Platform Engineering Manager

NatWest Group; London; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial institution is seeking a Platform Engineering Manager to spearhead its platform engineering efforts in London. This pivotal role involves leading a talented team to enhance core infrastructure while collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure robust development practices. The ideal candidate will possess substantial experience in cloud technologies, a strategic mindset in platform engineering, and a passion for leadership and innovation.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in leading and managing Platform or DevOps teams.
• Strong technical background in AWS, GCP, Docker, and Kubernetes.
• Excellent communication skills and strategic mindset required.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a high-performing team of platform engineers.
• Define the strategic vision and technical roadmap for the platform.
• Champion engineering excellence through best practices.

Skills

Cloud-native technologies

Containerization

Orchestration

Infrastructure-as-code

CI/CD pipelines

Observability tools

Stakeholder management

Job description

Join us as an Platform Engineering Manager

• In this key role, you’ll be leading a team of talented and creative engineers to build our platforms
• We’ll look to you to deliver exceptionally high-quality work and empower engineers to make a big impact
• It’s a great opportunity to be recognised for your expertise and knowledge as you contribute to the bank-wide strategy

What you’ll do

As a Platform Engineering Manager, you will be pivotal to the success of our platform, leading the teams that build and operate our core infrastructure, services, and tools

Day-to-day, you’ll be:

• Leading, mentoring, and growing a high-performing team of platform engineers, shaping our hiring strategy and fostering a culture of innovation and ownership
• Defining the strategic vision and technical roadmap for our platform, focusing on reliability, scalability, security, and developer experience
• Championing engineering excellence by embedding best practices for IaC, CI/CD, and SRE, while owning the operational health of our platform through SLOs
• Collaborating with Product, Architecture, and Security teams to deliver a secure, robust platform that accelerates product development

The skills you'll need

We’re looking for someone with proven experience leading, managing, and scaling high-performing Platform, SRE, or DevOps teams.

You’ll also have:

• Strong technical background in cloud-native technologies (e.g., AWS, GCP), containerisation (Docker), and orchestration (Kubernetes)
• Deep understanding of modern platform engineering principles, including infrastructure-as-code (e.g., Terraform, Crossplane), CI/CD pipelines, observability (e.g., Datadog, OpenTelemetry) and self-service platform design
• A strategic mindset with experience designing, building, and operating scalable, distributed systems in a regulated environment
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to articulate complex technical concepts to diverse audiences
• A passion for nurturing engineering talent and creating an environment where people can do their best work

Hours

35

Job Posting Closing Date:

31/07/2025 Ways of Working:Remote First