Description

In this role, you will lead the development and execution of a comprehensive platform strategy, ensuring a high-quality developer experience while managing a large team and collaborating with senior leaders to drive innovation and efficiency.

Requirements

• •10+ years of experience in software engineering
• •5+ years in platform engineering
• •Proven track record of building developer platforms
• •Deep experience in application development
• •Platform engineering in large-scale tech companies
• •Fluency in coding languages such as Go
• •Experience with infrastructure tooling
• •Thorough understanding of cloud-native microservices
• •Event-driven architectures
• •Experience with DevOps and SRE
• •Strong grasp of resiliency concepts
• •Containerization and security principles
• •Observability practices
• •Robust experience with AWS and GCP
• •5+ years in senior leadership positions
• •Experience leading cross-functional teams
• •Demonstrable track record of leading software teams
• •Managing complex software projects
• •Track record of successful stakeholder management
• •Strong financial and business acumen
• •Proven experience in managing infrastructure costs
• •Driving operational efficiencies
• •History of driving organizational change
• •Experience operating in a global environment

Tasks

• •Define and execute a comprehensive platform strategy.
• •Champion a 'platform-as-a-product' mindset for developers.
• •Collaborate with executives to identify needs and secure resources.
• •Demonstrate ROI of investments in the developer platform.
• •Stay updated on cloud-native trends and technologies.
• •Lead and mentor a team of approximately 110 platform engineers.
• •Provide guidance on technical challenges and performance feedback.
• •Attract and retain top talent for a high-performing team.
• •Manage embedded teams within subsidiaries and coordinate efforts.
• •Create a culture of innovation and continuous learning.
• •Manage resources to achieve strategic objectives.
• •Oversee design and development of scalable, secure solutions.
• •Focus on automating processes to enhance efficiency.
• •Harmonize tooling and infrastructure across the group.
• •Lead the rollout of a unified developer platform.
• •Ensure an exceptional and intuitive developer experience.
• •Provide self-service capabilities for developers.
• •Establish golden paths to reduce cognitive load on developers.
• •Measure developer experience using relevant metrics.
• •Maintain the robustness and security of the infrastructure.
• •Implement strategies for downtime prevention and disaster recovery.
• •Manage cloud and infrastructure costs effectively.
• •Partner with senior tech leaders to address platform needs.
• •Collaborate with the Global Tech Council for alignment.
• •Work with Security to ensure platform compliance.
• •Drive adoption of the developer platform across the group.

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