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We didn't pivot to innovation; it's how we've always operated. What that means for the people who work here is real: genuinely complex problems to solve, the technology and resources to tackle them properly, and the kind of scope that's rare in established businesses.\nThe bar is high - bring a curious and forward-thinking mindset and we'll give you the platform to define what comes next.\nJoin us at IG - the future gets built here.\nYour team\nThis role is part of our Platform Engineering team -- they are responsible for building the cloud and containers platform landscape to support the business applications via self-service capabilities and automation.\nYour role in the Team's Success\nThe Principal Platform Engineer is a hands-on technical leader responsible for defining, building, evolving, and governing cloud platform architecture and infrastructure to ensure it is secure, scalable, reliable, and cost-effective.\nThis role sets the technical direction and standards for cloud platforms across public and private cloud, working closely with engineering, security, and FinOps teams to embed best practices into platform design and delivery. 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