Google Cloud Platform GCP Architect Developer in London

A leading financial services organisation is seeking a Google Cloud Platform (GCP) Architect Developer on a contract basis.

This role is based in London onsite 4 days a week. Please DO NOT Apply unless you can commit to this.

The Google Cloud Platform (GCP) Architect Developer must have strong recent GCP experience.

Required Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills

* Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience in production software development

* Advanced hands-on practical experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability at scale

* Advanced proficiency in one or more modern programming with demonstrated ability to optimize for performance, maintainability, and security with GoLang or Python being including performance optimization and concurrency patterns

* Advanced Kubernetes platform engineering expertise, including hands-on experience designing, developing, and operating custom Kubernetes Operators and Custom Resource Definitions (CRDs) using frameworks such as Kubebuilder, Operator SDK, or equivalent. Demonstrated ability to

* extend Kubernetes APIs to automate complex platform, infrastructure, security, or application lifecycle workflows at enterprise scale.

* Proven experience building cloud- control planes and automation frameworks on Kubernetes, including authoring reconciliation loops, admission controllers, webhooks, and custom controllers; strong understanding of Kubernetes internals, API machinery, RBAC, multi-tenancy, observability, and operational best practices for production environments.

* In-depth Google Cloud development experience -architecting, building, deploying, and operating production cloud- workloads using core GCP services; understanding cost optimization and security best practices

* Proficiency in automation and continuous delivery -designing and implementing CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure automation, and deployment strategies

* Advanced understanding of the Software Development Life Cycle - ability to influence and improve SDLC practices across teams

* Advanced knowledge of agile methodologies -CI/CD, Application Resiliency, Security, and capacity planning

* Demonstrated expertise in a technical discipline (e.g., cloud architecture, artificial intelligence/machine learning, mobile, distributed systems, security, DevOps/platform engineering)

* In-depth knowledge of financial services industry and their IT systems, regulatory constraints, and operational requirements

* Practical experience with Al-assisted developer tools and Al agents (Copilot, Claude Code, or equivalent) to improve engineering productivity, code quality, and knowledge acquisition

* Strong communication and influence skills - ability to articulate technical decisions, trade-offs, and recommendations to both technical and non-technical stakeholders