Lead Platform Engineer

Lead Azure Platform Engineer | up to £90,000 | Remote (UK) | SaaS Scale up

G.Digital have partnered with a SaaS Scale up on the lookout for a Platform Engineer to own the direction of a brad new Azure platform to make it genuinely platform-orientated (not siloed, not gate-kept, not an afterthought 🚀).

You’ll lead a small but mighty team of three Platform Engineers, working hand-in-hand with Software Engineering teams to build scalable, secure, and future-proof cloud infrastructure in Azure.

If you love building systems that just work and empowering engineers to ship faster, safer, and smarter this one’s for you 👇

💡 What you’ll be doing

• Leading the design, deployment and management of Azure-based infrastructure, using a mix of PaaS and IaaS.
• Owning CI/CD pipelines in Azure DevOps we’re talking smooth, automated, zero-touch deployments.
• Driving an Infrastructure as Code first approach (Terraform, Bicep… you know the drill).
• Building shared platform services that make developers’ lives easier observability, secure pipelines, vulnerability scanning, and more.
• Embedding a FinOps mindset to keep things efficient and cost-effective.
• Acting as the go-to Azure expert, sharing best practices and shaping architectural decisions.
• Coaching and mentoring your team regular 1:1s, career guidance, and a focus on learning and growth.

🧠 What you’ll bring

• Deep experience with Azure services and modern DevOps tooling.
• A background in building scalable, secure, and reliable platforms.
• A collaborative mindset you want to work with Software Engineers, not just for them.
• Strong leadership skills: you care about your team’s success as much as your own.
• Curiosity, creativity, and a healthy dislike of manual processes.

💷 Salary: up to £90,000

🏠 Location: Remote (UK-based)

Reach out directly if you want to know more information on this role 🎉🎉

Lead Azure Platform Engineer | up to £90,000 | Remote (UK) | SaaS Scale up