Head of Platform Engineering (Agentic AI & Cloud Infra)

Autoplay Automotive Ltd; Auckland; On-site; NZD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

AutoPlay is seeking a hands-on engineering leader to own and modernise the platform, including cloud infrastructure, database, release processes, and security. You will lead a team of engineers and QA, set technical direction, and participate in complex deployments.

Expect on-call escalation as the team expands and governance across ISO27001 is emphasized. The role combines hands-on work with leadership in a fast-moving, agentic-first engineering culture, based at our Auckland Central office

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience running production cloud infrastructure, ideally on AWS.
• Deep production database experience including performance tuning, HA, backup/recovery.
• Experience with CI/CD and release engineering to accelerate deployments safely.
• Proven leadership of engineers & adherence to technical standards.
• Infrastructure as code using Terraform or CloudFormation.
• Observability and incident response readiness.
• Security/compliance awareness with ISO27001 or similar.

Responsibilities

• Own the platform and lead modernization of cloud infrastructure, database, release process, and security controls.
• Mentor and manage a team of engineers and QA; set direction and standards.
• Read query plans and troubleshoot deployments; handle on-call escalations as the team grows.
• Enable faster, safer releases while maintaining quality and compliance.
• Collaborate with wider Vela APX group for security and support.

Skills

AWS

CI/CD

Leadership

Cloud infrastructure

Security & compliance

AI-first development

Query optimization

Communication

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

SQL Server

.NET

React

Job description

AutoPlay is seeking a hands-on engineering leader to own and modernise the platform, including cloud infrastructure, database, release processes, and security. You will lead a team of engineers and QA, set technical direction, and participate in complex deployments.

Expect on-call escalation as the team expands and governance across ISO27001 is emphasized. The role combines hands-on work with leadership in a fast-moving, agentic-first engineering culture, based at our Auckland Central office