Lead Platform Engineer – Solutions
Location
California
Posted
46 days ago
Salary
0
Seniority
Senior
Job Description
Lead Platform Engineer – Solutions
Kraken
• Help us use technology to make a big green dent in the universe! • As the Lead, you will manage people across the US and EU, as well as coordinate with your APAC counterpart, delivery management, and global Platform leadership to ensure a smooth process for just-in-time Kraken app delivery, champion automation, and solve unique client requirements to ensure networking, regulatory, data safety, and other needs are met. • Work closely with the APAC Solutions lead, Director, Heads of Platform Engineering and Client Engineering to define strategic objectives and team direction • Deliver technical improvements such as small features and bug fixes • Provide production support for highly-available, large-scale internet-facing distributed systems
Job Requirements
- Excellent communication skills, with a focus on doing this asynchronously across multiple timezones and countries
- Demonstrable impact working effectively with developers, product managers and other business stakeholders to understand and deliver impactful projects or improve KPIs
- Record of successfully and consistently delivering critical path projects, on time and at scale
- Meticulous organisation and planning skills
- Experience of mentoring and coaching highly-autonomous teams
- Proficiency with AWS. We use a lot of different AWS services and including Amazon EKS in production
- Knowledge of Platform Engineering best-practices, including security, CI/CD tooling and methodologies
Benefits
- Help us use technology to make a big green dent in the universe!
- Kraken powers some of the most innovative global developments in energy.
- We’re a technology company focused on creating a smart, sustainable energy system.
- From optimising renewable generation, creating a more intelligent grid and enabling utilities to provide excellent customer experiences, our operating system for energy is transforming the industry around the world in a way that benefits everyone.
- It’s a really exciting time in energy. Help us make a real impact on shaping a better, more sustainable future.
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