Lead Infrastructure Engineer

Summary

Join Numan's growing team as a Lead Infrastructure Engineer and lead our Platform Engineering team. You will direct the planning, design, development, and implementation of our platform architecture. Guide a talented team of engineers, driving best practices and fostering a culture of excellence and innovation. Responsibilities include leading the design and development of scalable platform solutions, managing and mentoring a team, collaborating with stakeholders, ensuring continuous improvement, overseeing security best practices, optimizing performance, troubleshooting issues, and developing performance metrics. The ideal candidate possesses proven experience leading infrastructure/platform engineers, extensive cloud computing experience, proficiency in programming languages, expertise in containerization and orchestration, strong knowledge of infrastructure as code, deep understanding of networking and security, and proven experience with CI/CD. Numan offers a comprehensive benefits package.

Requirements

• Proven experience leading a team of infrastructure/platform engineers
• Extensive experience with cloud computing platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud
• Proficient in programming languages such as Python, Java, or Go
• Expertise with containerisation and orchestration technologies like Docker and Kubernetes
• Strong knowledge of infrastructure as code tools like Terraform or CloudFormation
• Deep understanding of networking, security protocols, and best practices
• Proven experience with CI/CD tools and techniques
• Strong leadership and communication skills, with a proven ability to lead and inspire teams

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and development of scalable, reliable, and secure platform solutions
• Manage and mentor a team of platform engineers, providing guidance, support, and professional development
• Collaborate with product managers, developers, and other stakeholders to understand business needs and translate them into technological solutions
• Ensure continuous improvement of the platform through effective use of DevOps and Agile methodologies
• Oversee the implementation of security best practices and ensure compliance with industry standards
• Optimize performance and scalability of the platform to support business growth
• Troubleshoot complex technical issues and implement robust solutions
• Develop and maintain metrics and KPIs to evaluate platform performance and reliability

Preferred Qualifications

• Industry certifications such as AWS Certified Solutions Architect or Kubernetes Certified Administrator
• Experience with microservices architecture and distributed systems
• Familiarity with monitoring and logging tools like Prometheus, Grafana, or Loki

Benefits

• Share options
• 25 days holiday, plus bank holidays (increasing to 30 the longer you stay with Numan)
• Health insurance with Vitality
• Enhanced maternity and parental leave
• Nursery benefit provided by YellowNest
• Employee assistance programme (access to therapy, financial planning and discounts)
• Generous pension (includes both employee and employer contributions)
• Flexible working options, including a dog friendly office in Farringdon
• Personal training and development budget via Learnerbly
• Wellhub membership, giving you access to over 2,000 locations in the UK
• Free office snacks including breakfast items, soft drinks, tea and coffee
• Cycle to work scheme
• Season ticket loan
• Discount to Numan products for your friends and family
• Paid volunteering days
• An additional 2 weeks off once you reach your 5th anniversary with Numan