Head of Platform Engineering

Head of Platform Engineering - London Fintech - £150,000–£200,000 PackageA fast-growing, VC/PE-backed fintech in London is looking for a Head of Platform Engineering to take ownership of its cloud platform as the business scales into new markets internationally.This is a genuine build-and-lead role. You'll take a platform that's already live and growing fast, and shape where it goes next: architecture, team, standards, and the roadmap for reliability and scale as the company expands into new regions over the next 12 to 24 months.What you'll be doingOwning the cloud platform end-to-end: architecture, reliability, and the roadmap for scaling it as the business growsBuilding and leading a platform engineering function, setting technical direction and hiring as the team growsWorking closely with the leadership team to align infrastructure investment with business prioritiesChampioning modern engineering practices, including automation, observability, and security-by-design, across the wider engineering orgActing as a senior technical voice in the business, translating platform decisions into commercial impactWhat we're looking forProven experience leading or owning a cloud platform at a growing tech business, ideally within fintech or another fast-moving, high-stakes environmentA track record of building platform teams and practices from the ground up, not just maintaining what's already thereComfortable operating strategically with leadership while staying close enough to the detail to make good technical callsSomeone who's genuinely energised by scaling infrastructure alongside a growing business, not just running steady-state operationsThe offer£150,000 to £200,000 total package, including bonus and equityHybrid working, with flexibility around onsite daysA rare opportunity to shape the platform function at a business still early enough that your decisions will define how it scalesInterested, or know someone who might be? Get in touch.