Education Perfect

Head of Platform Engineering

Education Perfect

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: New Zealand

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Job Level

Lead

Tech Stack

AWSCloudKafkaReactTerraformTypeScript

About the role

  • Lead, coach and develop platform and enablement teams (frontend, backend, DevOps/SRE)
  • Create a safe, inclusive and high-performing team environment
  • Define and maintain platform team charters and collaboration boundaries
  • Own the internal developer platform strategy (tooling, golden paths, self-service)
  • Partner with engineering leadership on architecture, strategy and roadmap
  • Drive platform standards (APIs, observability, reliability patterns)
  • Support capacity planning and reliability targets (SLOs/SLIs)
  • Improve developer experience and productivity metrics
  • Embed operational thinking across software engineering teams
  • Partner with Security & Privacy on controls and compliance (ISO 27001, ST4S, GDPR)
  • Champion engineering excellence across the wider team
  • Manage relationships with cloud and platform vendors
  • Optimise cloud usage and strengthen FinOps practices
  • Represent platform engineering in governance and architecture forums

Requirements

  • 8+ years designing, building and operating cloud software at scale
  • Strong technical leadership and people management experience
  • Proven ability to mentor engineers and align work to business goals
  • Experience leading through influence across cross-functional teams
  • Deep understanding of cloud architecture, operations, security and cost models
  • Track record of improving developer experience and platform tooling
  • Familiarity with CI/CD, self-service platforms and enablement practices
  • Strong commercial acumen (vendor management, negotiations, build-vs-buy)
  • Experience with FinOps or cloud cost optimisation
  • Ability to navigate ambiguity, risk and dependencies
  • Experience working with distributed teams
  • Tech stack familiarity is a bonus (C#, TypeScript, React, Kafka, Terraform, AWS)
Benefits
  • Employee Equity Bonus Plan – Share in our success through equity bonuses that build ownership and collective growth
  • Christmas Shutdown Leave – Enjoy three additional paid leave days
  • Volunteer Day – One paid day each year to give back to your community
  • Purchase Extra Leave – Choose to buy an additional week of annual leave, with payments spread across the year
  • Work From Anywhere – Work up to 90 days per year from another country
  • Wellness Bonus – Receive a pre-tax $750 NZD End-of-Year Wellness Bonus to support your wellbeing
  • Health Insurance – Fully funded Southern Cross Wellbeing 1 plan ($500 excess), with optional add-ons and family cover
  • Home Set-Up Support – Support available for eligible remote and hybrid team members to create a comfortable workspace
  • Communication Allowance – $50 NZD per month toward phone and internet costs (remote/hybrid eligible)
  • Parental Leave Support – Up to 12 weeks’ full-pay top-up for primary caregivers, 3 weeks’ paid leave for secondary caregivers, plus 5 days’ New Parents Leave for both. Returning primary caregivers also receive enhanced pension contributions.
  • Employee Assistance Program – 24/7 confidential wellbeing, safety and medical support via Sonder (fully funded, global access)
  • Learning & Development – Internal workshops, performance conversations and ongoing development opportunities
  • Tenure Recognition – Bonus leave and cash rewards at key service milestones
  • Referral Bonus – Earn a $2,000 NZD pre-tax bonus when your referral joins and passes their trial period
  • Workride – Access bikes, e-bikes or scooters via pre-tax salary sacrifice and enjoy significant tax savings
  • EP Support Groups – Mana Wahine, DEI, Environmental Impact, and Wellness Committees.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
cloud software designcloud architecturecloud operationssecurity modelscost modelsCI/CDplatform toolingFinOpsC#TypeScript
Soft Skills
technical leadershippeople managementmentoringcross-functional collaborationcommercial acumennavigating ambiguityrisk managementrelationship managementinfluenceoperational thinking
Certifications
ISO 27001