Senior Manager of Platform Engineering, Prove
€120-140k
Plus variable commission / company bonus and equity
Identity verification platform
Be an early applicant
Identity verification platform
201-500 employees
Be an early applicant
€120-140k
Plus variable commission / company bonus and equity
201-500 employees
Company mission
To enable a digital world where every consumer and company can transact with trust.
Role
Who you are
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience
- 5+ years of senior-level experience as a Software Engineer, SRE, and/or Platform Engineer
- 5+ years of management experience, with proven success leading and coaching other managers
- Deep experience running SaaS products in cloud environments (AWS preferred)
- Strong technical background with Kubernetes, Terraform, and modern CI/CD pipelines (e.g., GitOps, ArgoCD)
- Programming skills (Go, Java, or similar) to provide technical guidance and conduct code reviews
- Expertise in distributed systems design and architecture patterns
- Advanced knowledge of observability practices, specifically OpenTelemetry
- Familiarity with database technologies (MySQL, PostgreSQL, DynamoDB, MongoDB) and data streaming/processing (Kafka, Redis)
- Excellent communication skills, capable of bridging the gap between technical execution and business strategy
- If you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyways
What the job involves
- Reports To: VP, Platform Engineering
- We are seeking a Senior Manager of Platform Engineering to lead two critical teams based in Ireland: Platform Developer Enablement and Site Reliability Engineering (SRE). Reporting to the VP of Platform Engineering, you will be responsible for the design, implementation, and maintenance of our cloud infrastructure, driving our transition toward greater platform maturity. You will bridge the gap between high-level strategy and day-to-day execution, ensuring our systems are scalable, reliable, and developer-friendly
- Having standardized our technology stack, we are now entering a new phase of maturity focused on developer self-service, extreme reliability, and advanced observability
- Unified Platform Strategy: Lead the strategic evolution of both the Platform Engineering and SRE teams to foster a culture of shared ownership and operational excellence
- Internal Developer Platform (IDP): Drive the development of internal platform services that allow product teams to self-service infrastructure needs, reducing friction and increasing velocity
- Reliability & SRE: Lead the team to achieve an internal SLO of 99.999% while establishing clear incident management processes and training Incident Commanders
- Process & Standardization: Create clear, repeatable operational processes and documentation that ensure clarity and efficiency across the team and stakeholders
- Observability 2.0: Implement a company-wide standard for observability based on OpenTelemetry instrumentation
- Lead, inspire, and manage two teams (Platform Developer Enablement & SRE), fostering a culture of innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement
- Set clear goals, hire and develop top talent, and mentor engineering managers to build a high-performing organization
- Define the platform roadmap, aligning technical investments with business objectives and the broader technology strategy
- Champion DevOps principles, automation, and infrastructure-as-code best practices across the organization
- Oversee the design and operation of the platform to meet the needs of product teams and internal stakeholders
- Drive architectural evolution to ensure the platform remains scalable, resilient, and secure
- Establish and maintain rigorous SLOs, ensuring system performance aligns with business requirements
- Implement advanced observability, monitoring, and logging frameworks to proactively address potential issues
- Partner with product management, security, and other engineering leaders to translate business needs into scalable platform capabilities
- Act as a key stakeholder in cross-functional planning, communicating technical risks and architectural trade-offs to both technical and non-technical leadership
- Ensure the platform team acts as an enabler for product teams, promoting design patterns that balance velocity, reliability and security from the start
Our take
Prove's identity-proving solutions allow businesses to enable their customers to verify their identities with just a phone. It is used by more than 1,000 global enterprises and 500 financial institutions across multiple industries.
With more and more activity taking place online and via mobile devices, Prove offers companies speed and security while processing transactions. The identity verification space is buoyant, with many other companies providing services. But despite this competition, Prove has grown to be a leading and award-winning platform.
Prove's phone-centric tokenisation and passive cryptographic solutions have had tremendous corporate momentum. The company has been named to Deloitte’s prestigious Technology Fast 500 list several times and is well set to further its hold on the market.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
17% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 9 rounds)
Oct 2023
$40m
LATE VC
Jun 2020
$100m
LATE VC
Total funding: $252.1m
Company benefits
- 401k Match
- Parental Leave Policy
- Stock Options
- Health benefits
- Wellbeing reimbursement
- Work From Home Opportunities
- Bonus Scheme
- Generous Vacation Time
Company HQ
NoMad, New York, NY
Leadership
Rodger Desai
(Founder & CEO)Studied at Harvard Business School after working as an Engineer for Exxon Mobil, General Electric, and Accenture, as well as co-founding several venture-backed startups.
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