Synectics are a leading force in the provision of innovative, data‑driven business solutions. For more than 30 years, we have specialised in building complex data management and software products for well‑known organisations around the world. We pride ourselves on creating technology that makes a meaningful impact, supported by a collaborative and people‑focused culture.

The Role

As Head of Platform Engineering, you will lead the strategy, design and operation of the shared engineering platforms that enable Synectics’ product teams to build, release and run software securely, reliably and efficiently. Reporting into the CTO, this is a hands-on leadership role combining platform strategy, technical direction, operational excellence and direct people leadership for the Platform Engineering function, including Platform Engineers, SRE and DevSecOps capabilities.

A key part of the role will be helping Synectics move from a physical on-premise hosting model, currently replicated internationally in AWS, towards a truly cloud-native platform. AWS is the target platform for this transformation, and the role will focus on making better use of automation, elasticity, managed services, resilience patterns and modern operating practices.

You will create the “paved road” for engineering: clear standards, reusable platform capabilities and self-service tooling that reduce friction for teams and improve the quality, speed and resilience of software delivery. This will include shared deployment pipelines, infrastructure templates, observability patterns, security controls, environment provisioning, developer tooling and the evolution of an internal developer platform that supports a Platform as a Product approach.

The successful candidate will work closely with engineering, architecture, product, security and operations teams to modernise our delivery approach, improve developer experience and ensure our platforms scale with the needs of our customers and business. Product development and engineering teams will be the primary consumers of the platform capability, with the role focused on enabling them to build, release and operate software more safely, quickly and consistently. Alongside this core remit, they will build an effective partnership with the Data function so that data platforms, pipelines, analytics workloads and AI/ML use cases can also benefit from secure, reliable and reusable platform capabilities.