AI-First IDP Platform Engineering Manager

Frontiers Media; Madrid; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Frontiers Media is seeking an experienced Platform Engineering Manager for its Internal Developer Platform. You will lead a high-impact team responsible for building and operating a scalable, AI-first platform to support engineering across the organization.

You will shape technical direction, grow your team, and collaborate with Platform Product, Senior Platform Engineers, and Cloud Architects to deliver reliable, secure, and governable agent-enabled workflows.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in software/platform engineering or infrastructure roles with leadership experience.
• 3+ years of experience directly managing engineering teams, including hiring and performance management.
• Track record of building or running an Internal Developer Platform and growing its adoption.

Responsibilities

• Lead the team that builds and operates Frontiers' Internal Developer Platform.
• Own team delivery, technical direction, and people development.
• Partner in a delivery triad with Platform Product Manager, Senior Platform Engineers, and Senior Cloud Architect.
• Ensure deterministic capabilities such as CI/CD, policy gates, and deployments remain reliable while expanding platform capabilities.
• Oversee a platform environment spanning Azure, Kubernetes, Terraform, Helm, GitHub Enterprise, GitHub Actions, ArgoCD, and related tooling.

Skills

Platform leadership

Kubernetes

CI/CD

GitOps

Azure

Policy as code

English proficiency

Tools

Terraform

Helm

GitHub Actions

ArgoCD

Backstage

Azure AD / Entra

Job description

Frontiers Media is seeking an experienced Platform Engineering Manager for its Internal Developer Platform. You will lead a high-impact team responsible for building and operating a scalable, AI-first platform to support engineering across the organization.

You will shape technical direction, grow your team, and collaborate with Platform Product, Senior Platform Engineers, and Cloud Architects to deliver reliable, secure, and governable agent-enabled workflows.