Lead Platform Engineer

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.

Our Global Platform Engineering Reliability group is responsible for architecting, developing, and maintaining the resilient and scalable infrastructure that power and support our platforms.

As a Lead Platform Engineer within the newly created 'Foundational Reliability' team, you'll be responsible for ensuring the availability, performance, and scalability of the products on our platform. Your proficiency in leading technical teams that support products serving millions of customers will ensure stability and high performance for our brands and clients.

You will keep up with best practices in building products for scale. Your communication skills and attention to detail will be indispensable as you pinpoint areas for enhancement, ensure optimal infrastructure performance, and continuously improve our platforms reliability and efficiency.

What you'll do

• Have ownership of the Foundational Reliability team within Platform, working closely with the Director and Heads of Platform Engineering to define strategic objectives and team direction
• Manage team priorities and ensure initiatives are completed within deadlines
• Collaborate regularly and effectively with the Staff Platform Engineer in your functional team to deliver the technical implementation of the team's strategic priorities
• Lead delivery of major initiatives on clear timelines
• Partner effectively with Product Management and the wider Platform Engineering team to deliver successful outcomes
• Build a strong culture of open communication where teammates can ask questions without fear, promoting a positive and inclusive team environment

• Line-manage the engineers in the Foundational Reliability team
• Set clear performance expectations and goals for team members
• Regularly review individual and team performance, offering actionable insights and constructive feedback to support and grow team members

• Deliver technical improvements such as small features and bug fixes
• Support team delivery through code reviews, technology research and architectural guidance
• Provide support for service offerings owned by your teamHelp solve interesting and difficult problems. There's a great opportunity for disruption in the global energy market

• Excellent communication skills, working effectively with developers, product managers and other business stakeholders to understand and deliver impactful projects and reliability improvements
• Record of successfully and consistently delivering critical path projects, on time and at scale
• Meticulous organisation and planning skills
• Experience of mentoring and coaching a team to perform at a high-level of quality
• Experience managing and supporting a large-scale internet-facing distributed systems, for millions of customers
• Good experience with AWS and a programming language. We use a lot of different AWS services and not just the standard few
• Knowledge of security best-practices, security and CI/CD tooling, and methodologies

• Previous experience in leading technical delivery for small, highly-autonomous teams
• Previous experience as a technical individual contributor, preferably as a Platform or DevOps Engineer
• Track-record of effective collaboration with other teams and departments to drive holistic outcomes
• A proactive, innovative mindset with the ability to drive continuous improvement
• Previous experience working in a remote-first asynchronous global team

• PostgreSQL, or a similar RDBMS, particularly in Amazon RDS at scale
• Docker and Kubernetes, we use Amazon EKS in production
• Python
• Datadog, or a similar logging/monitoring tool
• Messaging queues, event-driven async processing or similar technologies - we use RabbitMQTerraform, or a similar infrastructure-as-code tool
• Experience with a Linux distribution

Kraken is a certified Great Place to Work in France, Germany, Spain, Japan and Australia. In the UK we are one of the Best Workplaces on Glassdoor with a score of 4.5 and in Germany we rate 4.7 on Kununu as a Top Company. Check out our Welcome to the Jungle site (FR/EN) to learn more about our teams and culture.

Are you ready for a career with us? We want to ensure you have all the tools and environment you need to unleash your potential. If you have any specific accommodations or a unique preference, please contact us at and we'll do what we can to customise your interview process for comfort and maximum magic

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