Head of Platform

LinuxRecruit; City of Westminster; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading SaaS company in the UK is seeking a Head of Platform Engineering to take full ownership of the platform architecture and drive the transition from legacy infrastructure to a modern, microservices-based platform. This role involves building an SRE/DevOps team and ensuring platform reliability across the organization, offering significant stock options and remote flexibility in the UK.

Benefits

Significant stock options

Remote flexibility anywhere in the UK

Opportunity to make an impact

Qualifications

• Strong AWS experience essential.
• Proven track record of platform modernisation and team building at a SaaS or scale-up company.
• Leadership and ownership mindset.

Responsibilities

• Audit current systems and define a modernization roadmap.
• Build and grow your own SRE/DevOps team in the UK.
• Drive platform reliability and scale across the org.

Skills

Strong AWS experience

Leadership and ownership mindset

Track record in platform modernisation

Job description

Head of Platform Engineering

Reporting to the CTO, you will have full ownership of the platform architecture and reliability, driving the shift from legacy infrastructure to a modern EKS‑based microservices platform.

Responsibilities

• Audit current systems and define a modernization roadmap.
• Build and grow your own SRE/DevOps team in the UK.
• Drive platform reliability and scale across the org.

Qualifications

• Strong AWS experience essential.
• Proven track record of platform modernisation and team building at a SaaS or scale‑up company.
• Leadership and ownership mindset.

Benefits

Significant stock options, remote flexibility anywhere in the UK, and the opportunity to make an impact on a profitable SaaS business.

If this sounds like something you’ll be open to hearing more details about, apply below or send me an email at [e-mail].