Overview

We are seeking an exceptional technology leader to oversee our global site reliability engineering (SRE), DevOps, and Platform Engineering teams. This hands-on engineering leadership role requires someone who can both provide technical vision and build strong stakeholder relationships across the organization.

Responsibilities

• Technical Leadership: Serve as a hands-on technical leader who can architect, design, and guide the implementation of highly resilient systems; build a compelling vision and strategic roadmap for SRE, DevOps, and Platform Engineering; establish and evangelize engineering best practices across teams and the wider organization; drive technical innovation while ensuring operational excellence; provide architectural guidance to ensure systems meet resilience, scalability, and performance requirements.
• Team Leadership: Lead and mentor a high-performing team of DynamoDB specialists, SREs, DevOps engineers, and platform engineers across global locations; develop team members through goal setting, performance management, and career development planning; foster a culture of innovation, continuous improvement, and engineering excellence; attract, retain, and develop top engineering talent; create growth opportunities for team members and help them achieve their career aspirations.
• Stakeholder Management: Build and maintain strong relationships with technology and business stakeholders across the organization; effectively translate business requirements into technical solutions and strategic initiatives; partner with development team managers and technical leads to align platform capabilities with product roadmaps; represent the team in senior leadership forums and drive cross-functional initiatives; manage expectations and communicate effectively about team initiatives, capabilities, and constraints.
• Other: Hybrid work arrangement based in London.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in engineering leadership roles.
• Strong hands-on technical background in cloud platforms, containerization, and modern DevOps practices.
• Demonstrated experience leading SRE, DevOps, or Platform Engineering teams.
• Deep understanding of system architecture, resilience patterns, and high-availability design.
• Experience developing strategic roadmaps and executing technical vision.
• Proven ability to build and maintain relationships with stakeholders at all levels.
• Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills.
• Track record of mentoring and developing engineering talent.
• Experience leading distributed global teams.

Desired Skills

• Experience in financial services technology environments.
• Knowledge of AWS, Kubernetes, observability platforms, and CI/CD technologies.
• Background in transforming legacy systems to modern architectures.
• Experience with DynamoDB and cloud-native database technologies.
• Understanding of UK and global financial regulatory requirements.