Full-Time Head of Platform Engineering

As the Head of Platform Engineering, you'll spearhead the evolution of our scalable, secure, and high-performing platform, driving the infrastructure that fuels our fast-paced startup. Reporting directly to the CTO, you'll lead a lean team of 1-2 Senior/Intermediate DevOps Engineers and take full ownership of our platform strategy, ensuring it aligns with business objectives and empowers engineering teams. You'll remain hands-on, contributing as a staff/principal-level engineer to write code, design architecture, and solve complex technical challenges.

What You'll Do

• Champion Infrastructure Reliability: Conduct gap analyses to strengthen infrastructure, maintain exceptional uptime for critical systems, and enhance monitoring systems to ensure rapid incident detection and resolution.
• Lead Strategic Initiatives: Own high-priority infrastructure projects, defining clear roadmaps and fostering accountability.
• Shape Platform Strategy: Develop and execute a forward-thinking infrastructure strategy, leveraging tools like Terraform and Kubernetes to optimize deployments.
• Hands-On Technical Leadership: Actively contribute as a staff/principal-level engineer, writing high-quality code.
• Build a High-Performing Team: Mentor and develop your team, recruit top talent, and foster a culture of collaboration.
• Drive Security and Compliance: Implement robust security practices and ensure compliance with standards like SOC 2 and GDPR.
• Enhance Developer Experience: Optimize deployment pipelines to support frequent, reliable production releases.
• Promote Cost Efficiency: Implement FinOps practices and tools to optimize resource allocation.
• Strengthen Incident Management: Enhance incident response and recovery processes.
• Collaborate for Impact: Partner with engineering leads and senior peers to align platform initiatives with company priorities.

What We're Looking For

• Technical Mastery: Extensive experience in platform engineering, with hands-on expertise in cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP), Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform), container orchestration (Kubernetes), and monitoring systems (Prometheus, Datadog).
• Proactive Leadership: A proven ability to identify and resolve infrastructure gaps independently.
• Project Execution: A track record of delivering complex, high-stakes infrastructure projects on time.
• Strategic Vision: The ability to craft and execute long-term platform strategies that align with business goals.
• Team Building Excellence: Experience mentoring and scaling high-performing DevOps teams.
• Communication Prowess: Exceptional ability to articulate complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
• Domain Expertise: Experience in the cryptocurrency and centralized exchange (CEX) trading space.
• Collaborative Impact: Proven ability to partner with engineering leads and senior peers to align platform initiatives with company priorities.
• Startup Mindset: Thrives in a fast-paced, resource-constrained environment.

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