Lead Platform Engineer

Were looking for a Lead Platform Engineer to take ownership of our Kubernetes-based multi-cluster internal developer platform that powers mission-critical microservices across the organization.

This role is equal parts technical leadership hands-on engineering product thinking and communication. You will shape the direction of the platform as a product obsess over developer experience and ensure the platform is intuitive reliable and well-documented.

You will work closely with product teams architects and engineering managers to evolve our platform into a highly automated self-service ecosystem that accelerates developer productivity and enables secure seamless deployments at scale.

Our technical stack includes Azure Kubernetes Service Envoy Gateway Opentelemetry Operator LGTM Stack Crossplane KEDA Cert Manager External DNS Kyverno External Secrets Operator Argo CD Helm Bicep Github Actions.

Qualifications :

WHAT YOULL DO

• Own the technical direction of our Kubernetes platform with a strong focus on developer experience and operational excellence.
• Treat the platform as a product. This involves gathering feedback identifying friction and continuously improving workflows and interfaces.
• Design build and operate cloud-native infrastructure with an everything-as-code mindset.
• Write production-quality code (Bash YAML Bicep Github Actions) - this is a hands-on engineering role.
• Drive complex features and refactoring efforts across provisioning deployments observability and cluster lifecycle management.
• Partner closely with product teams to understand real workflows and deliver a frictionless self-service experience.
• Mentor engineers through collaboration and example fostering a culture of curiosity ownership and learning.
• Raise the bar on maintainability and engineering craftsmanship through strong attention to detail.

WHO YOU ARE:

• 5 experience in platform engineering SRE or application engineering roles.
• Deep expertise in Kubernetes containers and the cloud-native ecosystem.
• A builder mindset - you write and ship code regularly.
• Excellent technical writing skills.
• Experience operating in public cloud environments (Azure AWS or GCP) with modern IaC and GitOps tooling.
• Proven track record improving developer workflows self-service capabilities or internal platforms.
• Understanding of networking (TLS DNS HTTP GRPC proxies).
• Experience with modern observability practices and tooling (instrumentation metrics logs tracing profiling).
• Pragmatic collaborative and humble approach to technical leadership.
• High attention to detail and a bias for architectural simplicity and clarity.

WHY JOIN US

• Make a real impact - youll have significant influence over the direction of the platform and shape how platform engineering works across the company.
• Platform at the center of transformation - as the organization continues its transition to microservices the platform sits at pole position with rapid growth and growing strategic importance.
• Modern cloud-native stack - we invest in staying current with the cloud-native ecosystem and evolving our architecture accordingly.
• Ideas matter here - we value curiosity experimentation and thoughtful innovation and give engineers space to turn ideas into reality.
• Supportive low-ego culture - youll work with collaborative teammates who care about helping each other succeed and building great things together.

Additional Information :

Please note:As our culture and teamwork are very important to us four days (80%) per week of in-office presence in our office are required. 

This is a full-time position with placement inStockholm. 

WHO WE ARE: 
Shaping the future of fashion with people data and tech. The fashion and retail industries are going through a transformation driven by customers technology and sustainability expectations. At H&M Group we want to shape the future of fashion and lifestyle by harnessing the power of smart tech and data. With our 74-year history of innovation we understand the need to collaborate and co-create with engineers and tech specialists around the world to achieve our vision. 

WHAT WE OFFER! 
You are joining a unique value-driven culture a large tech network and community where you can be yourself. Besides the obvious perks such as staff discount card flexible work life learning communities wellness benefits parental benefits etc. There are endless opportunities to experiment and grow in any direction that you want and when you grow we grow. Being a major player gives us countless opportunities to make a real impact and shape the future. 

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time