Team Lead Platform Engineering

Capital on Tap

London (KY)

Hybrid

USD 120,000 - 173,000

Full time

5 days ago

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Benefits offered by this job

Private Healthcare (Vitality)

Worldwide travel insurance (Vitality)

Anniversary Rewards

Salary Sacrifice Pension

Octopus EV Salary Sacrifice

28 days holiday

Learning and Wellbeing Budget

Parental Leave

Cycle to Work

Season Ticket Loan

Dog Friendly Offices

Free drinks and snacks

Job summary

Capital on Tap in London is seeking a seasoned Cloud Platform Engineer to help scale our infrastructure and redefine the developer experience. You’ll stay hands-on while mentoring teams, drive reliability, performance, and DevSecOps practices across Azure and containerised environments.

You’ll partner with Product Managers, Engineering Managers, QA, and the Head of Platform Operations to translate ideas into scalable, secure solutions and foster a culture of continuous improvement in remote,

Qualifications

Proven experience leading Cloud/Platform engineering teams.
Excellent cross-functional collaboration with engineering, QA and product.
Strong communication bridging technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Responsibilities

Champion a culture of continuous improvement and mentorship for engineers.
Resolve bottlenecks, drive accountability and sustain high engagement.
Drive adoption of AI within day-to-day operations and large projects.
Foster open communication across remote, hybrid, and in-person environments.
Stay hands-on in Cloud and Platform engineering and lead by example.
Define and enforce platform engineering best practices for scalability.
Partner with PMs, EMs, and QA to align strategy and deliver results.
Contribute platform perspectives to product decisions balancing speed and quality.
Proactively identify and mitigate blockers and risks.
Embed DevSecOps principles with security, monitoring, and automation.

Skills

Cloud Platform Leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Strong communicator

Tools

Azure

Kubernetes

Docker

Job description

We’re Capital on Tap

Capital on Tap started because small businesses were underserved. Big banks were slow, their products weren't fit for purpose, and small business owners often couldn't access what they needed. We set out to fix that.

Today we're a financial platform - not just a credit card company. We offer a best-in-class business credit card, SME-focused spend management platform, a savings product that hit £1 billion in funds within its first year, and a growing suite of tools and financial products that make running a small business easier.

1,000+ employees, £20bn in annual card spend, 200,000+ customers, 17,000+ Trustpilot reviews averaging 4.7 stars, and we're profitable. We’ve done a pretty good job so far, but we’re just getting started!

London (Moorgate) | 2 Days in the Office

Cloud Platform Engineering / Platform Operations

As the Cloud Platform team scales, we are evolving our infrastructure to meet the diverse needs of a global engineering effort. We aren’t just building a platform; we are redefining the developer experience and pushing the technical limits of what cloud infrastructure can achieve.

What You’ll Be Doing

Champion a culture of continuous improvement, providing meaningful mentorship and constructive feedback that helps engineers grow.
Driving team performance by resolving bottlenecks, fostering accountability, and sustaining high engagement to ensure consistent delivery & resource efficiency.
Driving the adoption of AI within the team, ranging from day to day operations to large scale projects.
Foster open, transparent communication across remote, hybrid, and in-person environments.
Stay hands on in Cloud and Platform engineering, leading by example at a technical level.
Defining and enforcing platform engineering best practices that ensure consistency, scalability and operational excellence across the organisation.
Partner with Product Managers, Engineering Managers, and QA to align strategy and turn ideas into well-executed outcomes.
Contribute to product decisions, bringing a platform perspective that balances speed, quality and scalability.
Proactively identify and mitigate risk before they come blockers.
Embed DevSecOps principles; ensuring security, monitoring, compliance, and automation are built in from the start.

Our Values & Culture

Just Pilot: We never settle for “good enough”. We pilot new ideas fast, ask questions to figure it out, and scale quickly.
Why Not Today?: Fast is as slow as we go - speed and simplicity gives us a competitive advantage.
Be a Buddy: We tap in from day one to help the team, we do the right thing even if it’s hard.
Owners and Dates: We don’t chase people. If you own a task and agree to a date, the expectation is that it gets done.
Feedback: We want our employees to flourish, so we regularly provide direct and constructive feedback.

We’re Looking For

Confident, decisive and supportive leader with experience managing Cloud / Platform engineering teams.
A natural ability to lead cross functional teams, working with engineering teams, QA and other stakeholders.
A strong communicator who can bridge the gap between technical and non-technical audiences.
Deep understanding of modern cloud / platform engineering practices and scalable system architectures.
Experience driving a culture around reliability, performance and continuous improvement.
Expertise across Azure, Cloud technologies and the suite of tools commonly used in Cloud / Platform Engineering.
Proven experience working & scaling the platform to support a fast paced containerised environment.

Interview Process

Stage 1: 30 minute intro call with a Talent Partner
Stage 2: 60 minute technical interview with the Engineering Manager & People Partner
Stage 3: 60 minute live technical challenge with the Platform team
Stage 4: 60 minute case study with Product, the Engineering Manager & Head of Platform Operations

Diversity & Inclusion

We welcome, consider and encourage applications from anyone who shares our commitment to inclusivity. Join us in creating a space where authenticity thrives, and everyone can do their best work.

Great Work Deserves Great Perks

We try not to take ourselves too seriously (all the time) so we make sure our office is decked out with a pool table, arcade machine, beer tap, and a couple of office dogs thrown in for good measure. Check out our benefits: