Lead Platform Engineer

Lead Platform Engineer - GCP, DevOps, AI

After the launch of its flagship product, a fast-growing scale-up is expanding its engineering capability and is looking for a Lead Platform Engineer to take ownership of its cloud platform and enable rapid, secure product delivery at scale.

This is a key leadership role within a cloud-native environment, accountable for the reliability, scalability, and security of the Google Cloud Platform estate. You'll lead a multi-disciplinary platform function across CI/CD, networking, security, AIOps, and observability, building a robust self-service platform that empowers engineering squads and supports an ambitious technology-led transformation.

You'll shape platform strategy, champion automation for a hugely exciting scale-up, playing an integral role in the development of future products.

Location: Hybrid with two days per week in the office in Bradford and Leeds

Salary: £85,000 to £95,000 + 15% Bonus + Benefits

To be considered:

• Proven experience leading high-performing Platform/DevOps teams, including hybrid/offshore or partner resource models.
• Over 3 years of hands-on experience with Google Cloud Platform.
• Strong expertise in CI/CD design and build using GitHub, Terraform or similar.
• Experience supporting microservices/API-driven architectures.
• Comfortable working in fast-paced, product-led organisations with multiple stakeholders.

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced Platform Engineering leader who enjoys building scalable cloud foundations, driving automation and engineering standards, and enabling teams to deliver securely and efficiently.