AI-Driven Platform Engineering Lead | Hybrid London

Capitalontap; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private Healthcare including dental

Worldwide travel insurance

Anniversary Rewards (£250, £500, £750)

Salary Sacrifice Pension Scheme

Octopus EV Salary Sacrifice Scheme

28 days holiday

Annual Learning Budget

Enhanced Parental Leave

Cycle to Work Scheme

Season Ticket Loan

Therapy sessions

Dog Friendly Offices

Free drinks and snacks

Job summary

Capital on Tap is seeking a confident leader to head Cloud Platform Engineering & Platform Operations in London. You’ll mentor engineers, drive performance, and ensure scalable, secure platforms with DevSecOps foundations.

You will collaborate with Product, QA and engineering managers, promote reliability and continuous improvement, and champion a culture of open communication across hybrid teams and offices.

Qualifications

• Confident, decisive leader with experience managing Cloud / Platform engineering teams.
• Natural ability to lead cross functional teams, working with engineering, QA and stakeholders.
• Strong communicator bridging technical and non-technical audiences.

Responsibilities

• Champion a culture of continuous improvement and mentorship for engineers.
• Drive team performance by removing bottlenecks and sustaining high engagement.
• Lead the adoption of AI within the team for operations and large-scale projects.
• Ensure open communication across remote, hybrid, and in-person environments.
• Remain hands-on in Cloud and Platform engineering and define best practices for scalability and reliability.
• Partner with Product Managers, Engineering Managers and QA to align strategy and deliver outcomes.
• Embed DevSecOps principles, ensuring security, monitoring, and automation are built in.

Skills

Leadership

Cross-functional teamwork

Strong communicator

Cloud engineering

Platform engineering

Azure

Reliability culture

DevSecOps

Tools

Azure

Containerisation

Job description

Capital on Tap is seeking a confident leader to head Cloud Platform Engineering & Platform Operations in London. You’ll mentor engineers, drive performance, and ensure scalable, secure platforms with DevSecOps foundations.

You will collaborate with Product, QA and engineering managers, promote reliability and continuous improvement, and champion a culture of open communication across hybrid teams and offices.