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Director of Platform Engineering

London, England, United Kingdom💼 Full-time🗓 2026-09-11 → 2026-09-26

Core

Lead the day-to-day management, reliability, and continuous improvement of ITRS' Analytics SaaS platform, focusing on Kubernetes-based services and cloud-native operational excellence.

Role type

Senior IC Director of Platform Engineering (SaaS)

Builds

Next-generation observability platform for capital markets and financial institutions

Domain

Financial Services / Cloud Native / Observability

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | infrastructure

Required skills

Kubernetes operations, Cloud operations (AWS/Azure/GCP), Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD, GitOps, SaaS hosting leadership, Forward Deployed Engineering management, Agentic AI/Intelligent automation, Security and compliance (ISO 27001/SOC 2), Observability and reliability practices

Preferred skills

Managed Kubernetes services (EKS/AKS/GKE), Argo CD/Flux, AIOps, Container security, DevOps/SRE background

Technologies

Kubernetes, AWS, Azure, GCP, Argo CD, Flux, GitOps

Responsibilities

Lead SaaS platform management and reliability; Provide technical leadership and coaching for engineering teams; Troubleshoot production issues and manage incident response; Drive automation of operational workflows; Manage Forward Deployed Engineering function; Ensure compliance with regulated-industry expectations

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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