Lead Platform Engineer for Defence-tech AI Startup

JR United Kingdom; Crawley; Remote; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A growing defence-tech startup in Crawley seeks an experienced Platform Lead to drive the design and implementation of scalable cloud solutions for AI products. The role offers remote flexibility and the opportunity to impact key projects. Candidates should possess solid DevOps experience with leadership capabilities in a data-heavy environment.

Qualifications

• Solid experience in DevOps with data-heavy products required.
• Experience with scalable cloud infrastructure and AI-driven products.
• Technical leadership and mentoring experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead design, architecture, and implementation of cloud infrastructure.
• Drive best practices in infrastructure automation and incident response.
• Collaborate with engineering and product teams to address platform challenges.

Skills

DevOps

Cloud Infrastructure

Infrastructure Automation

MLOps

CI/CD

Incident Response

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Lead Platform Engineer for Defence-tech AI Startup, crawley, west sussex

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Client:

Stealth Startup

Location:

crawley, west sussex, United Kingdom

Job Category:

Other

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EU work permit required:

Yes

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Posted:

04.06.2025

Expiry Date:

19.07.2025

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Job Description:

We are a defence-tech startup from London that specializes in technologies that can analyze social data with the power of AI and psychology to generate insights and intelligence that were not possible before.

The company was founded on the premise that data can be used for social good and with our technology, we are building the capability to predict potential threats to companies or analyze public perception on various policies or initiatives and much more.

We are currently focussing on a variety of key projects within Defence as we see tremendous possibility to impact operational planning within the sector. We believe this is a perfect time for an experienced Platform Lead to join our team.

Who are we looking for?

We’re looking for a Platform Lead who has a solid experience in DevOps working with multiple platforms in data heavy products.

The role offers remote flexibility.

Responsibilities

• Lead design, architecture, and implementation of scalable cloud infrastructure and developer platform to support AI-driven products and massive data workloads.
• Drive best practices in infrastructure automation, DevOps, MLOps, continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD), monitoring, and incident response.
• Collaborate closely with software engineers, data scientists, and product teams to understand infrastructure requirements and proactively solve platform-related challenges.
• Ensure platform security, compliance, disaster recovery planning, and business continuity.
• Manage platform reliability, uptime, observability, and incident response processes.
• Provide technical leadership, mentorship, and guidance to engineers within your team.

If you're looking for a venture with high impact and rapid growth with remote flexibility, please apply