Senior Platform Engineering Leader - IDP & SRE (Remote)

prove.com; Dublin; On-site; EUR 120,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salaries & Bonus Plan

Equity Plan

Modern Health & Wellness

401(k) Retirement Plan & Match

Unlimited Vacation

Medical benefits

Wellness resources

Job summary

Prove is seeking a Senior Manager of Platform Engineering in Ireland to lead Platform Developer Enablement and SRE, reporting to the VP of Platform Engineering. You will design, implement, and maintain cloud infrastructure, driving maturity, reliability, and developer-friendly tooling while aligning strategy with business goals.

Standardized tech stack, focus on self-service platforms, observability, and SRE with a target internal SLO of 99.999%.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years of senior-level experience as a Software Engineer, SRE, and/or Platform Engineer.
• 5+ years of management experience, with proven success leading and coaching other managers.
• Deep experience running SaaS products in cloud environments (AWS preferred).
• Strong technical background with Kubernetes, Terraform, and modern CI/CD pipelines (e.g., GitOps, ArgoCD).
• Programming skills (Go, Java, or similar) to provide technical guidance and conduct code reviews.
• Expertise in distributed systems design and architecture patterns.
• Advanced knowledge of observability practices, specifically OpenTelemetry.
• Familiarity with database technologies (MySQL, PostgreSQL, DynamoDB, MongoDB) and data streaming/processing (Kafka, Redis).
• Excellent communication skills, capable of bridging the gap between technical execution and business strategy.

Responsibilities

• Lead, inspire, and manage two teams (Platform Developer Enablement & SRE), fostering a culture of innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
• Set clear goals, hire and develop top talent, and mentor engineering managers to build a high-performing organization.
• Define the platform roadmap, aligning technical investments with business objectives and the broader technology strategy.
• Champion DevOps principles, automation, and infrastructure-as-code best practices across the organization.
• Oversee the design and operation of the platform to meet the needs of product teams and internal stakeholders.
• Drive architectural evolution to ensure the platform remains scalable, resilient, and secure.
• Establish and maintain rigorous SLOs, ensuring system performance aligns with business requirements.
• Implement advanced observability, monitoring, and logging frameworks to proactively address potential issues.
• Partner with product management, security, and other engineering leaders to translate business needs into scalable platform capabilities.
• Act as a key stakeholder in cross-functional planning, communicating technical risks and architectural trade-offs to both technical and non-technical leadership.
• Ensure the platform team acts as an enabler for product teams, promoting design patterns that balance velocity, reliability and security from the start.

Skills

Platform Engineering

SRE

Kubernetes

Terraform

CI/CD pipelines

Go/Java

OpenTelemetry

Distributed systems

AWS

Cloud infrastructure

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent

Tools

Kubernetes

Terraform

ArgoCD

GitOps

OpenTelemetry

AWS

Job description

Prove is seeking a Senior Manager of Platform Engineering in Ireland to lead Platform Developer Enablement and SRE, reporting to the VP of Platform Engineering. You will design, implement, and maintain cloud infrastructure, driving maturity, reliability, and developer-friendly tooling while aligning strategy with business goals.

Standardized tech stack, focus on self-service platforms, observability, and SRE with a target internal SLO of 99.999%.