Director of Platform Engineering

Job summary

YouLend is seeking a Director of Platform Engineering to lead, develop, and empower their Platform team. This role balances strategic leadership with operational excellence, defining how Platform Engineering enables the wider business while building a high-performing, engaged team. The Director will work closely with senior stakeholders, translating business objectives into platform strategy, and ensuring the team delivers scalable, reliable, and efficient solutions. The ultimate goal is to solidify the platform as a product for both internal and external customers.

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading Platform, DevOps, or Infrastructure teams at a senior level, ideally within a fintech environment.
• Strong people leadership skills, with a track record of building and developing high-performing teams.
• Experience defining and delivering platform strategy aligned to business outcomes.
• Deep understanding of modern cloud environments, infrastructure-as-code, developer tooling, internal dev platforms (IDPs), and distributed systems architecture.
• Familiarity with tech stack including AWS, Azure, Terraform, Terragrunt, Pulumi, Kubernetes, Docker.
• Strong knowledge of DevOps principles, CI/CD pipelines, and engineering best practices.
• Experience driving operational excellence including reliability, monitoring, and incident management.
• Ability to influence and communicate effectively with senior stakeholders and non-technical audiences.
• Commercial awareness with experience managing budgets and optimizing platform costs.
• A pragmatic, delivery-focused mindset with the ability to balance short-term needs and long-term strategy.

Responsibilities

• Lead, manage, and develop the Platform Engineering team, driving a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
• Define and execute the Platform Engineering strategy in alignment with wider business goals.
• Partner with senior stakeholders across Engineering, Product, and the business to ensure platform capabilities enable delivery and growth.
• Own and improve platform reliability, scalability, security, and performance.
• Establish clear KPIs and metrics to measure platform impact and team effectiveness.
• Drive best practices across infrastructure, DevOps, and platform capabilities (e.g., CI/CD, observability, cloud architecture, data platform).
• Support career development, mentoring, and succession planning within the team.
• Act as a trusted deputy to the VP of Platform, stepping in as needed and contributing to wider technology leadership decisions.

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