Head of Platform Engineering
Location
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Job Type
Full-time
Category
computer-and-mathematical
Posted
June 27, 2026
Head of Platform Engineering
£115,000-£130,000 + Bonus
Cambridge, UK - 2-3 Days Per Week (within 1 hr 30 commute)
No Sponsorship Option
We’re hiring a hands-on Head of Platform Engineering to lead the evolution of a cloud-native platform powering highly secure, production-grade environments in a scaling technology business operating within regulated markets.
This is a senior leadership role with direct ownership of platform delivery, reliability, automation, security, operational readiness and engineering standards across a modern AWS and Kubernetes estate.
You’ll lead a small team of platform and infrastructure engineers while remaining technically close to architecture, delivery and operational decision-making.
Key responsibilities include:
• Leading platform engineering strategy, roadmap and delivery
• Evolving AWS / Kubernetes-based infrastructure and GitOps operating models
• Driving production readiness, reliability, resilience and ob...
£115,000-£130,000 + Bonus
Cambridge, UK - 2-3 Days Per Week (within 1 hr 30 commute)
No Sponsorship Option
We’re hiring a hands-on Head of Platform Engineering to lead the evolution of a cloud-native platform powering highly secure, production-grade environments in a scaling technology business operating within regulated markets.
This is a senior leadership role with direct ownership of platform delivery, reliability, automation, security, operational readiness and engineering standards across a modern AWS and Kubernetes estate.
You’ll lead a small team of platform and infrastructure engineers while remaining technically close to architecture, delivery and operational decision-making.
Key responsibilities include:
• Leading platform engineering strategy, roadmap and delivery
• Evolving AWS / Kubernetes-based infrastructure and GitOps operating models
• Driving production readiness, reliability, resilience and ob...