Senior Platform Engineering Manager

Who you are

• Infrastructure Leadership: Proven experience leading teams in the infrastructure and SRE domains, with a track record of scaling platforms and people
• Technical Expertise: Several years of deep expertise in Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Kubernetes, and Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform/Terragrunt, Crossplane), with GitOps workflows using tools like ArgoCD
• Reliability & Architecture: Solid understanding of complex infrastructure and application architecture, observability principles, and incident management
• Stability & Velocity: Experience balancing the need for platform stability and reliability with the goal of increasing developer productivity and velocity
• Bridge Builder: Fluency in translating complex technical solutions and their feasibility into clear, compelling narratives for non-technical stakeholders

What the job involves

• At Prolific, our product development group is a powerhouse of Engineering, Platform, Product, Data, Design, and Research – all working in lockstep
• You'll thrive in cross-functional teams, each with a clear mission and the freedom to self-organize and innovate towards the best possible outcomes
• We're passionate about moving fast and continuously improving, and we champion strong engineering principles and a culture of strong ownership
• As a Senior Platform Engineering Manager, you've built deep technical credibility as a senior individual contributor, solving complex infrastructure and business problems firsthand,before progressing into building high-performing teams and raising the bar through structured management practices
• Your expertise will directly impact the technical excellence of your teams' work
• You'll be instrumental in driving technical decision-making and collaboratively building scalable, resilient, and maintainable systems that power the future of AI
• Unified Leadership: Provide leadership, coaching, and professional growth opportunities for one or more Platform teams, fostering a culture of high performance and ownership
• Infrastructure Ownership: Drive the strategic direction for our infrastructure and platform ensuring robust management of our services like Kubernetes (GKE) clusters. Focus on continuous improvement, operational excellence, and innovation
• Champion SRE Culture: Own availability and embed SRE principles across the organization, including defining SLOs, SLAs, error budgets, and enhancing observability and incident remediation
• Platform & Developer Experience: Own the developer-facing platform — golden paths, self-service infrastructure, and internal tooling — so teams can provision, deploy, and operate services safely and independently. Treat the platform as a product with its own roadmap and adoption metrics, not just a set of shared services
• Security and Compliance: Ensure our cloud environments remain secure and compliant with standards such as SOC2 and ISO-27001
• Our Technology Stack (You'll be working with these technologies):
• Cloud Platforms: Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Amazon Web Services (AWS)
• Infrastructure as Code: Terraform, Terragrunt, Crossplane
• Programming Languages: Python, JavaScript, TypeScript
• Frameworks: Django Rest Framework, container-based services, Serverless architectures
• Databases: MongoDB, Postgres, ElasticSearch, and DynamoDB
• DevOps & Monitoring Tools: CircleCI, GitHub Actions, Kubernetes, Celery, EventBridge, DataDog

Benefits

• Bank holiday swaps
• Enhanced sick pay
• L&D budget – £1000 per year
• 25 days annual leave + bank holidays
• Remote Work ( Within UK or US)