Platform Engineering Tech Lead

UnderwriteMe

Jun 20

Applications are closed

Job
Full-time
Senior & Expert Level
IT & Cybersecurity
London

Requirements

Team Leadership:
Experience in line management and fostering high-performance cross-functional teams within dynamic environments.
Identify skills gaps in team members and work with the Engineering Manager to build training plans
Cloud & Compliance:
Experience working within a regulated industry
Hands on experience managing AWS and Kubernetes
Previous experience with ISO audits
Team enablement:
The ability to showcase a proven history of enabling teams to self serve within a regulated industry
Solid understanding of CI/CD best practices
Communication Skills:
Possess excellent written, oral, and interpersonal communication skills.
Confident presenting ideas to a mixture of technical and non-technical audiences.
Educational Background:
Hold a degree in Computer Science with a proven track record in a technical leadership role
Hold current AWS & Kubernetes certifications
Essential Technical Experience:
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Kubernetes & Docker
Terraform
GitLab
DataDog
Solid understanding of GitOps
Disaster recovery and business continuity planning
Understanding of software delivery lifecycle
Capacity management & planning
Desirable Experience:
Has worked previously in a start-up, Scale-up. Or Saas environment
Experience support JVM application

Responsibilities

Design Leadership:
Propose and evaluate solutions for design challenges, leveraging your expertise to identify and assess new technologies and third-party components.
Work with technical architects to ensure you are contributing to the strategic alignment of technical decisions
Team Leadership:
Lead the team in designing, building, maintaining, and supporting a high-quality platform.
Identify areas for improvement and create proposals for enhancements
Engineering Enablement:
Collaborate with software engineers to reduce friction and allow teams to ship the products faster.
Standards and Best Practices:
Advocate for and establish standards within the team and the broader tech community.
Address operational aspects, prioritizing concerns such as technical debt, non-functional requirements,
and the production environment's performance.
Ensure cloud compliance against ISO & CIS benchmarks
Agile Collaboration:
Monitor cloud costs and drive for optimization.
Participate actively in an agile environment, supporting deployments when necessary.
Out of hours support:
Be part of the out of hours on call rota, supporting a range of products.
Willing to support out of hours releases when required

FAQs

What technical skills are required for the Platform Engineering Tech Lead role?

The Platform Engineering Tech Lead role requires an in-depth understanding of AWS, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), and automation.

What responsibilities does the Platform Engineering Tech Lead have?

The Tech Lead provides technical guidance and leadership to improve the developer experience, works closely with software engineers to enhance speed of delivery, reduces friction for engineering teams, and assumes responsibility for the quality and accuracy of the team's work.

How does the Tech Lead track the impact of changes?

The Tech Lead uses metrics to drive decision making and track the impact of changes on engineering processes and outcomes.

What type of person would thrive in the Platform Engineering Tech Lead role?

The ideal candidate for the Tech Lead role is someone who enjoys solving problems, is creative in finding solutions, and appreciates having autonomy and ownership over their work.

UnderwriteMe

Using technology to transform life insurance markets in the UK, Europe, Asia, Australia, USA and Canada.

Technology

Industry

51-200

Employees

2012

Founded Year

Mission & Purpose

UnderwriteMe has transformed the life insurance industry through technology by bringing Insurers, Intermediaries and Customers closer together in the marketplace. We recognised the need to change the life insurance application journey from a clunky, inefficient experience to one that makes the buying process easier and faster for customers and advisers alike. Founded in 2012, our journey started with the Underwriting Engine and Protection Platform in the UK and we have now grown to become a leading InsurTech provider across Europe, Asia, Australia, United States and Canada. With an expanding portfolio, our mission is to provide technology solutions that enable our partners to transform and disrupt the life insurance industry.