Mast
lending technology
Platform&SecurityEngineer
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“Platform & Security Engineer at Mast. Skills: Platform Engineering, Cloud Infrastructure, Security Engineering, Reliability, Observability, Operational Resilience, Compliance. Own and maintain cloud infrastructure across AWS and container-based environments. Design, build, and maintain infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform”
What You'll Achieve.
scale and secure the Mast platform; improve developer experience; modernise infrastructure; strengthen our security posture; ensure our systems remain reliable and resilient; process more applications in less time; reach decisions faster; deliver better experiences for brokers and borrowers; improve operational efficiency and developer experience
Industry & Context.
solutions oriented; Troubleshoot infrastructure, platform, networking, and security related issues
4 - 10 weeks work from anywhere, based on tenure (for UK based roles)
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
5+ years experience in either platform engineering, cloud infrastructure, SRE, DevOps, or security engineering roles, experience with AWS and container based infrastructure, Experience managing infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform, Experience building and operating scalable, reliable production systems, Experience with CI/CD pipelines, deployment automation, and developer tooling, Working knowledge of Linux/Unix systems, networking, and cloud security fundamentals, Experience with observability tooling including monitoring, logging, alerting, and tracing, Experience supporting incident response, operational resilience, disaster recovery, or business continuity processes, Comfortable working across infrastructure, security, reliability, and compliance domains, Comfortable owning operational and infrastructure concerns end-to-end in a fast moving environment, communication skills and ability to collaborate effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders, Comfortable using AI tools as part of your development workflow
Nice to Have
Experience with Ruby on Rails applications and infrastructure is highly desirable
What You'll Do.
Own and maintain cloud infrastructure across AWS and container-based environments
and maintain infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform
Support with future replatforming and infrastructure modernisation initiatives
including migration from Heroku to AWS container platforms
Manage vulnerability remediation processes including CVE tracking
and maintaining regular patching cadences
Support operational resilience (OR)
disaster recovery (DR)
and business continuity planning
Help maintain and improve security and compliance processes aligned with ISO27001 framework
Improve system reliability
and performance across the Mast platform
Troubleshoot infrastructure
and security related issues across environments
Contribute to incident response processes and ongoing operational improvements
Build systems and tooling that automate infrastructure management and operational workflows wherever possible
Implement and maintain observability tooling including monitoring
Building tools and platforms that enable product teams to provision resources autonomously (self-service)
Building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines and deployment workflows to improve developer experience and delivery velocity
Introducing guardrails for self-service cloud engineering by development teams
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
work closely with the Head of Engineering; collaborate effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders
Communication Scope
communication skills and ability to collaborate effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders
Full Job Description
Mast is on a mission to make complex lending simple. The UK's specialist lending market is underserved by technology, with legacy systems that can't handle the nuance of complex income, niche products, or the broker workflows that specialist lenders rely on. We're building modern, cloud-native lending technology, purpose-built for specialist lenders, that helps them process more applications in less time, reach decisions faster, and deliver better experiences for brokers and borrowers. We're pioneering the use of AI in mortgage origination, building it into the platform from the ground up rather than bolting it onto legacy architecture.. We work with regulated lenders across the UK, have a 100% delivery track record, and are building a high-performance team where everyone has real ownership and direct impact. We're looking for a Platform & Security Engineer to help scale and secure the Mast platform as we continue to grow. This role combines platform engineering, cloud infrastructure, security, reliability, observability, operational resilience, and compliance. You'll work closely with the Head of Engineering to improve developer experience, modernise infrastructure, strengthen our security posture, and ensure our systems remain reliable and resilient as we onboard more clients and ship more features. This role is suited to an experienced engineer comfortable owning infrastructure, security, reliability, and operational resilience across production systems in a fast moving startup environment. Responsibilities Cloud & Platform Own and maintain cloud infrastructure across AWS and container-based environments Design, build, and maintain infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform Support with future replatforming and infrastructure modernisation initiatives, including migration from Heroku to AWS container platforms Security & Compliance Manage vulnerability remediation processes including CVE tracking, security patching, and maintaining regula
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