a hands-on technical contributor responsible for building, evolving, and maintaining cloud platform infrastructure to ensure it is secure, scalable, reliable, and cost-effective.The Senior Platform Engineer embeds best practices into platform design and delivery across Engineering, Security and FinOps. They operate as a hands-on expert, contributing to complex technical decisions, reducing platform risk, and enabling engineering teams to build and operate services with confidence, speed, and financial discipline. The role includes mentoring junior engineers and supporting knowledge sharing across the team.# What you'll do Design and architect scalable AWS cloud infrastructure, developing IaC solutions using Terraform and leading cloud technology evaluation and standardisation initiatives Build, optimise, and maintain CI/CD pipelines for infrastructure deployment, establishing DevOps and DevSecOps best practices across the organisation Architect and manage Kubernetes environments (EKS, AKS, GKE) and implement platform engineering tools to deliver self-service capabilities via an IDP (e.g. Backstage) Define and enforce monitoring, alerting, and observability standards to ensure infrastructure reliability and performance Foster collaboration between development and operations teams, bridging gaps to drive a unified engineering culture Mentor junior engineers, share knowledge across the team, and write and maintain documentation to support continuous learning and engineering best practices# What you'll need for this role Cloud Infrastructure & Experience : 4+ years in cloud infrastructure engineering with hands-on experience designing and administering complex platforms across AWS, GCP, and Azure, including deep knowledge of networking (VPC, Direct Connect, Transit Gateways, BGP, OSPF) and IaaS/PaaS architectural patterns Infrastructure-as-Code & Automation : 2+ years with IaC tools (Terraform or Ansible) and hands-on experience with orchestration and automation platforms (AWX, Ansible Tower, Terragrunt), scripting in Python, Bash, or Go DevOps & DevSecOps : 2+ years designing and implementing CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, GitLab, GitHub Actions, or equivalent, with strong knowledge of security best practices including secrets management, vulnerability scanning, and compliance Kubernetes & Containers : 2+ years of Kubernetes administration across on-premises and cloud environments (EKS preferred, AKS, GKE), with proficiency in networking, RBAC, pod security, service mesh (Istio), and Docker image management Platform Engineering & Developer Tooling : Experience implementing developer portals (Backstage), artifact repositories (JFrog Artifactory, Nexus), API gateways, and self-service platform engineering tools to support internal teams Observability & Reliability : Hands-on experience with monitoring and observability platforms (Honeycomb, Prometheus, Grafana), including defining alerting standards and ensuring infrastructure reliability at scale Architecture & Design: Strong grasp of microservices architecture, cloud networking protocols (Layer 2/3, MPLS), DNS, load balancing, and traffic management, with the ability to contribute to and implement technical direction Version Control & Collaboration : Proficiency across version control systems (Git, GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket) with the ability to operate autonomously and contribute to engineering standards across teams# How we work We try to take a thoughtful approach to our ways of working as a company. We follow a hybrid working model with 3 days in the office which we think balances the need to collaborate effectively and connect with each other. When it comes to how we deliver, there are 5 things we want everyone to do to drive high performance, better learning and career satisfaction: Lead and Inspire: Drives trust, alignment, and enthusiasm Think Big: Focus on the problems that most impact commercial outcomes Champion the client: Understand and prioritise client's needs Deliver at pace: Push for fast, sustainable growth; Raise the bar: Take ownership, be accountable and share feedbackWe believe that diversity is vital to success, it fuels creativity, drives innovation and sets us up for global success. We're committed to building teams with a variety of perspectives and skills to help us realise our vision and strategy, that's why we encourage applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences to join us on this journey. Learn more about our D&I approach here.# The Perks Your growth fuels our success! Thrive with tailored development programs, mentoring opportunities with leaders, and clear career progression. Expand your network through committees, sports and social clubs. Enjoy extra time off for volunteering and community work.Learn more about the Perks here! Join us for this exciting journey. Apply now!
IG Group is seeking a Senior Observability Engineer in London to own and evolve the observability platform, primarily centered around Honeycomb and OpenTelemetry. You will instrument services in Java, Python, and C++, collaborate with SRE and development teams, and drive reliability through SLOs and incident response. This role requires 5-8 years in observability or related field, with UK working hours considered.
26/07/2026
Full time
IG Group is seeking a Senior Observability Engineer in London to own and evolve the observability platform, primarily centered around Honeycomb and OpenTelemetry. You will instrument services in Java, Python, and C++, collaborate with SRE and development teams, and drive reliability through SLOs and incident response. This role requires 5-8 years in observability or related field, with UK working hours considered.
