Platform Engineering Lead – Data Platform & Cloud

eFinancialCareers

Greater London

On-site

GBP 110,000 - 140,000

Full time

4 days ago

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Job summary

eFinancialCareers is seeking a Platform Engineering Manager in London to lead a data ecosystem across business units. You will guide a high-performing squad to architect and maintain a robust platform that enables secure data ingestion, management and utilization for strategic needs.

You'll define the strategic vision and technical roadmap, emphasise self-service, reliability, security and user experience. You will review designs, foster engineering excellence with CI/CD and SRE, and collaborate

Qualifications

Proven experience leading data mesh architectures and platform engineering initiatives.
Ability to translate architecture decisions into business outcomes and measurable impact.
Experience with cloud-native platforms, self-service design, and security considerations.

Responsibilities

Lead, mentor and grow a platform engineering team.
Define strategic vision and roadmap for the data platform, focusing on reliability, security and user experience.
Evaluate architectural proposals and designs for alignment with business goals and platform standards.
Champion engineering excellence with CI/CD, SRE, and observability practices.
Collaborate with Product, Architecture, Analytics and Security teams to deliver a secure, robust platform.