YouLend

Revenue-based financing for ecommerce merchants

Director of Platform Engineering

Engineering LeadershipUpdated on Nov 13

Full-timeLondon, UKNo salary listedHybrid

About the Job

Requirements

Proven experience leading Platform, DevOps, or Infrastructure teams at a senior level, ideally within a fintech environment.
Strong people leadership skills and a track record of building and developing high-performing teams.
Experience defining and delivering platform strategy aligned to business outcomes.
Deep understanding of modern cloud environments, infrastructure-as-code, developer tooling, internal developer platforms, and distributed systems architecture.
Familiarity with AWS, Azure, Terraform, Terragrunt, Pulumi, Kubernetes, and Docker.
Strong knowledge of DevOps principles, continuous integration and continuous delivery pipelines, and engineering best practices.
Experience driving operational excellence, including reliability, monitoring, and incident management.
Ability to influence and communicate effectively with senior stakeholders and non-technical audiences.
Commercial awareness with experience managing budgets and optimising platform costs.
A pragmatic, delivery-focused mindset with the ability to balance short-term needs and long-term strategy.

Responsibilities

Lead, manage, and develop the Platform Engineering team, driving a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
Define and execute the Platform Engineering strategy in alignment with wider business goals.
Partner with senior stakeholders across Engineering, Product, and the business to ensure platform capabilities enable delivery and growth.
Own and improve platform reliability, scalability, security, and performance.
Establish clear key performance indicators and metrics to measure platform impact and team effectiveness.
Drive best practices across infrastructure, DevOps, and platform capabilities, including continuous integration and continuous delivery, observability, cloud architecture, and data platforms.
Support career development, mentoring, and succession planning within the team.
Act as a trusted deputy to the VP of Platform, stepping in as needed and contributing to wider technology leadership decisions.

We’re seeking a people-oriented Director of Platform Engineering to lead, develop, and empower our Platform team. This role balances strategic leadership with operational excellence - you’ll define how Platform Engineering enables the wider business while building a high-performing, engaged team. You’ll work closely with senior stakeholders, translating business objectives into platform strategy, and ensuring the team delivers scalable, reliable, and efficient solutions. The ultimate goal will be to solidify platform as a product to both internal and external customers.

Lead, manage, and develop the Platform Engineering team, driving a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement
Define and execute the Platform Engineering strategy in alignment with wider business goals Partner with senior stakeholders across Engineering, Product, and the business to ensure platform capabilities enable delivery and growth
Own and improve platform reliability, scalability, security, and performance Establish clear KPIs and metrics to measure platform impact and team effectiveness
Drive best practices across infrastructure, DevOps, and platform capabilities (e.g. CI/CD, observability, cloud architecture, data platform)
Support career development, mentoring, and succession planning within the team
Act as a trusted deputy to the VP of Platform, stepping in as needed and contributing to wider technology leadership decisions

Proven experience leading Platform, DevOps, or Infrastructure teams at a senior level; ideally within a fintech environment
Strong people leadership skills, with a track record of building and developing high-performing teams Experience defining and delivering platform strategy aligned to business outcomes
Deep understanding of modern cloud environments, infrastructure-as-code, developer tooling, internal dev platforms (IDPs) and distributed systems architecture
Familiarity with our tech stack: AWS, Azure, Terraform, Terragrunt, Pulumi, Kubernetes, Docker
Strong knowledge of DevOps principles, CI/CD pipelines, and engineering best practices
Experience driving operational excellence including reliability, monitoring, and incident management
Ability to influence and communicate effectively with senior stakeholders and non-technical audiences
Commercial awareness with experience managing budgets and optimising platform costs
A pragmatic, delivery-focused mindset with the ability to balance short-term needs and long-term strategy

About the Company

YouLend

Revenue-based financing for ecommerce merchants

YouLend provides revenue-based financing to merchants, letting businesses access funding tied to their sales. Funds are disbursed quickly (offers often the same day, funds next day) and repayments are automatically deducted as a fixed percentage of ongoing sales. The platform supports no-code and API integrations, making it easy to connect and go live, with real-time payouts that don’t wait for acquirer settlements. Its goal is to help merchants grow by offering fast, flexible funding that aligns with revenue and avoids traditional debt payments.

Company size: 501-1,000
Company stage: Not listed
Total funding: Not listed
Headquarters: London, United Kingdom
Founded: 2015

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