Director of Platform Engineering – Cloud, IaC & Compliance

Shou; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 100,000 - GBP 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A disruptive Insurtech company seeks a Director of Platform Engineering to lead its engineering platform development. Candidates should have strong experience with cloud-based infrastructure, particularly AWS and Kubernetes, as well as a background in automating processes through IaC. The role demands expertise in regulated environments, with a focus on engaging risk and compliance teams. This position offers a salary range of £100K - £120K with a hybrid work model requiring 2 days in the office.

Responsibilities

• Lead the platform engineering team to build an engineering platform on cloud infrastructure.
• Automate processes leveraging IaC principles.
• Ensure adherence to management standards in regulated environments.
• Facilitate engagement with internal risk and compliance teams.

Skills

Platform engineering leadership

Cloud-based infrastructure (preferably AWS)

Kubernetes

Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

Automation

Core computer science principles

Full stack software engineering

Experience in regulated environments

Disaster recovery and business continuity planning

Agile methodologies

Tools

Terraform

Job description

A disruptive Insurtech company seeks a Director of Platform Engineering to lead its engineering platform development. Candidates should have strong experience with cloud-based infrastructure, particularly AWS and Kubernetes, as well as a background in automating processes through IaC. The role demands expertise in regulated environments, with a focus on engaging risk and compliance teams. This position offers a salary range of £100K - £120K with a hybrid work model requiring 2 days in the office.