Head of Platform Engineering

SR2 | Socially Responsible Recruitment | Certified B Corporation™; North East; Remote; GBP 110,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a mission-driven start-up as Director of Platform Engineering, overseeing infrastructure operations and scaling engineering teams. You will play a key role in enhancing developer workflows while ensuring security and compliance. Enjoy benefits like unlimited holiday and a supportive team culture, working with cutting-edge tools in a collaborative environment.

Benefits

Unlimited holiday

Company wide events and team socials

High-trust, high-impact culture

Qualifications

• 10+ years of hands-on engineering experience.
• Experience in scaling technical teams in fast-paced environments.
• Strong background in platform/infrastructure roles within SaaS.

Responsibilities

• Oversee infrastructure operations prioritizing stability and efficiency.
• Lead distributed engineering teams across platform and data.
• Shape and deliver a platform roadmap with a user-focused approach.

Skills

Leadership

AWS

DevOps practices

Communication

Platform engineering

Tools

Kubernetes

Terraform

Postgres

CI/CD pipelines

Job description

Director of Platform Engineering

UK Remote (must be based in the UK)

£110,000 – £125,000 + Equity + Bonus

Growing start-up | Build a team | Series A funded

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a mission-driven company building the future of network automation. As Director of Platform Engineering, you’ll play a key role in owning infrastructure operations, growing a squad of engineers, scaling internal platforms, and enabling engineering teams to build securely and reliably at pace.

Key Details:

This is primarily a leadership role , but you'll remain hands-on with day-to-day engineering and operational decisions. We're looking for someone who has grown with a fast-paced start-up or scale-up. For example, from SEED through Series A or B funding rounds. You should be comfortable driving technical direction while supporting and scaling high-performing teams. Experience navigating security and compliance standards such as SOC 2 is a strong plus.

Key Responsibilities of the Role:

Oversee infrastructure operations, prioritising stability, system visibility, and efficient resource usage Take ownership of cloud environments (primarily AWS) , ensuring scalable, secure, and cost-effective architecture Lead and develop distributed engineering teams across platform, infrastructure, and data Build and maintain robust internal tooling and services that enhance developer workflows Promote a culture of automation and continuous improvement Shape and deliver a platform roadmap that treats internal teams as core users Ensure infrastructure aligns with security, privacy, and regulatory requirements Work closely with product and engineering groups to ensure platform consistency

What You’ll Bring:

Demonstrated leadership experience in scaling technical teams within fast-moving environments 10+ years of hands-on engineering experience, with extensive use of AWS Deep familiarity with platform engineering or infrastructure roles in a SaaS business ideally Proficiency with modern DevOps practices, container orchestration (e.g. Kubernetes), infrastructure-as-code, and monitoring stacks History of managing teams, ideally remote A track record of delivering complex technical initiatives at speed Excellent written and verbal communication, with the ability to align technical and business goals

Bonus if you have:

Experience building or supporting high-performance data platforms (e.g. stream processing, change data capture) Familiarity with Python, Django, or Golang Contributions to open-source communities or tools Working knowledge of Postgres, Terraform, and CI/CD pipelines (e.g. GitHub Actions) Interest or experience in developer productivity tools and AI-assisted engineering Understanding of network systems, protocols, or distributed computing challenges

What's on Offer

Salary up to £125k + equity + bonus 100% remote from anywhere in the UK Unlimited holiday Company wide events and team socials High-trust, high-impact culture Work with cutting-edge open-source tools in a collaborative, fast-moving environment Supportive team and strong learning/development culture

Interview Process:

Intro chat Technical Interview Panel & meet the team

Please Note: This is a UK-remote role. You must be UK-based and we are unable to offer visa sponsorship at this time.