Platform Engineer / Cloud Platform Engineer / Infrastructure Engineer / DevOps Engineer / SRE

Join us as a Data Platform Engineer and help make data platforms easier to build, operate and consume.

 

As one of the first permanent engineers in a new platform team, you will create the AWS foundations that power BPL's enterprise data platform. You'll build reusable cloud services, automated delivery pipelines, security controls and operational tooling that allow engineering teams to move faster without compromising reliability, governance or resilience.

 

Working alongside platform, data and security engineers, you'll turn common infrastructure requirements into reusable platform capabilities, reducing complexity for delivery teams and enabling a consistent, secure engineering experience across the organisation.

 

If you're passionate about platform engineering, infrastructure as code, automation and creating paved roads that other teams love to use, this is an opportunity to shape both the platform and the engineering culture from the start.

 

To be successful as a Data Platform Engineer, you must have the following essential skills;

 

Terraform Engineering & Infrastructure-as-Code Excellence

Demonstrable expertise in:

• Reusable module design
• Testing strategies (unit, integration and validation testing)
• State management
• Promotion between environments
• Code quality, versioning and maintainability
• Platform engineering best practices

 

CI/CD, Automation & GitOps

Excellent experience of building and evolving infrastructure delivery pipelines, including:

• GitHub Actions
• Automated testing
• Security controls in pipelines
• Policy checks
• Release automation
• GitOps operating models

 

AWS Platform Engineering

Hands-on AWS engineering with a focus on:

• IAM and security patterns
• Networking integration
• Storage and encryption
• Observability
• Resilience and operational readiness
• Automation and supportability

 

Some other highly valued skills may include;

 

Databricks on AWS

Experience with:

• Workspace deployment
• Databricks Terraform provider
• Identity integration
• Storage integration
• Network connectivity patterns

 

Platform Engineering / Internal Developer Platforms

Experience building:

• Self-service capabilities
• Golden paths
• Paved roads
• Reusable engineering patterns
• Internal platform products

 

Observability, Reliability & Operational Engineering

Experience with:

• Monitoring and alerting
• Operational telemetry
• Incident management
• Resilience testing
• Recovery automation
• Production support

 

You may be assessed on the key critical skills relevant for success in role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen strategic thinking and digital and technology, as well as job-specific technical skills

 

The successful candidate will be based in London. Our offices are located at 1 Churchill Place and 7 Westferry Circus (new BPL office). We support a hybrid working pattern with 3 days per week office-based presence expected. 

 

Barclays’ payments acceptance business provides critical infrastructure to the UK economy, processing billions of pounds of payments annually for both small businesses and domestic and international corporate clients. 

 

In April 2025, we announced a long-term partnership with Brookfield Asset Management to grow and transform the payments acceptance business by broadening the range of services offered, enhancing the experience for both existing and prospective clients. Leveraging extensive client relationships and deep experience of UK payments, we will create an environment of continuous innovation - activated by Brookfield’s global private equity expertise in payments, technology, operational transformation and corporate carve-outs - to ensure the business is strategically positioned for long-term growth.

 

Barclays will invest approximately £400m in the new business, the majority of which will be incurred during the first three years. Performance-linked incentives will drive greater alignment between the partners, underpinning the long-term commitment to the transformation. Barclays and Brookfield will work to create a standalone entity over time, continuing to use the Barclaycard Payments (BPL) brand and acting as the sole payments’ acceptance services provider to Barclays’ clients for a minimum of ten years. 

 

For more information on our partnership with Brookfield, please visit Barclays.com.