Kraken1231mo ago

Lead Platform Engineer - Solutions

United StatesFull-timelead

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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,

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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 Solutions team builds custom integration solutions with our clients and automates the build of the main Kraken Customer application.

As the Lead, you will manage people across the US and EU, as well as coordinate with your APAC counterpart, delivery management, and global Platform leadership to ensure a smooth process for just-in-time Kraken app delivery, champion automation, and solve unique client requirements to ensure networking, regulatory, data safety, and other needs are met.

Work closely with the APAC Solutions lead, Director, Heads of Platform Engineering and Client Engineering to define strategic objectives and team direction

Manage team priorities and ensure initiatives are completed within deadlines

Work with Client Engineering and pre-Sales teams to support client use cases and integrations, with a continuous improvement workstream to streamline and automate app builds

Provide production support for highly-available, large-scale internet-facing distributed systems

Line manage 7-10 Platform Engineers in Solutions team across the US and EU, and co-manage the global, follow-the-sun team and pipeline to support new client infrastructure builds

Set clear performance expectations and regularly review individual and team performance, offering actionable insights and constructive feedback to support and grow team members

Lead a strong team culture with open communication, trust, and inclusive team environment

Participate in Platform Engineering leadership and org-wide efforts as well as setting high standards for team health, code hygiene, and ways of working

Deliver technical improvements such as small features and bug fixes

Support team delivery through code reviews, technology research and architectural guidance

Build platform tooling and automation primarily in Python and Django

CI/CD pipelines in CircleCI; GitOps workflows using ArgoCD

Kubernetes-based environments - we use Amazon EKS

Terraform for IaC

Excellent communication skills, with a focus on doing this asynchronously across multiple timezones and countries

Demonstrable impact working effectively with developers, product managers and other business stakeholders to understand and deliver impactful projects or improve KPIs

Record of successfully and consistently delivering critical path projects, on time and at scale

Meticulous organisation and planning skills

Experience of mentoring and coaching highly-autonomous teams

Proficiency with AWS. We use a lot of different AWS services and including Amazon EKS in production

Knowledge of Platform Engineering best-practices, including security, CI/CD tooling and methodologies

Experience working on SaaS platforms, including engaging product teams to ensure up-skilling and knowledge sharing across teams

Proactive, problem-solving orientation with an interest in continual improvement

Prior experience in globally distributed teams