Head of Platform Engineering - Greenfield Azure AI Platform

Dex; Greater London; Presencial; GBP 150.000 - 200.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Dex is partnering to recruit a Head of Platform Engineering for a trusted client building AI systems for financial institutions. You will define the cloud strategy, own Azure/AKS architecture, and build the platform team from the ground up.

Lead end-to-end infrastructure, drive security and compliance (SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR), and shape a scalable, observable, and secure AI platform with ample resources and mandate.

Formación

• 10+ years in infrastructure or platform engineering.
• Experience architecting and operating production Kubernetes and Terraform at scale.
• Proven track record building and scaling platform teams in fast-growth startup environments.
• Experience implementing security/compliance frameworks (SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR) for regulated environments.

Responsabilidades

• Define and drive the end-to-end cloud strategy, architecting and scaling the Azure/AKS environment for demanding financial-services deployments.
• Build and lead the platform engineering team from the ground up, setting the technical bar and culture.
• Own CI/CD across all services (backend, frontend, data), establishing product-wide observability, on-call rotations, and incident response.
• Lead the company through critical SOC 2 and ISO 27001 audits, implementing robust security, secrets management, and compliance measures (GDPR, FCA).

Conocimientos

Kubernetes

Platform leadership

Azure cloud

Python

Bash

Herramientas

Kubernetes

Terraform

Azure

PostgreSQL

MySQL

NoSQL

Python

Bash

Descripción del empleo

Dex is partnering to recruit a Head of Platform Engineering for a trusted client building AI systems for financial institutions. You will define the cloud strategy, own Azure/AKS architecture, and build the platform team from the ground up.

Lead end-to-end infrastructure, drive security and compliance (SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR), and shape a scalable, observable, and secure AI platform with ample resources and mandate.