Platform Lead - Hosting

easyJet; Luton; Hybrid; GBP 95,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive base salary

20% bonus potential

25 days holiday

Pension scheme

Life assurance

Discounted staff travel

Job summary

easyJet is seeking a Platform Lead – Hosting to own our internal developer platform—the cloud foundations, golden paths and self‑service capabilities used by hundreds of engineers daily.

You’ll steer it as a product with a clear vision, prioritised backlog and measurable outcomes, driving adoption through great developer experience while collaborating with engineering, security and leadership. The ITSO team supports growth; hybrid work is available.

Qualifications

• You’ll thrive as a Platform Lead with demonstrable platform/SRE outcomes.
• Strong product discovery skills and prioritisation without over-building.
• Comfort with Landing Zones, IaC, guardrails, policy-as-code.
• Ability to bridge engineering, security, architecture and leadership.
• Agile as a mindset, not a ceremony.
• Hands-on credibility with engineers and strategic influence at senior levels.

Responsibilities

• Own our internal developer platform—cloud foundations, golden paths, self-service capabilities.
• Run it like a product: vision, backlog, discovery, measurable outcomes.
• Collaborate across engineering, security, architecture and leadership.
• Drive adoption through great developer experience and minimal mandates.
• Report progress, risks and value to senior leadership.

Skills

Platform leadership

SRE fundamentals

Cloud foundations

IaC basics

Cross-functional leadership

Product mindset

Strategic influence

Tools

AWS

Azure

GCP

Kubernetes

Terraform

CloudFormation

Job description

We are easyJet – a FTSE-250 listed, £multi-billion low-cost airline that serves tens of millions of customers every single year. If you’re reading this, you have probably already been an easyJet customer, and you’ll know that there is no more iconic (or Orange!) travel brand in Europe.

We fly more than 1,207 routes, connecting 38 countries across Europe, and employ more than 18,000 colleagues. We’re on a mission to make low-cost travel easy – and whatever your role here, you’ll connect millions of people to what they love using Europe’s best airline network, great value fares, and friendly service.

What makes us easyJet? Our Promise Behaviours – we are Safe, Bold, Welcoming and Challenging. Four Behaviours. One Spirit. One easyJet.

TEAM

The ITSO (IT Services and Airline Operations) organisation manages and is accountable for the rapid delivery of the trustworthy, scalable, and efficient IT infrastructure services needed to support the technology critical for easyJet’s future growth plans and ambitions.

I&O Platforms are part of the ITSO organisation and form the backbone of easyJet's technology capabilities. They underpin nearly everything we do at easyJet - from providing transparency on the state of our technology services to ensuring efficient and secure hosting of our data. Effective I&O Platforms are critical to enabling our future growth aspirations and our ambition to become Europe's most loved airline.

This is the person we're looking for.

You think in products, not projects and You've built platforms that engineers *choose* to use. You measure success in adoption rates and developer satisfaction — not just uptime. And you can translate complex infrastructure trade-offs into decisions that land with senior leaders.

What You'll Be Doing

As Platform Lead – Hosting, you'll own our internal developer platform — the cloud foundations, golden paths and self-service capabilities that hundreds of easyJet engineers depend on every day.

You’ll run it like a product: a clear vision, a prioritised backlog, continuous discovery with your users, and measurable outcomes. Not a ticket queue. Not a service desk. A product team.

Concretely, That Means

• Owning our multi-cloud Landing Zone strategy (AWS, Azure, GCP) — account design, network patterns, identity, policy-as-code, security baselines
• Building "golden paths" that make the secure, compliant route the easiest one

Driving adoption through great experience, not mandates

• Leading a cross-functional team with real ownership and a culture of enablement
• Reporting progress, risks and value to senior leadership — clearly and confidently

You’ll thrive here if you

• Have led a platform, SRE or internal developer platform function with measurable outcomes to show for it
• Run proper product discovery — you know what a good problem statement looks like and how to prioritise without building everything
• Are genuinely comfortable in cloud foundations: Landing Zones, IaC, guardrails, policy-as-code
• Bridge engineering, security, architecture and leadership without losing any of them
• Treat agile as a mindset, not a ceremony
• Are hands-on enough to earn engineer credibility and strategic enough to influence at director level

At easyJet, we pride ourselves on a vibrant and inclusive workplace culture that supports and rewards innovation and excellence.

What You’ll Get In Return

At easyJet, we pride ourselves on a vibrant and inclusive workplace culture that supports and rewards innovation and excellence.

We Offer

• Competitive base salary
• 20% bonus potential.
• 25 days holiday, pension scheme, life assurance, and a flexible benefits package.
• Discounted staff travel scheme for friends and family
• Annual credit for discount on easyJet holidays
• ‘Work Away’ scheme, allowing you to work abroad for 30 days a year
• Electric vehicle lease salary sacrifice scheme

Location & Hours of Work

We operate a hybrid working policy of 40%-60% of the month spent with colleagues.

We look forward to your application and the possibility of you flying high with our team!

Reasonable Adjustments

At easyJet, we are dedicated to fostering an inclusive workplace that reflects the diverse customers we serve across Europe. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds. If you require specific adjustments or support during the application or recruitment process, such as extra time for assessments or accessible interview locations, please contact us at [e-mail]. We are committed to providing reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process to ensure accessibility and accommodation

Business Area

Information Technology (IT)

Primary Location

United Kingdom-London-London Luton Airport

Organisation

Information Technology (IT)

Schedule

Full-time

Unposting Date

Ongoing