Platform Engineering Lead

ZipRecruiter; City of Edinburgh; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player seeks a Platform Engineering Lead to revolutionize modern banking technology. This role offers an exciting opportunity to lead high-performing teams, drive innovation, and shape strategic technology initiatives within a respected banking group. With a competitive salary and a comprehensive benefits package that includes a generous pension scheme, private medical insurance, and fully funded training programs, this position is perfect for IT professionals eager to make a significant impact. Embrace the chance to work in a dynamic environment with options for hybrid working.

Benefits

Pension scheme with 6% employer contribution

Fully funded training programs

Private medical insurance

Life assurance and income protection

Car lease schemes

Cycle-to-work scheme

Staff discounts

Employee assistance programs

Qualifications

• Extensive experience with JavaScript frameworks and cloud applications.
• Proven ability to mentor large technical teams and drive engineering culture.

Responsibilities

• Champion knowledge sharing and drive technical leadership.
• Contribute to delivery governance and agile ceremonies.

Skills

JavaScript frameworks

API/Microservices

Cloud application development

Mentoring technical teams

Innovation and strategy

Public Cloud experience

DevSecOps practices

Job description

Job Description

Join a global IT services and consulting leader as a Platform Engineering Lead to play a pivotal role in delivering transformative technology within one of the UK's most respected banking groups. This is your opportunity to shape the future of modern banking technology through leadership, innovation, and cutting-edge engineering practices. Salary up to £100k plus bonus with offices in London, Leeds, and Edinburgh, with potential for hybrid working.

In this role, you will be at the heart of technology strategy, mentoring high-performing engineering teams focused on delivering modern cloud applications across digital platforms. You will drive technical leadership, enable a DevSecOps culture, and contribute to governance aligned with the bank's QBR.

Responsibilities:

• Champion knowledge sharing across and within labs.
• Drive technical leadership, engineering excellence, intervention strategies, and capabilities relevant to platform priorities and focus.
• Contribute to delivery governance aligning with the bank's QBR, big room planning, agile events, and ceremonies.

Essential skills:

• Experience with JavaScript frameworks, API/Microservices background, and Cloud application development.
• Proven experience in developing modern tech applications, channel experience design, and build.
• Experience mentoring large technical teams and evangelizing emerging tech practices and trends.
• Strong innovation, strategy, and thought leadership skills.
• Ability to monitor, measure, and improve engineering maturity among feature teams.
• Public Cloud experience.
• Leadership in driving engineering culture within teams.
• Experience in driving engineering in a product-based organization with an agile mindset.
• Experience promoting DevSecOps and automation culture among engineering teams.

Desirable skills:

• Insurance domain experience is highly desirable.
• Skills in dependency management, stakeholder management, and storytelling.
• Experience managing tech debt and risk.

Benefits:

The organization is consistently voted a Top Employer in the UK and globally.

• Salary of £90,000-£100,000 plus an annual bonus of up to £10,000.
• Pension scheme with 6% employer contribution; previous pension transfers accepted.
• Fully funded training programs.
• Private medical insurance, including dental and eye care, with coverage for pre-existing conditions.
• Life assurance and income protection.
• Car lease schemes, including Jaguar Land Rover discounts.
• Cycle-to-work scheme.
• Additional benefits such as GAYE, staff discounts, and employee assistance programs focused on family, finances, and mental wellbeing.

Further information:

• This role is based in London, Edinburgh, or Leeds, with options for hybrid working; candidates must be able to commute to these locations.
• No sponsorship is provided for this vacancy.

If you're an IT professional with strong expertise in Platform Engineering and are ready for a significant impact at the UK's largest digital bank, apply now or contact Zymante Gintalaite in confidence.