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Head of platform engineering (basé à london)

Bank
Yolo Recruitment
Engineering
Posted: 23 June
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OurProduct Engineering Leadershipteam is growing, and we are looking for Head of Platform Engineeringto join us on our journey!

Head of Platform Engineering is a critical leadership role responsible for the performance, reliability, scalability, and operational excellence of all production systems. This position will lead DevOps, Infrastructure, and Incident Management functions, championing a culture of proactive readiness, efficient release pipelines, robust incident response, and continuous infrastructure improvement.

This role ensures maximum uptime, enables safe and frequent deployments, establishes comprehensive observability, and drives effective postmortem practices. They will work closely with Engineering, QA, and Security leadership to embed operational excellence across the software development lifecycle and support the platform’s growth at scale.

* Lead, mentor, and scale a globally distributed team of DevOps engineers, SREs, and incident responders;
* Foster a culture of ownership, continuous improvement, and operational excellence;
* Define and execute the long-term strategy for system reliability, observability, performance, and incident management;
* Champion the adoption of modern tooling, technologies, and best practices to enhance resilience and agility;
* Own and continuously evolve incident response processes, including SLOs, SLAs, and postmortems;
* Optimise CI/CD systems and infrastructure automation (IaC) for fast, safe, and reliable deployments;
* Collaborate cross-functionally with Engineering, QA, and Security to embed operational and architectural best practices;
* Establish and improve comprehensive monitoring, alerting, and on-call practices for proactive system health management;
* Lead initiatives to improve uptime, latency, deployment frequency, and other critical performance metrics at scale;
* Monitor and optimise cloud infrastructure costs and resource utilisation, driving efficiency and scalability.


Your background and mindset

* 10+ years in DevOps, SRE, infrastructure, or production support roles;
* 4 - 5+ years in a technical leadership or senior management position;
* Deep experience with cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP, or Azure), Kubernetes, Terraform, and related technologies;
* Proven track record of scaling and managing highly available systems in complex environments;
* Exceptional leadership, mentorship, and coaching skills, with a genuine passion for developing technical talent at all levels;
* Excellent incident response, communication, and stakeholder alignment skills;
* Experience with ISO 27001, ISO 20000, or similar certification initiatives is a strong plus;
* Excellent written and verbal communication skills (English), capable of articulating complex technical strategies and challenges clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences;
* Experience with Elixir is a plus;
* Previous experience in iGaming or similarly regulated environments is an advantage


Please note, we don't offer a relocation support for this position.

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