Platform Engineering Director — Scalable AI-First Infra

Neko Health; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Neko Health is seeking a Director of Software Engineering to lead the design and reliability of its core infrastructure in Greater London. This role is crucial as it directly impacts clinic operations and patient care. The successful candidate will deliver a resilient AI-first platform and manage a high-performance engineering team.

Candidates should have experience in building scalable systems and a strong engineering background. The position offers an opportunity to make a significant impact in preventive healthcare.

Qualifications

• Proven experience building and scaling large-scale infrastructure systems.
• Experience with AI tooling platforms.
• Strong hands-on engineering background.

Responsibilities

• Establish a scalable, secure infrastructure platform on Azure.
• Enable faster product deployment cycles through platform improvements.
• Build and scale a high-performance platform engineering team.

Skills

Building and scaling large-scale infrastructure systems

Infrastructure as a platform (PaaS mindset)

Hands-on engineering background

Scaling infrastructure across regions

Using AI tooling platforms (Claude Code)

Leading managers and multi-team structures

Tools

Microsoft stack (Azure, Cosmos DB, Docker)

Job description

Neko Health is seeking a Director of Software Engineering to lead the design and reliability of its core infrastructure in Greater London. This role is crucial as it directly impacts clinic operations and patient care. The successful candidate will deliver a resilient AI-first platform and manage a high-performance engineering team.

Candidates should have experience in building scalable systems and a strong engineering background. The position offers an opportunity to make a significant impact in preventive healthcare.