Platform Engineering Manager
hackajob is collaborating with Dexory to connect them with exceptional professionals for this role.
Location: Wallingford - Oxfordshire (Hybrid) - circa one day per week on site.
Permanent
At Dexory, we are transforming the warehousing and logistics industry through data intelligence.
We’re currently recruiting for an engineering manager (Platform) to lead and develop a growing team of platform engineers responsible for the internal tooling, infrastructure, data pipelines, and special projects that power our global fleet of autonomous robots.
Offices based in Wallingford, Oxford but hybrid basis (circa one day per week on site) either commutable by car or circa 40 minutes via train from London Paddington.
Any experience within robotics or start up / scale up environments desirable along with B2B SaaS experience.
Please apply for more information.
Responsibilities / Skills
* Proven experience as an Engineering Manager, Tech Lead Manager, or similar leadership role in a high-growth technology company, ideally with teams of 5-15 engineers. Must have previously worked within software or DevOps engineering and be able to demonstrate technical ability.
* Strong background in platform engineering, infrastructure, embedded systems, or a similarly complex technical domain. Solid understanding of system architecture, with the ability to review and challenge architectural decisions. Experience with observability, monitoring, and alerting at scale (e.g. Grafana, Datadog, Prometheus). Experience with robotics, IoT, or hardware‑adjacent software is highly desirable.
* Demonstrated ability to coach and develop engineers at various career stages, with a genuine passion for helping people reach their potential.
* Experience managing teams working across multiple systems and technology stacks (e.g. Go, Python, TypeScript, React, Linux, Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, PostgreSQL, AWS, CI/CD pipelines, real‑time data, edge computing).
* Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills. Ability to frame technical work in terms of business value and navigate competing priorities from multiple senior leaders.
* Track record of operating effectively in fast‑paced, sometimes ambiguous environments where priorities shift, and pragmatic decision‑making is essential.
* A proactive, collaborative mindset with the ability to build strong working relationships across engineering, product, and operations functions.
Benefits
* Performance: High standards, outstanding results,
* Impact: Big challenges, bigger results
* Commitment: All in, every time
* One team: One mission, shared success
You Will Also Receive
* Private healthcare via Bupa with 24/7 medical helpline
* Life insurance
* Income protection
* Pension: 4+% employee with option to opt into salary exchange, 5% employer
* Employee Assistance Programme - mental wellbeing, financial and legal advice/support
* 25 holidays per year
* Full meals onsite in Wallingford
* Fun team events on and offsite, snacks of all kinds in the office
AAP/EEO Statement
Dexory provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment. It prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, colour, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training
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