Head of Platform Engineering

Head of Platform Engineering

Hybrid / Flexible

We’re looking for an experienced engineering leader to help evolve and scale our platform and operational capabilities.

This role combines strategic leadership with hands-on operational improvement across deployment, environments, reliability, automation, and engineering effectiveness.

You’ll work closely with technical and engineering leadership to improve how systems are delivered, operated, and supported — helping drive greater consistency, resilience, and scalability across the platform estate.

What You’ll Be Doing

  • Lead improvements across platform engineering and operational practices
  • Drive CI/CD maturity, deployment automation, and release reliability
  • Improve environment consistency and operational scalability
  • Strengthen observability, resilience, and production readiness
  • Support modern infrastructure and container-based platform initiatives
  • Partner with engineering teams to improve delivery confidence and operational effectiveness
  • Contribute to long-term platform and operational strategy

What We’re Looking For

  • Strong experience leading Platform Engineering, DevOps, SRE, or Infrastructure functions
  • Proven experience improving deployment maturity and operational reliability
  • Strong understanding of CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code, and container platforms
  • Experience operating within complex technical environments
  • Ability to balance strategic thinking with practical execution
  • Strong collaboration and leadership skills

Why Join Us

You’ll play a key role in shaping the future operational capability of a growing engineering organisation, helping drive meaningful improvements across platform reliability, scalability, and engineering effectiveness.

Job Details

Company
Anonymous
Location
London, South East, England, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Full-Time
Salary
Competitive salary
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