Senior Observability EngineerApplylocations: City of London - United Kingdomtime type: Full timeposted on: Posted Todayjob requisition id: R\_17538 Job Title Senior Observability Engineer Job Description Senior Observability Engineer Location: London Employment type: Permanent, Full Time Reporting into: Senior Engineering Manager - SRE and Observability About IG Group IG Group (LSE: IGG) is a leading global fintech company, established in 1974 and headquartered in London. As a constituent of the FTSE 100, IG Group provides dynamic online trading platforms and a robust educational ecosystem, empowering ambitious individuals worldwide in their pursuit of financial freedom. With operations spanning 18 countries across Europe, Africa, Asia-Pacific, the Middle East, and North America, IG Group offers clients access to approximately 19,000 financial markets, including shares, forex, indices, and commodities.IG Group is undergoing a significant transformation, led by CEO Breon Corcoran, appointed in early 2024. Our focus is on three areas: delivering quality products to better meet customer needs, embedding a high-performance culture across the organisation, and being more efficient and scalable through digitisation - all in service of growing our user base and revenue on a sustainable basis. About the role IG Group's systems move billions of dollars every day - and our clients expect them to be fast, reliable, and transparent. As an Observability Engineer, you will own the platforms and practices that give IG's engineering teams deep, real-time insight into how those systems behave. This is a high-impact, hands-on role at the centre of our reliability engineering agenda: building on Honeycomb and OpenTelemetry, driving instrumentation across a globally distributed microservices estate, and partnering directly with development teams to turn telemetry data into better, faster software. About the team This role sits within the Observability team, part of IG's broader SRE and Platform Engineering function. The team is responsible for the tools, platforms, and standards that enable engineering teams across IG to understand and improve system behaviour at scale. You will report into the Senior Engineering Manager for SRE and Observability and work as an individual contributor, partnering closely with development squads, platform engineers, and incident response teams. The Bengaluru team is deeply integrated into IG's global engineering community, with real ownership and scope to shape how observability is practised across the group. Key responsibilities Platform ownership Build, maintain, and evolve IG's Honeycomb-centric observability platform, ensuring it is reliable, scalable, and fit for a complex, globally distributed trading environment. Define platform standards, data models, and integration patterns for telemetry collection, storage, and querying across the estate. Instrumentation and telemetry Drive OpenTelemetry adoption across engineering teams, providing hands-on guidance and reusable instrumentation patterns for services built in Java, Python, and C++. Partner with development teams to improve telemetry coverage, ensuring meaningful traces, metrics, and logs are in place across critical services and user journeys. SLOs Apply a strong understanding of SLOs, burn rates, and alert triggers to help service owners define meaningful reliability targets and translate them into actionable observability signals. Work closely with SRE teams to drive SLO adoption across the organisation, providing guidance and practical support to help engineering teams embed reliability targets into their day-to-day ways of working. Incident response Join the support rota and incident response, using observability tooling to accelerate diagnosis and reduce mean time to resolution. Lead post-incident reviews that produce actionable improvements to both systems and observability coverage. Enablement and community Mentor and upskill engineers across IG on observability principles and practices, raising the bar for how teams instrument, monitor, and debug their services. Develop training materials, runbooks, and best-practice guides that scale observability knowledge across the engineering organisation. Role requirements Proven hands-on experience with Honeycomb or a similar observability tool such as Grafana, including dataset design, query building, and using it as a primary tool for production debugging and reliability analysis. Strong practical experience implementing OpenTelemetry instrumentation in one or more of Java, Python, or C++, including custom collectors, exporters, and sampling strategies. Experience working in complex, distributed microservices environments with high transaction volumes or strict reliability requirements. Strong communication and collaboration skills - able to work effectively with development teams and influence engineering practice without direct authority. Practical experience with Terraform for managing observability infrastructure as code, including provisioning and maintaining platform components in a cloud environment. Ability and willingness to cover UK working hours to support collaboration with IG's London-based engineering teams. 5-8 years of relevant experience in observability, SRE, or platform engineering roles. Desirable Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS or GCP, particularly in the context of observability and infrastructure monitoring. Familiarity with other observability tooling such as Grafana, Prometheus, or Splunk, and experience migrating or consolidating observability stacks. Exposure to fintech, financial services, or other regulated industry environments. Experience contributing to or maintaining open-source observability projects or OTel instrumentation libraries.# The Perks Your growth fuels our success! Thrive with tailored development programs, mentoring opportunities with leaders, and clear career progression. Expand your network through committees, sports and social clubs. Enjoy extra time off for volunteering and community work. Competitive salary Flexible Benefits Package on top of your salary (12%) Private medical cover for you and your family Life insurance Contribution to gym memberships 25 Days holiday, with 1 additional day off to celebrate your Birthday & 2 additional days off a year for voluntary work (28 in total The option to buy or sell holiday days. Unlimited access to the LinkedIn Learning Platform A comprehensive global and local onboarding process Employee-led LGBTQ+, Women's, Black and Parents & Carers networks with an annual budget for organising events & projects that foster an open, diverse and inclusive culture Enhanced primary (maternity), secondary (paternity), and shared parental pay and leave, as well as a range of support and benefits for parents Option to participate and create ESG initiatives based on IG Brighter Future Fund
26/07/2026
