Junior Software Engineer - GCP

Junior Software Engineer (GCP Cloud)

📍 London, United Kingdom | Hybrid 💼 Full-Time

Join the Team as a Cloud-Native Junior Software Engineer!

We are seeking a Junior Software Engineer - GCP Cloud to join a leading organisation driving large-scale cloud transformation initiatives. This is an exciting opportunity to work at enterprise scale, designing and operating cloud-native platforms, mentoring engineering teams, and shaping the future of cloud technology adoption across the business.

As a technical contributor, you will play a key role in architecting, building, and operating resilient solutions on Google Cloud Platform (GCP), while influencing engineering standards, best practices, and strategic cloud initiatives.

What You'll Do

Cloud Architecture & Engineering

• Design and deliver scalable, secure, and highly available cloud-native applications and platforms on GCP.
• Attend to architectural decisions and produce design artefacts including RFCs, ADRs, and architecture diagrams.
• Build and operate resilient services aligned with enterprise cloud, security, and compliance standards.
• Evaluate emerging technologies, products, and vendors to support strategic technology initiatives.

Kubernetes & Platform Engineering

• Design, develop, and operate Kubernetes platforms at scale.
• Build custom Kubernetes Operators, Controllers, and Custom Resource Definitions (CRDs) using tools such as Kubebuilder or Operator SDK.
• Develop cloud-native control planes, admission controllers, webhooks, and automation frameworks.
• Drive best practices around Kubernetes security, observability, multi-tenancy, and operational excellence.

Engineering Excellence

• Develop high-quality production code and champion coding standards through peer reviews and mentorship.
• Drive CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code, and software delivery best practices.
• Improve reliability, performance, monitoring, and observability across critical services.

What We're Looking For

Essential Skills & Experience

• 3+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• Strong expertise in Golang and/or Python .
• Proven experience designing and operating cloud-native solutions on Google Cloud Platform (GCP) .
• Kubernetes engineering experience, including custom operators and platform automation.
• Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation.
• Strong understanding of software architecture, distributed systems, application resiliency, and security.
• Experience working within Agile engineering environments.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

Highly Desirable

• Infrastructure-as-Code experience with Terraform, CloudFormation, or CDK.
• Observability and monitoring experience with Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, or similar platforms.
• GCP certifications (Developer, Solutions Architect, Security).
• Knowledge of cloud security, threat modelling, compliance, and incident response.
• Experience using AI-assisted development tools such as GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, or similar.
• Financial Services experience and understanding of regulated environments.

Why apply?

• Work on large-scale cloud engineering initiatives with enterprise-wide impact.
• Be part of cloud architecture and technology strategy.
• Collaborate with highly skilled engineers and technical leaders.
• Access cutting-edge technologies across cloud, Kubernetes, platform engineering, and AI-assisted development.

Interested?

Apply now or contact us to learn more about this exciting opportunity to help shape the future of cloud engineering in London.