Lead Platform Engineer

Ideagen; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Ideagen is seeking a Lead Platform Engineer within the Platform Engineering organisation to lead a squad delivering cloud platforms, tooling and foundations for AI-native software delivery. This player-manager role blends hands-on leadership with people management to create reliable, scalable, and secure platform capabilities while embedding quality across the software lifecycle.

The role reports to Product R&D and offers remote working options, with hybrid possibilities near Nottingham for

Qualifications

• Significant experience in platform engineering, cloud infrastructure or DevOps environments.
• Strong technical expertise in Kubernetes, AWS, CI/CD tooling, infrastructure automation and observability platforms.
• Experience leading engineers within agile software delivery organisations.
• Proven ability to balance hands-on technical contribution with leadership and people management responsibilities.
• Strong understanding of engineering quality, automated testing and modern software delivery practices.
• Experience implementing and supporting AI-assisted development or testing approaches.

Responsibilities

• Lead a platform engineering squad responsible for cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes, CI/CD pipelines, observability and engineering quality practices.
• Act as the technical authority for the team, providing guidance on architecture, platform engineering standards, automation and operational excellence.
• Remain actively involved in complex technical work, supporting platform reliability, performance and scalability initiatives.
• Own squad delivery commitments, proactively managing risks, dependencies and blockers to ensure successful outcomes.
• Manage and develop engineers through coaching, performance feedback, development planning and regular one-to-one discussions.
• Champion AI‑assisted engineering and testing practices, ensuring quality ownership remains embedded within the squad.
• Drive improvements in platform tooling, engineering productivity, automated testing and developer experience.
• Contribute to broader engineering initiatives that improve standards, operational maturity and platform capability across Ideagen.

Skills

Platform engineering

Cloud infrastructure

DevOps

Kubernetes

AWS

CI/CD tooling

Observability

Engineering leadership

Job description

Salary - To be discussed at next stage

Join Ideagen's Platform Engineering organisation and lead a squad responsible for building and maintaining the cloud platforms, tooling and engineering foundations that support AI-native software delivery. As Lead Platform Engineer for our quality business line, you'll combine hands‑on technical leadership with people management, ensuring your team delivers reliable, scalable and secure platform capabilities while embedding quality throughout the software development lifecycle. This is a genuine player‑manager role where you'll remain close to technology whilst developing engineers and helping shape the future of engineering excellence across the business.

Role Purpose

Location- UK

Level - Manager

Department - Product R&D

Working Pattern - Remote

Benefits - Benefits At Ideagen

Salary - To be discussed at next stage

Join Ideagen's Platform Engineering organisation and lead a squad responsible for building and maintaining the cloud platforms, tooling and engineering foundations that support AI-native software delivery. As Lead Platform Engineer for our quality business line, you'll combine hands‑on technical leadership with people management, ensuring your team delivers reliable, scalable and secure platform capabilities while embedding quality throughout the software development lifecycle. This is a genuine player‑manager role where you'll remain close to technology whilst developing engineers and helping shape the future of engineering excellence across the business.

Responsibilities

• Lead a platform engineering squad responsible for cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes, CI/CD pipelines, observability and engineering quality practices.
• Act as the technical authority for the team, providing guidance on architecture, platform engineering standards, automation and operational excellence.
• Remain actively involved in complex technical work, supporting platform reliability, performance and scalability initiatives.
• Own squad delivery commitments, proactively managing risks, dependencies and blockers to ensure successful outcomes.
• Manage and develop engineers through coaching, performance feedback, development planning and regular one-to-one discussions.
• Champion AI‑assisted engineering and testing practices, ensuring quality ownership remains embedded within the squad.
• Drive improvements in platform tooling, engineering productivity, automated testing and developer experience.
• Contribute to broader engineering initiatives that improve standards, operational maturity and platform capability across Ideagen.

Skills And Experience

• Significant experience in platform engineering, cloud infrastructure or DevOps environments.
• Strong technical expertise in Kubernetes, AWS, CI/CD tooling, infrastructure automation and observability platforms.
• Experience leading engineers within agile software delivery organisations.
• Proven ability to balance hands‑on technical contribution with leadership and people management responsibilities.
• Strong understanding of engineering quality, automated testing and modern software delivery practices.
• Experience implementing and supporting AI‑assisted development or testing approaches.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement skills with the ability to influence technical and non‑technical audiences.
• Passion for building high‑performing teams, scalable platforms and engineering cultures focused on quality and continuous improvement.

As a business, we place great value on collaboration, knowledge sharing and building strong relationships across our teams. Therefore, for candidates living within a 35‑mile radius of Nottingham, this role will follow a hybrid working pattern, with three days per week based in our Ruddington office. Please also note that we are unable to provide visa sponsorship for this opportunity and can only consider applicants who already have the right to work in the UK.

About Ideagen

Ideagen is the invisible force behind many things we rely on every day - from keeping airplanes soaring in the sky, to ensuring the food on our tables is safe, to helping doctors and nurses care for the sick. So, when you think of Ideagen, think of it as the silent teammate that's always working behind the scenes to help those people who make our lives safer and better. Everyday millions of people are kept safe using Ideagen software. We have offices all over the world including America, Australia, Malaysia and India with people doing lots of different and exciting jobs.

We’re building a future‑ready team, and AI is part of how we work smarter. If you're curious, adaptable and open to using AI to improve how you work, you’ll thrive at Ideagen!

What is next?

If your application meets the requirements for this role, our Talent Acquisition team will be in touch to guide you through the next steps.

To ensure a flexible and inclusive process, please let us know if you require any reasonable adjustments by contacting us at [e-mail] . All matters will be treated with strict confidence.

At Ideagen, we value the importance of work‑life balance and welcome candidates seeking flexible arrangements. If this is something you are interested in, please let us know during the application process. Enhance your career and make the world a safer place!

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