Lead Platform Engineer, Kraken.tech

• We're looking for a skilled and pragmatic Lead Platform, DevOps, or Cloud Infrastructure engineer to join and help lead our growing team
• Great experience with AWS. We use a lot of different AWS services and not just the standard few, so you should be comfortable with serverless, managed, and containerised services
• Record of successfully and consistently delivering critical path projects, on time and at scale
• Excellent communication, with a focus on doing this asynchronously across multiple timezones and countries
• Meticulous organisation and planning skills
• Experience of mentoring and coaching a team to perform at a high-level of quality
• Experience managing and supporting large-scale internet-facing distributed systems, for millions of customers
• Knowledge of security best-practices, security and CI/CD tooling, and methodologies

Desirable

• Specifically, we're looking for a Lead Platform Engineer to manage a team of 5-8 Platform Engineers and help us build and scale Kraken's AWS cloud foundation, which forms the basis for our market-leading grid flexibility and customer management products
• We're an innovative and customer-focussed company, helping to drag the utilities industry into the 21st century, using a mixture of serverless and containerised technologies in AWS
• Have ownership of a functional team within Platform Engineering, working closely with the Director and Heads of Platform Engineering to define strategic objectives and team direction
• Own the production stability and reliability of the team’s services, ensuring they are built to scale and operate effectively in production
• Manage team priorities and deliveries
• Collaborate regularly and effectively with Platform Engineers in your functional team to deliver the technical implementation of the team’s strategic priorities, working alongside the Product Manager
• Lead delivery of major initiatives on clear timelines
• Partner effectively in the wider Platform Engineering team to deliver outcomes
• Build a strong culture of open communication where teammates can ask questions without fear, promoting a positive and inclusive team environment
• Live the Kraken culture and values, and be a role model for your team
• Line-manage a group of Platform engineers
• Set clear performance expectations and goals for team members
• Regularly review individual and team performance, offering actionable insights and constructive feedback to support and grow team members
• Deliver technical improvements such as small features and bug fixes, as well as larger projects with the team
• Support team delivery through code reviews, technology research and architectural guidance
• Drive and improve the non-functional elements of production systems owned by your team