Team Lead Platform Engineering
The Team Lead Platform Engineering role at Capital on Tap involves leading the Cloud Platform team to redefine the developer experience and advance cloud infrastructure capabilities. Capital on Tap is a financial platform offering business credit cards, SME-focused spend management tools, and savings products, serving over 200,000 customers with £20 billion in annual card spend.
Key responsibilities include mentoring engineers, resolving bottlenecks, fostering accountability, and driving AI adoption within the team. The role also involves hands-on cloud and platform engineering, defining best practices, collaborating with product managers and engineering managers, and embedding DevSecOps principles to ensure security and operational excellence.
Required qualifications include experience managing cloud or platform engineering teams, leading cross-functional teams, and strong communication skills. Candidates should have a deep understanding of modern cloud engineering practices, expertise in Azure and related technologies, and experience scaling platforms in containerized environments.
The position offers private healthcare, worldwide travel insurance, anniversary rewards, a salary sacrifice pension scheme with up to 7% match, 28 days holiday plus bank holidays, an annual learning and wellbeing budget, enhanced parental leave, and other benefits.
Capital on Tap fosters a culture of continuous improvement, speed, collaboration, accountability, and regular feedback, providing opportunities for professional growth and development within a dynamic and supportive environment.