About the company
Monzo is on a mission to make money work for everyone. We offer personal and business bank accounts, joint accounts, accounts for 16-17 year olds, a free kids account, and credit cards in the UK. We're not about selling products - we want to solve problems and change lives through Monzo.
About Platform Engineering at Monzo
The Platform Collective builds and maintains the infrastructure, tools and processes that sets the rest of Monzo technology teams up for success. The Infrastructure Platform team is responsible for running the Kubernetes clusters, service mesh and networking that all of Monzo's microservices run on.
Responsibilities
- Build and centrally manage cloud infrastructure (Kubernetes, Envoy) across AWS and GCP.
- Help other platform teams succeed by abstracting away complexity and enabling them to solve real customer problems.
- Work hands-on with Kubernetes clusters, AWS infrastructure, and configuration management using Terraform.
- Integrate and manage open-source components to provide robust, scalable primitives for engineering teams.
- Build and maintain backend services (APIs, controllers) that provide a simplified, self-service experience for other engineers.
- Develop software for complex projects like infrastructure migrations, high-scale traffic management, or security tooling.
Requirements
- Significant professional experience in software engineering, demonstrated by writing, testing, and deploying robust backend services using strongly typed languages.
- Hands-on experience with AWS and/or GCP, and proficiency with Kubernetes.
- Experience with Infrastructure as Code (e.g., Terraform).
- Deep curiosity about systems, enjoy diving deep to investigate complex issues, and understand how modern distributed applications fail and scale.
- Excited to build a platform that enables success for everyone at Monzo, focusing on reliability, performance, and developer experience.
- Comfortable working in a fast-paced team that deals with ambiguity.
Conditions
- Salary: £95,000 - £130,000 + Incentive Awards tied to performance.
- Locations: Cardiff, London or Remote (UK).
- Flexible working: no pressure to come into the office, even if nearby. Monzo supports travel costs if asked to come in.
- Offices are social, especially Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays, with twice-weekly lunches and treat Thursdays.