Head of Platform Engineering

Albert Bow Limited; Greater London; On-site; GBP 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Albert Bow Limited is seeking a Head of Platform Engineering in London to lead the platform's next phase of maturity. You will own Kubernetes, IaC, CI/CD and cloud operations, driving reliability, observability and performance across the engineering org while partnering with leadership to shape the technical future.

This role offers ownership of infrastructure, security, and developer experience, with a fast-growing AI-focused environment and opportunities to scale with high-caliber teams.

Qualifications

• Experience leading Platform, Infrastructure, SRE or DevOps teams.
• Strong background in cloud-native environments.
• Deep Kubernetes and Infrastructure-as-Code expertise.
• Proven experience scaling engineering organisations.
• Strong understanding of security, reliability and operational best practices.
• Builder mindset with a passion for creating engineering platforms.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute the Platform Engineering strategy.
• Scale cloud infrastructure and platform capabilities.
• Lead and grow a high-performing Platform Engineering team.
• Own Kubernetes, Infrastructure-as-Code, CI/CD and cloud operations.
• Drive reliability, observability and performance across the engineering organisation.
• Lead security, compliance and operational excellence initiatives.
• Improve developer productivity and enable faster, safer deployments.
• Partner closely with Engineering Leadership to shape the company's technical future.

Skills

Platform engineering leadership

Cloud-native environments

Kubernetes expertise

Infrastructure-as-Code

Security & reliability

Observability & performance

Tools

Terraform

Docker

CI/CD Automation

Cloud Security & Compliance

Observability tooling

Job description

Head of Platform Engineering | AI Scale-Up | London

Build the platform powering the future of AI.

We're partnering with a rapidly growing, venture-backed AI company that's transforming how leading financial institutions leverage artificial intelligence. Following major recent investment and significant customer growth, they're looking for a Head of Platform Engineering to lead the next phase of platform maturity and scale.

This is an opportunity to join an ambitious engineering organisation at a pivotal stage of growth and take ownership of the infrastructure, reliability, security, and developer experience that underpins the entire business.

What You'll Be Doing

• Define and execute the Platform Engineering strategy
• Scale cloud infrastructure and platform capabilities
• Lead and grow a high-performing Platform Engineering team
• Own Kubernetes, Infrastructure-as-Code, CI/CD and cloud operations
• Drive reliability, observability and performance across the engineering organisation
• Lead security, compliance and operational excellence initiatives
• Improve developer productivity and enable faster, safer deployments
• Partner closely with Engineering Leadership to shape the company's technical future

Tech Environment

• Terraform
• Docker
• CI/CD Automation
• Cloud Security & Compliance
• Observability & Reliability Tooling

What We're Looking For

• Experience leading Platform, Infrastructure, SRE or DevOps teams
• Strong background in cloud-native environments
• Deep Kubernetes and Infrastructure-as-Code expertise
• Proven experience scaling engineering organisations
• Strong understanding of security, reliability and operational best practices
• Builder mindset with a passion for creating engineering platforms that accelerate teams

Why Join?

• Fast-growing AI company with significant funding
• Genuine opportunity to shape engineering strategy
• High-calibre engineering team
• Build and scale a platform function with real ownership