Full time
Senior Observability EngineerApplylocations: City of London - United Kingdomtime type: Full timeposted on: Posted Todayjob requisition id: R\_17538 Job Title Senior Observability Engineer Job Description Senior Observability Engineer Location: London Employment type: Permanent, Full Time Reporting into: Senior Engineering Manager - SRE and Observability About IG Group IG Group (LSE: IGG) is a leading global fintech company, established in 1974 and headquartered in London. As a constituent of the FTSE 100, IG Group provides dynamic online trading platforms and a robust educational ecosystem, empowering ambitious individuals worldwide in their pursuit of financial freedom. With operations spanning 18 countries across Europe, Africa, Asia-Pacific, the Middle East, and North America, IG Group offers clients access to approximately 19,000 financial markets, including shares, forex, indices, and commodities.IG Group is undergoing a significant transformation, led by CEO Breon Corcoran, appointed in early 2024. Our focus is on three areas: delivering quality products to better meet customer needs, embedding a high-performance culture across the organisation, and being more efficient and scalable through digitisation - all in service of growing our user base and revenue on a sustainable basis. About the role IG Group's systems move billions of dollars every day - and our clients expect them to be fast, reliable, and transparent. As an Observability Engineer, you will own the platforms and practices that give IG's engineering teams deep, real-time insight into how those systems behave. This is a high-impact, hands-on role at the centre of our reliability engineering agenda: building on Honeycomb and OpenTelemetry, driving instrumentation across a globally distributed microservices estate, and partnering directly with development teams to turn telemetry data into better, faster software. About the team This role sits within the Observability team, part of IG's broader SRE and Platform Engineering function. The team is responsible for the tools, platforms, and standards that enable engineering teams across IG to understand and improve system behaviour at scale. You will report into the Senior Engineering Manager for SRE and Observability and work as an individual contributor, partnering closely with development squads, platform engineers, and incident response teams. The Bengaluru team is deeply integrated into IG's global engineering community, with real ownership and scope to shape how observability is practised across the group. Key responsibilities Platform ownership Build, maintain, and evolve IG's Honeycomb-centric observability platform, ensuring it is reliable, scalable, and fit for a complex, globally distributed trading environment. Define platform standards, data models, and integration patterns for telemetry collection, storage, and querying across the estate. Instrumentation and telemetry Drive OpenTelemetry adoption across engineering teams, providing hands-on guidance and reusable instrumentation patterns for services built in Java, Python, and C++. Partner with development teams to improve telemetry coverage, ensuring meaningful traces, metrics, and logs are in place across critical services and user journeys. SLOs Apply a strong understanding of SLOs, burn rates, and alert triggers to help service owners define meaningful reliability targets and translate them into actionable observability signals. Work closely with SRE teams to drive SLO adoption across the organisation, providing guidance and practical support to help engineering teams embed reliability targets into their day-to-day ways of working. Incident response Join the support rota and incident response, using observability tooling to accelerate diagnosis and reduce mean time to resolution. Lead post-incident reviews that produce actionable improvements to both systems and observability coverage. Enablement and community Mentor and upskill engineers across IG on observability principles and practices, raising the bar for how teams instrument, monitor, and debug their services. Develop training materials, runbooks, and best-practice guides that scale observability knowledge across the engineering organisation. Role requirements Proven hands-on experience with Honeycomb or a similar observability tool such as Grafana, including dataset design, query building, and using it as a primary tool for production debugging and reliability analysis. Strong practical experience implementing OpenTelemetry instrumentation in one or more of Java, Python, or C++, including custom collectors, exporters, and sampling strategies. Experience working in complex, distributed microservices environments with high transaction volumes or strict reliability requirements. Strong communication and collaboration skills - able to work effectively with development teams and influence engineering practice without direct authority. Practical experience with Terraform for managing observability infrastructure as code, including provisioning and maintaining platform components in a cloud environment. Ability and willingness to cover UK working hours to support collaboration with IG's London-based engineering teams. 5-8 years of relevant experience in observability, SRE, or platform engineering roles. Desirable Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS or GCP, particularly in the context of observability and infrastructure monitoring. Familiarity with other observability tooling such as Grafana, Prometheus, or Splunk, and experience migrating or consolidating observability stacks. Exposure to fintech, financial services, or other regulated industry environments. Experience contributing to or maintaining open-source observability projects or OTel instrumentation libraries.# The Perks Your growth fuels our success! Thrive with tailored development programs, mentoring opportunities with leaders, and clear career progression. Expand your network through committees, sports and social clubs. Enjoy extra time off for volunteering and community work. Competitive salary Flexible Benefits Package on top of your salary (12%) Private medical cover for you and your family Life insurance Contribution to gym memberships 25 Days holiday, with 1 additional day off to celebrate your Birthday & 2 additional days off a year for voluntary work (28 in total The option to buy or sell holiday days. Unlimited access to the LinkedIn Learning Platform A comprehensive global and local onboarding process Employee-led LGBTQ+, Women's, Black and Parents & Carers networks with an annual budget for organising events & projects that foster an open, diverse and inclusive culture Enhanced primary (maternity), secondary (paternity), and shared parental pay and leave, as well as a range of support and benefits for parents Option to participate and create ESG initiatives based on IG Brighter Future Fund
