Head of Platform Engineering

Job summary

Impress is seeking a Head of Platform Engineering to lead platform engineering, cloud infrastructure, and core backend systems.

Qualifications

• Experience leading platform engineering and infrastructure.
• Understanding of cloud-native architectures and distributed systems.
• Experience with backend systems and modern software architecture.
• Hands-on experience with AWS/GCP/Azure and CI/CD systems.
• Experience improving reliability and engineering efficiency.
• Strong leadership and stakeholder management skills.
• Comfortable in fast-paced international product organizations.

Responsibilities

• Lead strategy and execution for platform engineering and cloud infrastructure.
• Own infrastructure scalability, reliability, and operational performance.
• Drive improvements in CI/CD and deployment pipelines.
• Lead evolution of shared platform services and backend components.
• Partner with product and engineering leaders to standardize practices.
• Improve developer productivity and platform capabilities.
• Drive infrastructure cost optimization and cloud governance.
• Enhance security, resiliency, and disaster recovery processes.
• Build and mentor high-performing engineering teams.
• Collaborate with leadership on technical strategy and scaling.

Skills

Relocation