Director of Platform Engineering sailgp Platform & Infrastructure not stated ago

Director-level Platform & Infrastructure role don
· full-time.

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• Set the engineering roadmap and architecture, tying technical priorities to commercial and digital goals
• Lead and grow a multidisciplinary engineering team, while overseeing its budget and external technology partners
• Guide production software across SailGP’s digital products and betting applications, setting standards for reliability and security
• Improve performance for live-event traffic, including concurrency, SEO, and profiling across platforms
• Put AI automation into development and content workflows, and steer rapid prototypes and front-end user experience

• At least ten years in software engineering, including three or more in director or senior engineering management roles
• You have led cloud-native systems using SQL and time-series databases, plus distributed data processing at scale
• You bring experience scaling AI infrastructure and high-traffic consumer applications in production
• You have designed systems around headless content platforms and can work with front-end code
• You can connect engineering decisions to business returns and explain complex technical topics to executives

This role suits a senior engineering leader comfortable connecting technical decisions with business priorities and guiding multidisciplinary teams. You’ll work from SailGP’s London HQ at least three days each week, with occasional travel to global events. The work takes place in a fast-moving live-event sports setting where priorities can shift.

About SailGP

The Role x SailGP Championship is the most exciting racing on water, where anything can happen in short, adrenaline-fueled battles between national teams at iconic stadium destinations worldwide. Top athletes fly in identical high-tech F50 catamarans faster than the wind, at speeds in excess of 100km/h (60mph). Founded in 2018, SailGP is one of the world’s fastest-growing sports and entertainment properties, now in its sixth season.

SailGP is a global organisation with defined values that shape the culture of its team – Deliver Quality and Consistency;
Evolve with Focus;
Make it Count;
Stand Together and Strike a Balance.

Summary

The Director of Platform Engineering is a senior technical leader responsible for the long-term technological vision, development, and evolution of SailGP’s digital and data ecosystem. This role oversees the production software powering our digital estate (e.g. , SailGP App/ Headsets, SailGPInsights, SailGP Media Portal, Fan Simulator), and betting applications, they are responsible for the entire technology stack supporting these products.

As a Director, you will bridge the gap between business strategy and technical execution, partnering with executive leadership across the Digital and Technology teams. You will build and scale a high-performing engineering organisation, oversee architecture and engineering standards, manage vendor relationships, and drive day-to-day AI automation. This position requires a strong blend of strategic foresight, people leadership, and a deep understanding of advanced engineering practices to deliver a world-class digital experience for a global audience.

Key Responsibilities

Strategic Leadership & People Management:

• Team Building:
  Recruit, mentor, and lead a high-performing, multi-disciplinary team of software engineers, fostering a culture of continuous learning, innovation, and engineering excellence.
• Technical Vision:
  Define and execute the long-term technical roadmap and architecture strategy, ensuring alignment with SailGP’s broader commercial and digital business objectives.
• Stakeholder Alignment:
  Act as a strategic partner to the…