Job Description

Head of Platform Engineering £120,000-£140,000 + Bonus London hybrid, with Cambridge Travel No Sponsorship Option n

We’re hiring a hands‑on Head of Platform Engineering to lead the evolution of a cloud‑native platform powering highly secure, production‑grade environments in a scaling technology business operating within regulated markets.

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This is a senior leadership role with direct ownership of platform delivery, reliability, automation, security, operational readiness and engineering standards across a modern AWS and Kubernetes estate, reporting directly into the CTO.

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You’ll lead a small team of platform and infrastructure engineers while remaining technically close to architecture, delivery and operational decision‑making.

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- Leading platform engineering strategy, roadmap and delivery
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- Evolving AWS / Kubernetes‑based infrastructure and GitOps operating models
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- Driving production readiness, reliability, resilience and observability
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- Building scalable and repeatable customer deployment environments
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- Establishing secure CI/CD,



release governance and operational controls
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- Improving platform automation, developer experience and operational efficiency
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- Supporting regulated production environments with solid security and auditability standards
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AWS | Kubernetes / EKS | Terraform | GitOps | Argo CD | GitHub Actions | CI/CD | Observability | Cloud Security

We’re looking for someone with: n

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- Proven experience leading platform engineering, SRE or cloud infrastructure teams
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- Strong hands‑on AWS and Kubernetes (EKS) expertise
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- Experience operating production‑grade cloud platforms at scale
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- Strong understanding of GitOps, automation and release governance
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- Background in fintech, SaaS or regulated environments preferred
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- Ability to balance pace, pragmatism, resilience and engineering quality in a growing business
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Ideal for someone who enjoys building mature engineering capability within a fast‑moving, commercially scaling environment.

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📌 Head of Platform Engineering (Town of Cambridge)
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📍 Town of Cambridge