Head of Data Platform & Cloud Engineering

MONY Group plc; Manchester; Remote; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Up to 30 holidays + bank holidays

Pension up to 6% employer contribution

Enhanced shared parental leave

Work from anywhere scheme

Financial coaching

Mental health platform access

Job summary

A dynamic technology company in Manchester is seeking a Lead Platform Engineer Data. In this hands-on leadership role, you will guide the evolution of database products and influence architecture while mentoring engineers. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in cloud-native environments and a strong background in AWS, automation, and data engineering. This position offers flexible working and a variety of benefits including holidays and parental leave.

Qualifications

• Experience leading platform or infrastructure engineering teams.
• Deep expertise in AWS and container orchestration.
• Strong understanding of database design and data modeling.
• Passionate about improving developer experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical direction and mentor engineering teams.
• Champion best practices in database design.
• Architect and implement scalable platform solutions.
• Drive continuous improvement in automation and observability.
• Collaborate with Product, Security, and Engineering leaders.

Skills

Cloud-native platform leadership

AWS expertise

Infrastructure-as-code (Terraform/CDK)

Database technologies (MongoDB, relational DB)

Automation and observability

AI tools usage

Strong communication

Job description

A dynamic technology company in Manchester is seeking a Lead Platform Engineer Data. In this hands-on leadership role, you will guide the evolution of database products and influence architecture while mentoring engineers. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in cloud-native environments and a strong background in AWS, automation, and data engineering. This position offers flexible working and a variety of benefits including holidays and parental leave.