Platform Chapter Lead Scale the Internal Developer Platform

easyJet; Luton; Hybrid; GBP 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days holiday

Pension scheme

Life assurance

Discounted staff travel

Annual holiday discount credit

Work Away abroad

EV lease scheme

Job summary

easyJet is modernising how we build and ship software across our digital and operational estate. As Platform Chapter Lead Engineering you'll own the strategy, delivery and operation of our internal developer platform, and lead the group of teams behind it.

You'll set direction, lead through your managers, and own a budget — and while you won't be writing code, you'll challenge technical choices and hold your own in a design debate.

Qualifications

• Proven track record leading engineering teams at scale and turning strategy into delivered outcomes.
• Experience defining platform strategy and operating models.

Responsibilities

• Lead 4–5 Platform, DevOps and Developer Enablement teams through their managers.
• Define and drive the roadmap for Internal Developer Platform and tooling; decide build vs buy.
• Own end-to-end delivery quality, predictability and pace; surface risks early.
• Own operating budget and headcount; implement FinOps for cloud spend.
• Drive developer experience and reduce platform friction; use metrics to improve.
• Ensure performance, reliability, and security/compliance for high-traffic services.

Skills

Platform engineering

Lead multiple teams

Budget ownership

Cloud-native / DevOps

AWS

Kubernetes

CI/CD

Executive communication

Backstage

Tools

Terraform

GitHub Actions

Octopus

Job description

easyJet is modernising how we build and ship software across our digital and operational estate. As Platform Chapter Lead Engineering you'll own the strategy, delivery and operation of our internal developer platform, and lead the group of teams behind it.

You'll set direction, lead through your managers, and own a budget — and while you won't be writing code, you'll challenge technical choices and hold your own in a design debate.