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Client: SR2 | Socially Responsible Recruitment | Certified B Corporation
Location: Job Category: Other
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Posted: 31.05.2025
Expiry Date: 15.07.2025
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Job Description: Director of Platform Engineering
UK Remote (must be based in the UK)
? Growing start-up | Build a team | Series A funded
This is a fantastic opportunity to join a mission-driven company building the future of network automation. As Director of Platform Engineering, you’ll play a key role in owning infrastructure operations, growing a squad of engineers, scaling internal platforms, and enabling engineering teams to build securely and reliably at pace.
This is primarily a leadership role, but you'll remain hands-on with day-to-day engineering and operational decisions. We're looking for someone who has grown with a fast-paced start-up or scale-up. For example, from SEED through Series A or B funding rounds. You should be comfortable driving technical direction while supporting and scaling high-performing teams. Experience navigating security and compliance standards such as SOC 2 is a strong plus.
?? Key Responsibilities of the Role:
Oversee infrastructure operations, prioritising stability, system visibility, and efficient resource usage
Take ownership of cloud environments (primarily AWS), ensuring scalable, secure, and cost-effective architecture
Lead and develop distributed engineering teams across platform, infrastructure, and data
Build and maintain robust internal tooling and services that enhance developer workflows
Promote a culture of automation and continuous improvement
Shape and deliver a platform roadmap that treats internal teams as core users
Ensure infrastructure aligns with security, privacy, and regulatory requirements
Work closely with product and engineering groups to ensure platform consistency
What You’ll Bring:
Demonstrated leadership experience in scaling technical teams within fast-moving environments
10+ years of hands-on engineering experience, with extensive use of AWS
Deep familiarity with platform engineering or infrastructure roles in a SaaS business ideally
Proficiency with modern DevOps practices, container orchestration (e.g. Kubernetes), infrastructure-as-code, and monitoring stacks
History of managing teams, ideally remote
A track record of delivering complex technical initiatives at speed
Excellent written and verbal communication, with the ability to align technical and business goals
? Bonus if you have:
Familiarity with Python, Django, or Golang
Contributions to open-source communities or tools
Working knowledge of Postgres, Terraform, and CI/CD pipelines (e.g. GitHub Actions)
Interest or experience in developer productivity tools and AI-assisted engineering
Understanding of network systems, protocols, or distributed computing challenges
What's on Offer ?
Salary up to £125k + equity + bonus
100% remote from anywhere in the UK
Unlimited holiday
Company wide events and team socials
High-trust, high-impact culture
Work with cutting-edge open-source tools in a collaborative, fast-moving environment
Supportive team and strong learning/development culture
Interview Process:
Technical Interview
Panel & meet the team
Please Note: This is a UK-remote role. You must be UK-based and we are unable to offer visa sponsorship at this time.
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