VP of Platform Engineering

2 days ago

London, United Kingdom YouLend Full time

YouLend is the preferred global embedded financing platform for many of the world's leading e-commerce sites, tech companies and payment services providers such as Amazon, eBay, Shopify, Mollie, Dojo, Paysafe, Just Eat Takeaway and Takepayments. Our software platform and APIs enable our partners to offer flexible financing products, in their desired branding, to their merchant base. With YouLend's AI-driven credit risk assessment solutions, more merchants and SMEs than ever can receive fast, flexible and affordable funding. We believe that the future of financial services will be delivered by customer-oriented tech companies that embed financing in their customer journeys, and we are building the solutions that will power that future.
We are looking for an experienced and visionary VP of Platform Engineering to lead our platform engineering efforts, setting the strategic direction and overseeing the development and scaling of our technology platforms. The VP of Platform Engineering will play a pivotal role in ensuring the robustness, scalability, and security of our infrastructure, enabling innovation across all product lines and ensuring exceptional user experiences. The ideal candidate is someone who has successfully built and scaled platform architectures, led cross-functional teams, and has a proven ability to deliver mission-critical, high-performance systems in a fast-paced environment.
Strategic Leadership: Define and implement the platform engineering strategy that aligns with the company's overall business objectives. Ensure that the platform supports scalability, performance, reliability, and security as the company grows.

~ Provide guidance, performance management, and professional development opportunities. You will drive a culture of continuous improvement of development and infrastructure standards, ensuring sustained technology value for the business.

~ Oversee the design, architecture, and development of scalable, high-performance, and secure platforms, including cloud infrastructure, microservices, APIs, and data pipelines.

~ Collaboration: Collaborate closely with product engineering, data science, security, and other cross-functional teams to drive cohesive, integrated solutions that meet both technical and business requirements. Operational Excellence: Define and implement best practices for monitoring, alerting, automation, and incident response to ensure a reliable platform with high uptime and optimized performance.

~ Security & Compliance: Partner with security teams to ensure that the platform complies with industry regulations and standards, including data protection, privacy, and security best practices (e.g., Implement monitoring and alerting to keep cloud and infrastructure costs under control while maintaining performance.

~ Define and track key performance indicators (KPIs) for platform performance, reliability, and security. Experience: 10+ years of experience in software engineering, with at least 5+ years in a senior leadership role focused on platform engineering, infrastructure, or cloud services.

~ Technical Expertise: Deep experience in architecting and operating large-scale, high-performance platforms, including microservices, cloud-native applications, API-driven development, and distributed systems.

~ Cloud Infrastructure: Proven experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and modern DevOps practices (CI/CD, containerization, orchestration with Kubernetes, etc.).

~ Leadership Skills: Exceptional leadership and management skills with a proven track record of building, scaling, and leading high-performing engineering teams.

~ Expertise in platform observability, monitoring, incident management, and creating highly reliable systems. Security & Compliance: In-depth understanding of platform security, data privacy, and regulatory compliance requirements (e.g., Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field. Experience in highly regulated industries such as fintech, healthcare, or telecommunications.

~ Knowledge of AI/ML platforms or other advanced analytics infrastructure.

~ Experience with modern data engineering technologies (e.g., YouLend has been recognised as one of the "Best Places to Work 2024" by the Sunday Times for being a supportive, diverse, and rewarding workplace.
YouLend has been recognised as a "Top 250 Fintech Worldwide" company by CNBC.
We offer a comprehensive benefits package that includes:
Private Medical insurance via Vitality
EAP with Health Assured
Enhanced Maternity and Paternity Leave
Modern and sophisticated office space in Central London
Free Gym in office building in Holborn
Deliveroo Allowance if working late in office
Monthly in office Masseuse
At YouLend, we champion diversity and embrace equal opportunity employment practices. Our hiring, transfer, and promotion decisions are exclusively based on qualifications, merit, and business requirements, free from any discrimination based on race, gender, age, disability, religion, nationality, or any other protected basis under applicable law.
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