Director, Platform Engineering

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London - UK

profile Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed
Posted on: 14 hours ago
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

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Grade Level (for internal use):

13

Director Platform Engineering

About the Role

We are seeking a strategic and technically accomplished Director of Platform Engineering to lead the vision design and evolution of our internal developer platform that powers all cloud and infrastructure services.

As a senior technology leader you will drive DevOps excellence platform automation and GenAI-enabled transformation to deliver scalable secure and intelligent platform capabilities. You will serve as the product owner for the developer platform ensuring it evolves continuously to meet business needs accelerate delivery and enable innovation across all divisions.

This role combines strategic leadership with deep technical engagementyou will actively influence architecture design standards and technology choices to enable speed reliability and intelligent operations through a modern AI-enhanced platform foundation.

Key Responsibilities

  • Define and execute the platform engineering strategy and roadmap that delivers scalable secure and automated infrastructure services.
  • Lead DevOps transformation initiatives advancing CI/CD maturity self-service and operational excellence.
  • Shape technical architecture and design patterns ensuring alignment with platform standards and automation goals.
  • Own and evolve the developer platform as a productcapturing requirements prioritizing capabilities and delivering high-value improvements.
  • Drive GenAI and automation initiatives that enhance deployment intelligence predictive operations and developer productivity.
  • Oversee the continuous improvement of blueprints IaC templates and reusable automation frameworks across multi-cloud and hybrid environments.
  • Partner with product engineering and business stakeholders to integrate platform strategy into enterprise technology priorities.
  • Collaborate with security compliance and FinOps teams to embed reliability governance and cost efficiency across all platform layers.
  • Define and track key metrics (velocity uptime adoption satisfaction) to measure impact and guide platform evolution.
  • Maintain technical credibility through architecture reviews design sessions and mentoring senior engineers.
  • Cultivate a culture of innovation technical excellence and cross-functional collaboration.

Qualifications

  • 12 years of experience in Platform Engineering with proven leadership in enterprise-scale environments.
  • Expertise in Infrastructure as Code (Terraform) Kubernetes and CI/CD systems (GitHub Actions GitLab Jenkins).
  • Strong programming proficiency in Java Python or Go for automation tooling and platform services.
  • Solid experience with AWS (EKS IAM VPC RDS Lambda) and familiarity with Azure/GCP multi-cloud architectures.
  • Strong foundation in DevSecOps observability monitoring and SRE principles (SLIs SLOs error budgets).
  • Demonstrated experience in AI-driven automation AIOps or GenAI integration for platform or operational use cases.
  • Ability to bridge strategic planning with hands-on technical oversight and architectural decision-making.
  • Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills with proven ability to align platform outcomes to business goals.

Why Join Us

  • Lead transformation: Redefine how our enterprise builds deploys and operates software through automation and AI.
  • Drive innovation: Shape the next-generation developer experience with GenAI and intelligent automation.
  • Stay technically engaged: Influence design architecture and engineering decisions across all platform initiatives.
  • Strategic impact: Partner directly with business and engineering leaders to deliver measurable outcomes.
  • Culture of growth: Join a forward-looking high-performance team that values innovation collaboration and technical excellence.

What Success Looks Like

  • First 90 days: Assess platform maturity define improvement goals and align priorities with stakeholders.
  • First 6 months: Deliver automation and reliability improvements that enhance developer experience and operational efficiency.
  • First year: Establish a GenAI-powered data-driven platform ecosystem delivering measurable improvements in speed reliability and business alignment.

Whats In It For You

Our Mission:

Advancing Essential Intelligence.

Our People:

Were more than 35000 strong worldwideso were able to understand nuances while having a broad perspective. Our team is driven by curiosity and a shared belief that Essential Intelligence can help build a more prosperous future for us finding new ways to measure sustainability to analyzing energy transition across the supply chain to building workflow solutions that make it easy to tap into insight and apply it. We are changing the way people see things and empowering them to make an impact on the world we live in. Were committed to a more equitable future and to helping our customers find new sustainable ways of doing business. Join us and help create the critical insights that truly make a difference.

Our Values:
Integrity Discovery Partnership


Throughout our history the worlds leading organizations have relied on us for the Essential Intelligence they need to make confident decisions about the road ahead. We start with a foundation of integrity in all we do bring a spirit of discovery to our work and collaborate in close partnership with each other and our customers to achieve shared goals.

Benefits:

We take care of you so you cantake care of business. We care about our people. Thats why we provide everything youand your careerneed to thrive at S&P Global.

Our benefits include:

  • Health & Wellness: Health care coverage designed for the mind and body.

  • Flexible Downtime: Generous time off helps keep you energized for your time on.

  • Continuous Learning: Access a wealth of resources to grow your career and learn valuable new skills.

  • Invest in Your Future: Secure your financial future through competitive pay retirement planning a continuing education program with a company-matched student loan contribution and financial wellness programs.

  • Family Friendly Perks: Its not just about you. S&P Global has perks for your partners and little ones too with some best-in class benefits for families.

  • Beyond the Basics: From retail discounts to referral incentive awardssmall perks can make a big difference.

For more information on benefits by country visit: Hiring and Opportunity at S&P Global:

At S&P Global we are committed to fostering a connected andengaged workplace where all individuals have access to opportunities based on their skills experience and contributions. Our hiring practices emphasize fairness transparency and merit ensuring that we attract and retain top talent. By valuing different perspectives and promoting a culture of respect and collaboration we drive innovation and power global markets.

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Equal Opportunity Employer

S&P Global is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race/ethnicity color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin age disability marital status military veteran status unemployment status or any other status protected by law. Only electronic job submissions will be considered for employment.


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About the Role:Grade Level (for internal use):13Director Platform EngineeringAbout the RoleWe are seeking a strategic and technically accomplished Director of Platform Engineering to lead the vision design and evolution of our internal developer platform that powers all cloud and infrastructure serv...
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  • Go
  • Lean
  • Management Experience
  • React
  • Node.js
  • Operations Management
  • Project Management
  • Research & Development
  • Software Development
  • Team Management
  • GraphQL
  • Leadership Experience

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