Remote Lead Platform Engineer: Cloud, Kubernetes & AI Quality

Damstra Technology Pty; United Kingdom; A distancia; GBP 90.000 - 130.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Remote work

Flexible working hours

Descripción de la vacante

Ideagen is seeking a Lead Platform Engineer to head a squad building cloud platforms, tooling and engineering foundations. You will lead technically while managing people, ensuring reliability, scalability and security across the software delivery lifecycle.

You will balance hands-on contribution with leadership, mentor engineers and drive AI-assisted development and testing practices to improve quality and productivity across the organization.

Formación

• Significant experience in platform engineering or DevOps environments.
• Strong expertise in Kubernetes, AWS, CI/CD tooling, and observability platforms.
• Experience leading engineers within agile software delivery organisations.
• Proven ability to balance hands-on work with leadership responsibilities.
• Strong understanding of quality, automated testing and modern software delivery.
• Experience implementing AI-assisted development or testing approaches.

Responsabilidades

• Lead a platform engineering squad responsible for cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes, CI/CD pipelines, observability and engineering quality practices.
• Act as the technical authority for the team, providing guidance on architecture, platform engineering standards, automation and operational excellence.
• Remain actively involved in complex technical work, supporting platform reliability, performance and scalability initiatives.
• Own squad delivery commitments, proactively managing risks, dependencies and blockers to ensure successful outcomes.
• Manage and develop engineers through coaching, performance feedback, development planning and regular one-to-one discussions.
• Champion AI-assisted engineering and testing practices, ensuring quality ownership remains embedded within the squad.
• Drive improvements in platform tooling, engineering productivity, automated testing and developer experience.
• Contribute to broader engineering initiatives that improve standards, operational maturity and platform capability across Ideagen.

Conocimientos

Platform engineering

Kubernetes

AWS

CI/CD tooling

Observability platforms

People management

Engineering quality

AI-assisted development

Descripción del empleo

Ideagen is seeking a Lead Platform Engineer to head a squad building cloud platforms, tooling and engineering foundations. You will lead technically while managing people, ensuring reliability, scalability and security across the software delivery lifecycle.

You will balance hands-on contribution with leadership, mentor engineers and drive AI-assisted development and testing practices to improve quality and productivity across the organization.