Platform Engineering Director – Scale Global Systems

Moody's Investors Service; City Of London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial services provider in London is seeking an experienced Engineering Manager to lead a high-impact engineering team. You will be responsible for building and mentoring a distributed team, driving engineering processes, and ensuring the delivery of robust, scalable cloud services. The ideal candidate should have extensive experience in software systems, and proficiency in programming languages like C++, C#, or Java. This role offers a dynamic work environment centered around innovation and collaboration.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in production-grade software systems.
• Proven ability to design, build, and operate online services.
• Hands-on experience with AI tools for engineering workflows.

Responsibilities

• Lead and scale a high-impact engineering team.
• Build and mentor a geographically distributed engineering team.
• Drive execution of engineering deliverables focusing on quality.

Skills

C++/C#/Java

REST APIs

Cloud service development (Azure or AWS)

Problem-solving

DevSecOps

Artificial intelligence concepts

Education

BS/MS/PhD in Computer Science or equivalent

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Terraform

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

Prometheus

Grafana

ELK stack

Job description

A leading financial services provider in London is seeking an experienced Engineering Manager to lead a high-impact engineering team. You will be responsible for building and mentoring a distributed team, driving engineering processes, and ensuring the delivery of robust, scalable cloud services. The ideal candidate should have extensive experience in software systems, and proficiency in programming languages like C++, C#, or Java. This role offers a dynamic work environment centered around innovation and collaboration.