Director, Platform Engineering — AI-First & Live-Event Scale

Devopsroles; Greater London; Hybride; GBP 180 000 - 240 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

SailGP is seeking a Director of Platform Engineering to lead and evolve the digital and data ecosystem powering SailGP.com, the App/Headsets, Fan Simulator, and betting applications. You will bridge business strategy with technical execution, building a high-performing engineering org and governing architecture, standards, and vendor relationships.

You will champion AI automation, guide frontend integration, and ensure security, reliability, and scalability for high-traffic live-event platforms,

Qualifications

• 10+ years in software engineering with 3+ years in director or senior management.
• Experience leading cloud-native systems and data processing at scale.
• Experience scaling AI infrastructure and high-traffic consumer apps.
• Designed systems around headless content platforms and front-end integration.
• Ability to translate engineering decisions into business value for executives.

Responsabilités

• Set engineering roadmap and architecture aligned with business goals.
• Lead and grow a multidisciplinary engineering team and manage budget/partners.
• Oversee production software across SailGP’s digital products and betting apps.
• Improve performance for live-event traffic, including concurrency, SEO, and profiling.
• Introduce AI automation into development/workflows and prototype rapid features.

Connaissances

Senior leadership

Director-level experience

Cloud-native infrastructure

SQL and time-series databases

Distributed data processing

AI infrastructure scaling

Headless content platforms

Front-end code familiarity

Business-facing communication

Executive-level storytelling

Outils

Contentful

Description du poste

SailGP is seeking a Director of Platform Engineering to lead and evolve the digital and data ecosystem powering SailGP.com, the App/Headsets, Fan Simulator, and betting applications. You will bridge business strategy with technical execution, building a high-performing engineering org and governing architecture, standards, and vendor relationships.

You will champion AI automation, guide frontend integration, and ensure security, reliability, and scalability for high-traffic live-event platforms,