Director of Platform Engineering

Role: Director of Platform Engineering
Location: London/Hybrid (2 days in person)
Salary: £100K - £120K

We are seeking a Director of Platform Engineering for a disruptive Insurtech.

• Experienced platform engineering leader, building an engineering platform on a cloud based infrastructure preferably with AWS using Kubernetes
• Expert with IaC (bonus if its Terraform) and you have a passion for automating everything.
• Strong grounding in core computer science principles and software engineering practices
• Full stack software engineering lifecycle and the role that platform engineering plays in this.
• Creating an environment in which engineers can thrive and get enjoyment from making peoples lives easier.
• Experienced in a regulated environments, ideally working with standards such as ISO 27001 / SOC2 and know how to structure a platform and process to meet the needs of those standards.
• Engaging internal risk and compliance teams and acting as a subject matter expert in external audits.
• Experience with disaster recovery and business continuity planning.
• Worked modern software delivery methodologies, such as agile, lean, and DevOps.
• Bonus - Built SaaS products and understand the patterns used to build them

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