Head of Platform Engineering – AI-Native Platform
Job Description & How to Apply Below
- Job Description / Role:
Platform engineering leadership role in an AI-native operating model
Define and build a technology and agent platform across financial services
Key Responsibilities:- Define and deliver the firm’s technology platform strategy, co authoring the enterprise reference architecture
- Design and implement cloud, identity, and network foundations across a multi-entity environment
- Own the AI agent runtime and orchestration layer, ensuring agents can be securely deployed into business workflows
- Build the integration layer (APIs, iPaaS, MCP servers) enabling connectivity across systems and tools
- Establish observability, reliability, and incident response across platforms and services
- Lead Dev Ops, CI/CD, and secure engineering practices, aligned with cybersecurity standards
- Drive Fin Ops and cost management across cloud and AI inference usage
- Operate a lean delivery model leveraging AI agents, managed services, and vendor ecosystems
- Act as a key technology leader engaging with senior stakeholders and shaping firm-wide AI adoption
Required:
- 12+ years in platform engineering, cloud architecture, or enterprise technology leadership
- Strong hands on experience across cloud, identity, integration, and observability platforms
- Proven experience running production platforms at scale and making critical architectural decisions
- Experience building or operating AI/ML platforms, MLOps environments, or agent based systems
- Strong understanding of Dev Ops, CI/CD, and secure engineering practices
- Experience managing complex vendor ecosystems and managed service providers
- Background in financial services or other regulated environments is highly preferred
- Commercial mindset with experience in cloud cost optimisation and Fin Ops
- Strong stakeholder engagement skills with the ability to operate at senior leadership level
- Identity management
- Network foundations
- APIs
- iPaaS
- MCP servers
- Observability
- Dev Ops
- CI/CD
- Fin Ops
- Cost management
- AI/ML platforms
- Managed service providers
- Opportunity to build a greenfield, AI native technology platform
- Exposure to cutting edge AI operating models and agent-based delivery
- High visibility with senior leadership and direct influence on organisation-wide technology strategy
Global professional recruitment consultancy and part of London listed Page Group. The firm specialises in qualified professional and management hiring across finance, banking, technology, engineering, property and construction, legal, human resources, sales, marketing, and supply chain. Its Middle East business operates from Dubai and publishes widely used regional salary guides.
Company Industry: Financial Services Department /Functional Area:
Technology Closing Date: Not mentioned (apply as soon as possible)
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