Platform Engineering Manager, Spendesk

• If you’re passionate about building strong engineering cultures, pragmatic AI adoption, and enabling teams to move fast and securely, we’d love to meet you
• 8-12 years in platform/infrastructure roles with increasing leadership scope
• 3-5 years managing a technical team of 5+ engineers
• Proven delivery of complex, multi‑stakeholder platform programs on time and budget
• Experience designing and operating scalable, cloud‑native architectures
• Track record of building engaged, high‑performing teams
• Deep knowledge of AWS, Kubernetes (EKS), ArgoCD, Terraform, Datadog, and GitHub Actions
• Strong in Infrastructure as Code, GitOps, container orchestration, networking, and security
• Solid grasp of security and privacy frameworks (e.g., ISO 27001, GDPR), observability/SLOs, and disaster recovery
• Experience building standardized CI/CD, paved roads, and developer self‑service
• Earns technical credibility with engineers; clear, structured communication to technical and business audiences
• Strong stakeholder management with objective prioritisation and trade‑off articulation
• Demonstrated coaching, feedback, and career development for engineers
• A platform leader and infrastructure steward who raises operational standards through standardisation, automation, and reliability
• You’re as comfortable coordinating cross‑functional incident response as you are presenting platform strategy and ROI to executives
• You combine deep technical judgment with strong people leadership and a bias to measurable outcomes, owning both the build and the run of the infrastructure that powers Spendesk

Desirable

• Spendesk is seeking an Engineering Manager to lead our Platform team
• This team manages Spendesk’s entire technical infrastructure: the cloud foundation, Kubernetes runtime, CI/CD, networking, security guardrails, and core platform services that every application and service runs on
• Reporting to the CTO, you will define the platform vision and partner with product engineering to improve developer velocity, reliability, security, and cost efficiency across the company
• This is a high‑impact leadership opportunity at the core of Spendesk’s SaaS platform, where your work will directly accelerate innovation and empower every product team
• You’ll shape the systems, automation, and paved roads that drive scale, resilience, and a world‑class developer experience
• Own and deliver an 18‑month platform roadmap with clear ROI, KPIs, and cost targets
• Operate and evolve Spendesk’s core infrastructure: AWS, Kubernetes (EKS), networking, CI/CD, observability, secrets/identity, and security guardrails
• Set platform standards (security baselines, IaC) and provide golden paths and self‑service
• Ensure reliability with SLOs, robust incident management/on‑call, capacity planning, and DR
• Scale CI/CD, GitOps, and release practices to simplify and de‑risk delivery
• Lead FinOps governance, manage budgets, and reduce unit costs
• Build, coach, and hire for the Platform team; align stakeholders with objective prioritisation and clear communication
• Champion developer experience and thoughtful AI adoption

• As we are an international team, please submit your application and CV in English