Head of Platform Engineering

Head of Platform Engineering
Permanent, Full-time
Hybrid - 1 day a week based at our Derby office
Up to £100,000 depending on experience, plus benefits

Shape the future of technology in a business that's still building

At MAB, we're investing heavily in technology, modernising our platforms and creating the foundations for our next stage of growth. With a new Group CIO helping shape the future direction of technology across the business, there's never been a more exciting time to join us - you'll feel the benefit of investment, stability and ambition of a listed business, without the weight of layers of bureaucracy and barriers to delivery.

As our Head of Platform Engineering, you'll play a key leadership role in that journey. Reporting to the Director of Platform Engineering (recently promoted from Head of), you'll lead a highly capable team responsible for the platforms, cloud infrastructure and engineering capabilities that underpin our technology estate.

You'll inherit a team already performing at a high level. The team has exceptional tenure and a strong collaborative culture. Your focus won't be fixing problems, it will be helping our engineers become even better, driving engineering excellence and delivering the platform strategy that supports our growth.

This is a leadership role balanced with a strategic focus, with plenty of opportunity to influence, while retaining an operational element and staying close to the day-to-day delivery.

What you’ll be doing

• Lead, coach and develop a high-performing Platform Engineering team.

• Translate platform strategy into clear technical priorities and successful delivery outcomes.

• Provide senior technical leadership across cloud infrastructure, platform architecture and engineering practices.

• Drive platform reliability, security, scalability and operational excellence.

• Champion modern engineering approaches across Infrastructure as Code, automation, CI/CD, observability and cloud operations.

• Lead incident management and operational readiness across critical platforms.

• Partner closely with Architecture, Security, Engineering and Technology leaders to shape the future platform landscape.

• Drive continuous improvement, automation and efficiency across the technology estate.

• Support and influence technology decisions that will have a lasting impact on the business.

About you

You'll be an experienced technology leader with a background in Platform Engineering, Cloud Engineering, DevOps, SRE or Infrastructure Engineering.

You'll bring:

• Leadership experience supervising/managing and developing engineering teams.

• Deep expertise in AWS and modern cloud platforms (Azure experience desirable)

• Strong knowledge of Kubernetes, Terraform, CI/CD, GitHub and modern platform engineering practices.

• Experience delivering and operating highly available, resilient production environments.

• A passion for automation, standardisation and continuous improvement.

• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.

• The credibility to influence technical decisions and drive best practice across engineering teams.

• A proactive, hands-on leadership style and a genuine desire to build high-performing teams.

Financial services experience is helpful but not essential.

Recruitment Process
1st stage: Teams interview with the Hiring Manager
2nd stage: In-person interview and assessments at the Derby office

What’s In It For You?
Private Medical Insurance (Vitality), 25 days annual leave (increasing to 28 with service) plus your birthday off, matched pension contribution (L&G), share save scheme (Equinity), retail discounts, free entertainment tickets, plus much more!
⏰ Flexible working hours with hybrid working for Head Office roles (as agreed with your line manager)
A wide range of Learning & Development offers, from 121 coaching to qualification support, helping you to grow and thrive in your career
A supportive, inclusive culture with forums you're welcome to join from day 1, using your voice to make MAB an even better place to work

Everyone is Welcome
At MAB, we value different experiences and perspectives which adds diversity and value to our culture. As an equal opportunities employer, we are committed to creating an environment where everyone feels welcomed, included and heard for who they are. We aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and join us.

We are committed to reducing barriers in every stage of our recruitment process so everyone feels they can bring their best self when applying for new opportunities at MAB. If you’d like to hear how we can support you by adjusting our process, from application to interview and onboarding, please contact careers@mab.org.uk.

Use of AI
We recognise that AI tools can be a helpful way to articulate your qualities, skills and experience when applying for roles. It’s important to us, however, that we see the real you throughout the recruitment process. We hire real people, not polished personas! We simply ask that you consider carefully how and where you use AI during your application, so we can hear your own thoughts and meet your authentic self.

Please note we are unable to consider candidates requiring visa sponsorship at this moment in time. We won't be accepting speculative CVs from recruitment agencies, with a full PSL in place.

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