Platform Engineering Lead

To do this well, you think like a developer: you understand delivery pipelines, CI/CD, software lifecycles, and what it actually takes to ship and run software. That mindset, combined with strong cloud and infrastructure knowledge, is what makes a great platform lead.

• Being hands-on: designing, building, and maintaining cloud infrastructure, automation pipelines, and platform tooling yourself.

• Applying infrastructure-as-code (Terraform) to standardize and govern environments across the cloud landscape.

• Owning the full lifecycle of platform services, from design and build to operations, improvement, and decommission.

• Driving a DevSecOps approach: security, reliability, and observability built in, not bolted on.

• Supporting developers building and deploying in cloud and hybrid environments. The platform exists to make their work easier.

• Managing and optimizing cloud infrastructure costs. FinOps is part of the job, not an afterthought.

• Finding where automation can reduce manual platform work and lead the team in adopting those approaches.

• Monitoring, troubleshooting, and resolving cloud and deployment issues, and building the tooling that prevents them recurring.

We’re looking for a colleague with the drive to challenge, collaborate and grow. To thrive in this role, you likely have:

• Leading by example: you grow the people around you, spar on hard problems, and have the enthusiasm to take a team into new territory while learning alongside them.

• Strong developer background with hands-on infrastructure experience. This combination is the heart of the role.

• Solid software development background: you've built and shipped real software and understand the full delivery lifecycle.

• Hands-on cloud experience (GCP and/or Azure) and a solid grasp of cloud-native architecture and governance.

• Infrastructure-as-code with Terraform, which you use as a default, not an option.

• Understanding of cloud governance: networking, IAM, security controls, and cost management (FinOps).

• Experience with CI/CD, automation, and DevSecOps practices.

• Genuine, demonstrated enthusiasm for AI. You don't need deep expertise, but we'd love to see it show up somewhere concrete: tools you've built, a personal portfolio of experiments, or things you've tried hands-on.

• Systematic, pragmatic problem-solving: comfortable making good-enough decisions under uncertainty.

• Lead a platform team with real influence on St1’s technology direction.
  

At St1, your safety and wellbeing come first. We offer an open and inclusive workplace where you’re respected and trusted to take initiative. In a hands-on, informal culture — and a business that never stands still — there’s room to explore ideas and take on new challenges. We support your journey through learning and opportunities to grow across teams and countries.