DevEx Team Lead

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop the DevEx central team, setting direction, priorities, and standards
• Define and deliver the roadmap for developer platform capabilities (CI/CD, deployment, developer portals)
• Champion developer productivity across engineering, continuously identifying and removing friction
• Partner with Platform, Security, and Engineering teams to ensure solutions are secure, compliant, and resilient

Platform Ownership

Own and evolve the internal developer platform across:

• Continuous integration and delivery
• Deployment and release management
• Artefact management and supply chain security
• Developer self-service and internal platforms
• Ensure platforms are reliable, scalable, and aligned to modern engineering practices
• Drive standardisation and best practices across the software delivery lifecycle
• Provide architectural guidance on build, deployment, and delivery patterns
• Support teams in designing efficient, secure, and scalable pipelines
• Act as an escalation point for complex platform or developer workflow issues
• Improve developer self-service through automation and reusable patterns

What You Bring

Experience

• Proven experience leading technical teams in DevOps, SRE, or Developer Experience
• Strong track record improving developer productivity at scale
• Experience operating in cloud environments (Azure and/or AWS)
• Deep understanding of software delivery practices, including CI/CD (Azure DevOps and Github), infrastructure-as-code, and container platforms
• Repository configuration and management (Nexus)

Technical Capability

• Strong knowledge across:
• CI/CD and deployment patterns
• Kubernetes and containerised workloads
• Infrastructure-as-code (e.g. Terraform)
• Source control and build systems
• Solid scripting or programming skills (PowerShell)
• Understanding of security fundamentals in the software delivery lifecycle (e.g. identity, access, supply chain security)

Mindset

• Focused on outcomes over tools
• Pragmatic and able to balance speed, quality, and risk
• Strong communicator who can influence engineers and stakeholders
• Naturally curious, with a drive to continuously improve how things are done

Nice to Have

• Experience with internal developer platforms or portals
• Knowledge of observability and monitoring practices
• Understanding of networking and infrastructure fundamentals

Company Benefits

• Bonus Scheme
• Pension Scheme
• Annual Day Away
• Regular Social Events
• Flexi Work/Life balance
• 25 Days Holiday + 4 Personal Days + 2 Charity Days
• Free Staff Kitchen – Breakfast, Snacks, A Decent Coffee Machine – and a beer fridge on a Friday.

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