Platform Engineering Lead - Investment Banking IT

Are you ready to lead a highly skilled platform team at the cutting edge of financial technology? We''re seeking a Platform Engineering Lead to drive the direction of a new large mission-critical risk platform supporting both DevOps infrastructure and advanced analytical tooling for a leading financial institution. The Opportunity; We have strong business buy-in and a powerful technical foundation - now we''re looking for a dynamic leader to scale and evolve the platform as it grows. You''ll be taking charge of two high-impact teams: A DevOps/Platform Engineering team focused on running environments, deploying applications, and enabling cloud-native architecture (Kubernetes, AWS/GCP). An Analytical Tools team supporting quants and data scientists working with big compute, financial analytics, and pricing models. This role is at the intersection of infrastructure, development, and finance - ideal for someone who understands how to bridge technology and business impact. What You''ll Do; Lead and mentor a cross-functional platform team of -10 engineers. Own platform delivery across cloud, infrastructure, and application interfaces. Evaluate and influence technology decisions with long-term impact. Collaborate with developers, quants, and data scientists to ensure systems are performant and maintainable. Scale and extend our platform to support distributed systems, large-scale compute, and financial analytics. About You; Proven experience managing technical ..... full job details .....