Lead Platform Engineer

LinuxRecruit; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

LinuxRecruit is seeking a Lead Platform Engineer to design, build and evolve platforms behind critical services. You will shape platform strategy, engineering standards and reliability practices while remaining hands-on with architecture and problem solving.

Working across modern cloud environments (AWS, Kubernetes, GitOps, OpenTelemetry), you’ll help teams migrate to cloud-native platforms that are scalable, operable and secure. The role is hybrid with flexible office/home arrangements.

Qualifications

• Senior technical voice responsible for platform strategy and reliability.
• Hands-on with architecture, design and problem solving.
• Influence on engineering standards and roadmaps.

Responsibilities

• Design, build and evolve the platforms behind critical services.
• Lead workshops and influence technical decisions with stakeholders.
• Maintain secure, resilient and observable cloud platforms.

Tools

AWS

Kubernetes

GitOps

OpenTelemetry

Platform engineering

Job description

Job type

Permanent

Location

London, Midlands, North East, North West, South East, South West, Scotland

Some engineers like building greenfield products.

Others like solving problems that only appear when millions of people rely on what you've built.

This role is for the second group.

This is a Lead Platform Engineer to help design, build and evolve the platforms behind critical public sector services. The kind of systems that need to be secure, resilient and observable, not just on launch day, but every day after that too.

You'll be working across modern cloud environments, helping teams move from legacy infrastructure to cloud native platforms that are easier to operate, easier to scale, and frankly, much less likely to ruin someone's weekend. Think AWS, Kubernetes, GitOps, OpenTelemetry, platform engineering and internal developer platforms built with genuine self-service in mind.

What makes this interesting isn't just the technology.

It's the influence.

You'll be trusted as a senior technical voice, helping shape platform strategy, engineering standards and reliability practices whilst remaining hands-on with architecture, design and problem solving. One minute you might be leading a workshop with stakeholders, the next you're helping engineers untangle a particularly awkward platform challenge.

This is a genuinely strong engineering community where knowledge sharing isn't a slogan buried in a PowerPoint deck somewhere. You'll be surrounded by experienced engineers who enjoy solving hard problems together, with access to extensive learning opportunities, certifications and the freedom to keep developing your craft.

The environment is hybrid, with a blend of home working, and offices depending on the project and phase of delivery. This isn't a fully remote role, but it is one where you'll be trusted to work in the way that best supports both the client and the team.

Ultimately, if you're the sort of engineer who enjoys ownership, likes having a voice in technical decisions, and gets a kick out of building platforms that genuinely matter, we'd probably enjoy having a conversation.

No buzzwords. No "rockstar engineers". Just interesting problems, modern technology and the opportunity to have a real impact at scale.