Senior Platform Engineer - Bare Metal

July 5

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Form3

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Finance • Fintech • SaaS

Form3 is a cloud-native payment technology company revolutionizing financial transactions for institutions by removing the need for outdated infrastructure. They offer a modern, real-time, account-to-account payment platform that supports multiple regions, including the US, EU, and UK, providing a single API access to various payment schemes. Known for their enterprise-grade solutions, Form3's platform is designed for scalability, security, and compliance, aiming to help financial institutions manage payments efficiently while mitigating regulatory complexities. Their innovative approach addresses client needs by offering flexibility, fraud prevention tools, and seamless integration with existing systems, enabling growth and collaboration in the evolving payment landscape.

501 - 1000 employees

💸 Finance

💳 Fintech

☁️ SaaS

💰 Debt Financing on 2022-10

📋 Description

• This role is all about building and scaling the physical foundation of Form3’s infrastructure — true bare metal. It’s a hands-on engineering position for someone who thrives at the intersection of hardware and software. • As a Platform Engineer, you’ll take ownership of managing and scaling high-performance bare metal systems. • You’ll work deeply with server hardware, oversee firmware updates, and build automation around server provisioning. • The focus is on developing and maintaining resilient, scalable distributed systems that support our broader platform — ensuring optimal performance, reliability, and operability. • Projects you’ll be involved with: • Streamlining our approach to data centre maintenance to make it as low effort as possible • Scaling out the UK data centres to meet future customer demand • Improving performance of our infrastructure • Improving the automation of infrastructure provisioning

🎯 Requirements

• Solid grounding in system installation, including operating system installations, building system images, and automated server provisioning • Experience in Infrastructure as Code patterns and practices (Terraform and Ansible are a plus) • Familiarity with hardware lifecycle, including firmware patching, BIOS configuration, and component troubleshooting • Knowledge of networking, including Layer 2 and Layer 3 protocols, VLANs, and link aggregation • Strong understanding of virtualization technologies like KVM and QEMU and their interaction with underlying hardware • Understanding of Kubernetes and its intricacies when run on bare metal infrastructure (ideally) • Experience running Kubernetes in cloud environments is a real plus • A background in Software Engineering and solid programming experience is beneficial but not essential (preferably Go but we're flexible on this) • Enthusiasm towards ensuring a high degree of service reliability, always putting the stability & safety of our products at the forefront