Senior Software Engineer, Platform Engineering – Developer Acceleration
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£54,700
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This role likely qualifies for a Skilled Worker visa
SOC 2134 (96% match) is an eligible occupation, with a going rate of £54,700, and Balyasny Asset Management L.P. is a licensed sponsor. That is our reading of the rules. Whether they issue a Certificate of Sponsorship is still their call.
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What each route needs for this job
| Occupation code | New entrant 70% of going rate | STEM PhD 80% of going rate | Relevant PhD 90% of going rate | Standard rate 100% of going rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
2134 Programmers and software development professionals Most likely code | £38,300 | £43,700 | £49,200 | £54,700 |
We use the lowest threshold across the plausible codes. Likelihood is Possible at most when the pay clears only a lower rate, or only under a less likely code. How the Home Office picks the code
About the role
Platform Engineering owns the end-to-end experience of how engineers, investment teams and researchers at Balyasny build, test, ship and run software at scale – from source control and authentication systems that underpin our live trading environments, to the platforms that keep tens of thousands of builds, applications and tasks running reliably across compute providers, and developer acceleration tooling that deeply integrates across engineering workflows.
The primary focus of this role is to design, build and maintain Balyasny’s internal developer platform, with a strong focus on infrastructure, core data services and runtime enablement; anchored on developer acceleration, PaaS and AI-SDLC enablement.
Key Responsibilities
- Build solutions that enable engineers and researchers to accelerate their development processes with agents – from code generation through to testing and deployment.
- Develop solutions that enable investment teams and researchers to mobilize ideas in minutes.
- Architect, build, and maintain common software and platform solutions leveraged across the business, with a focus on scalability, reliability, and automation.
- Contribute to technology-wide engineering standards, frameworks and utilities to drive efficiency and standardization of technology solutions across the estate.
- Design and automate deployment pipelines and operational processes to improve efficiency, reliability, and developer autonomy.
- Champion SRE and DevOps best practices—including observability, automation, CI/CD, and infrastructure as code—across cloud and on-premises environments.
- Participate in on-call rotation and incident response, sharing responsibility for production reliability.
To be considered a good fit, you must have:
- 10+ years, hands-on experience architecting and delivering production-ready software
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering, computer science, information systems, or equivalent experience
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Where this offer sits in the market
Programmers and software development professionals (SOC 2134) · UK · ONS ASHE 2025 · basic pay · ~399k in sample- Middle half £42,536–76,752
- Median £56,784
- Going rate £54,700
- Threshold £41,700
- New entrant £38,300–49,200
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Does this job guarantee visa sponsorship?
Not necessarily. Balyasny Asset Management L.P. holds a sponsor licence, but sponsorship for a specific hire is always the employer's decision. Be upfront in your application that you'll require it.
What salary is needed for this role to be eligible?
The offer must clear both the general threshold and the SOC 2134 going rate of £54,700. New-entrant and shortage discounts can lower it.