Cloud and Platform Engineering Lead

Moorepay is transforming. We are a trusted leader in UK Payroll and HR solutions, but we aren''t resting on our history. We are embarking on a major digital transformation to redefine how businesses manage their most important asset: their people. The Cloud and Platform Engineering Lead will ensure the reliability, scalability, and security of our engineering systems. Working closely with the Engineering Manager and Head of Engineering, the Platform Lead will identify priorities to remove friction from engineering teams, streamline processes, and enhance operational excellence. This role combines software engineering principles with systems administration to deliver robust, automated, cost-effective, and secure-by-design solutions. The Cloud and Platform Engineering Lead plays a critical role in ensuring that our AI-driven, cloud-native platform is reliable, observable, secure, and able to scale with the organisation''s growth. As we adopt intelligent agents, autonomous workflows, and increasingly complex distributed systems, the Platform Lead ensures that resilience, performance, and operational excellence are built into everything we deliver. By partnering closely with Engineers, Architects, and the Engineering Manager, the SRE defines the patterns, tooling, and automation that enable fast, safe, and repeatable deployments.This role safeguards our production environment, drives continuous improvement across CI/CD and observability, and establishes reliability practices ..... full job details .....