Kraken - Lead Platform Engineer

• Technical Leadership • Work closely with the APAC Solutions lead, Director, Heads of Platform Engineering and Client Engineering to define strategic objectives and team direction • Manage team priorities and ensure initiatives are completed within deadlines • Work with Client Engineering and pre-Sales teams to support client use cases and integrations, with a continuous improvement workstream to streamline and automate app builds • Provide production support for highly-available, large-scale internet-facing distributed systems • People Management • Line manage 7-10 Platform Engineers in Solutions team across the US and EU, and co-manage the global, follow-the-sun team and pipeline to support new client infrastructure builds • Set clear performance expectations and regularly review individual and team performance, offering actionable insights and constructive feedback to support and grow team members • Lead a strong team culture with open communication, trust, and inclusive team environment • Participate in Platform Engineering leadership and org-wide efforts as well as setting high standards for team health, code hygiene, and ways of working • Technical Delivery • Deliver technical improvements such as small features and bug fixes • Support team delivery through code reviews, technology research and architectural guidance • Technologies We Use • Build platform tooling and automation primarily in Python and Django • CI/CD pipelines in CircleCI; GitOps workflows using ArgoCD • Kubernetes-based environments - we use Amazon EKS • Terraform for IaC • What You'll Have: • Excellent communication skills, with a focus on doing this asynchronously across multiple timezones and countries • Demonstrable impact working effectively with developers, product managers and other business stakeholders to understand and deliver impactful projects or improve KPIs • Record of successfully and consistently delivering critical path projects, on time and at scale • Meticulous organisation and planning skills • Experience of mentoring and coaching highly-autonomous teams • Proficiency with AWS. We use a lot of different AWS services and including Amazon EKS in production • Knowledge of Platform Engineering best-practices, including security, CI/CD tooling and methodologies • What Will Help: • Experience working on SaaS platforms, including engaging product teams to ensure up-skilling and knowledge sharing across teams • Proactive, problem-solving orientation with an interest in continual improvement • Prior experience in globally distributed teams • Kraken is a certified Great Place to Work in France, Germany, Spain, Japan, Australia, and USA. In the UK we are one of the Best Workplaces on Glassdoor with a score of 4.5, and in Germany we rate 4.7 on Kununu as a Top Company. Check out our Welcome to the Jungle site (FR/EN) to learn more about our teams and culture. • Are you ready for a career with us? We want to ensure you have all the tools and environment you need to unleash your potential. If you have any specific accommodations or a unique preference, please contact us at [email protected] and we'll do what we can to customise your interview process for comfort and maximum magic!