Platform Engineering Leader: Cloud, Reliability & Automation

SoCode Recruitment; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 120,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus

Job summary

SoCode Recruitment is seeking a hands-on Head of Platform Engineering to drive a cloud-native platform that powers secure, production-grade environments in a scaling tech business working in regulated markets.

The role is senior leadership with direct ownership of platform delivery, reliability, automation, security, and engineering standards across an AWS/Kubernetes estate, reporting to the CTO. London hybrid with travel to Cambridge and no sponsorship.

Qualifications

• Senior leadership with ownership of platform delivery and reliability.
• Experience with AWS, Kubernetes, and GitOps in production-scale environments.
• Background in fintech, SaaS or regulated industries preferred.
• Ability to balance speed with engineering quality in a growth phase.

Responsibilities

• Lead platform engineering strategy, roadmap and delivery.
• Evolve AWS/Kubernetes infrastructure and GitOps models.
• Drive production readiness, observability and security controls.
• Build scalable, repeatable customer deployment environments.

Skills

Platform engineering leadership

AWS & Kubernetes

SRE / reliability engineering

GitOps & CI/CD

Security in regulated environments

Tools

Terraform

Argo CD

GitHub Actions

Job description

SoCode Recruitment is seeking a hands-on Head of Platform Engineering to drive a cloud-native platform that powers secure, production-grade environments in a scaling tech business working in regulated markets.

The role is senior leadership with direct ownership of platform delivery, reliability, automation, security, and engineering standards across an AWS/Kubernetes estate, reporting to the CTO. London hybrid with travel to Cambridge and no sponsorship.