OverviewThis role offers the opportunity to both shape the future of the cloud platform and backend components and take on a leadership position within the Platform team. You will be responsible for guiding technical direction, managing stakeholder expectations, and driving the development of platform features and operability at scale. The role is 70% individual contributor and 30% leadership.ResponsibilitiesTechnical Contribution: Design, build, test, and evolve the platform with a focus on scalability and production reliability.Scaling the Platform: Build and optimise systems that enable the Platform to serve hundreds of thousands of users.Team Leadership: Lead the Platform team while ensuring the platform meets the needs of the product, other teams and end users.Required Skills5+ years of hands-on experience with at least one major cloud infrastructure provider (AWS or GCP)Proven ability to design, build, and operate scalable and secure production systemsPractical experience using Kubernetes in at least one production system at scaleStrong experience with Infrastructure as Code (e.g. Pulumi, Terraform)Knowledge of CI/CD best practices, with the ability to identify and implement improvements to team efficiencyStrong expertise in one of Python, Go, or RustAble to (at least) read Rust codeCombined background in DevOps and software engineeringDemonstrated leadership experience, having managed small teams of at least 2–3 engineersSeniority levelDirectorEmployment typeFull-timeJob functionInformation TechnologyIndustriesSoftware Development #J-18808-Ljbffr