Head of Platform Engineering

SoCode; Town Of Cambridge; Hybrid; AUD 228,000 - 266,000; Full time

Job summary

SoCode in London is seeking 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.

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.

Qualifications

• Extensive leadership of platform/SRE or cloud-infra teams.
• Hands-on AWS and Kubernetes (EKS) expertise.
• Experience running production-grade cloud platforms at scale.
• Strong GitOps, automation and release governance understanding.
• Experience in fintech, SaaS or regulated environments preferred.
• Ability to balance speed, pragmatism and engineering quality.

Responsibilities

• Lead platform engineering strategy, roadmap and delivery.
• Evolve AWS/Kubernetes infrastructure and GitOps operating model.
• Drive production readiness, reliability, resilience and observability.
• Build scalable deployment environments for customers.
• Establish secure CI/CD, release governance and controls.
• Improve platform automation and developer experience.
• Support regulated production environments with strong security and auditability.

Skills

Platform engineering leadership

AWS

Kubernetes (EKS)

GitOps

CI/CD automation

Tools

Terraform

Argo CD

GitHub Actions

Observability tooling

Job description

Head of Platform Engineering

£120,000-£140,000 + Bonus

London hybrid, with Cambridge Travel

No Sponsorship Option

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.

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.

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

Key responsibilities include:

• Leading platform engineering strategy, roadmap and delivery
• Evolving AWS / Kubernetes‑based infrastructure and GitOps operating models
• Driving production readiness, reliability, resilience and observability
• Building scalable and repeatable customer deployment environments
• Establishing secure CI/CD, release governance and operational controls
• Improving platform automation, developer experience and operational efficiency
• Supporting regulated production environments with strong security and auditability standards

Tech environment includes:

AWS | Kubernetes / EKS | Terraform | GitOps | Argo CD | GitHub Actions | CI/CD | Observability | Cloud Security

We’re looking for someone with:

• Proven experience leading platform engineering, SRE or cloud infrastructure teams
• Strong hands‑on AWS and Kubernetes (EKS) expertise
• Experience operating production‑grade cloud platforms at scale
• Strong understanding of GitOps, automation and release governance
• Background in fintech, SaaS or regulated environments preferred
• Ability to balance pace, pragmatism, resilience and engineering quality in a growing business

Ideal for someone who enjoys building mature engineering capability within a fast‑moving, commercially scaling environment.