Platform Engineering Manager
Role: Data Platform Engineering Manager
Salary: £90,000 - £100,000 + 20% Bonus
Location: Central London (Hybrid – 3 days per week)
Tech: Python | Java | SQL | Azure | Spark | Flink | Kubernetes | Terraform | CI/CD | Airflow
We’re working with one of the UK’s leading enterprise businesses as it continues to invest heavily in its Cyber Data & Platform capability.
This is a high-impact Engineering Manager role at the centre of a large-scale cyber transformation programme, helping to build and scale the data infrastructure that powers threat detection, security analytics, machine learning, and GenAI across the organisation.
You’ll be leading a team of platform/data engineers whilst remaining close enough to the technology to shape architecture, engineering standards and platform direction.
The environment is heavily cloud and platform-focused, with a real emphasis on scalability, automation and modern engineering practices.
They’re looking for someone who:
- Has experience leading engineering teams at scale
- Comes from a strong data platform or backend engineering background
- Can drive technical decision-making and platform maturity
- Understands modern cloud infrastructure and DevOps practices
- Is comfortable working across engineering, security and senior leadership teams
- Can mentor and grow engineering teams
This is a genuinely strong opportunity for an Engineering Manager who still enjoys solving technical challenges whilst leading high-performing teams in a modern engineering environment.
Drop me a message for more details.