Platform Engineering Leader: Strategy, Scale & Impact

Harnham; Amsterdam; Hybrid; EUR 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work

L&D budget

Cloud tech access

Strategic influence

Career progression

Job summary

Harnham in Amsterdam, Netherlands is seeking a Head of Engineering (Platform Focus) to define technical strategy, develop leaders, and shape platform capabilities for a high-traffic, technology-driven business.

You will lead a broad Platform Engineering function responsible for core services, infrastructure, and developer experience, partnering with Product, Data, Security, and Commercial teams to align technology with business goals.

Qualifications

• Strong leadership of large-scale engineering organisations.
• Proven track record leading engineering managers and senior leaders.
• Deep knowledge of platform engineering, cloud infrastructure and distributed systems.
• Experience defining technical strategy and influencing architecture across teams.
• Strong CI/CD, observability, and cloud-native practices.
• Data-driven approach to engineering performance, platform health, and cost optimisation.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute the engineering strategy for platform services, infrastructure, and developer tooling.
• Lead and develop engineering managers and senior technical leaders.
• Drive architectural decisions across distributed systems and shared platform capabilities.
• Establish engineering standards and best practices across backend, frontend, and mobile development.
• Oversee cloud infrastructure, platform reliability, observability, and operational excellence.
• Champion developer experience initiatives that improve productivity and delivery velocity.
• Own platform-related budgets, cloud spend, and technology investment decisions.
• Partner with Product, Data, Security, and Commercial stakeholders to align priorities with business objectives.
• Monitor engineering metrics around reliability, performance, productivity, and cost efficiency.

Job description

Harnham in Amsterdam, Netherlands is seeking a Head of Engineering (Platform Focus) to define technical strategy, develop leaders, and shape platform capabilities for a high-traffic, technology-driven business.

You will lead a broad Platform Engineering function responsible for core services, infrastructure, and developer experience, partnering with Product, Data, Security, and Commercial teams to align technology with business goals.