Platform Engineering Manager

OVERVIEW:

We're looking for an experienced Platform Engineering Manager with a passion for building scalable, cloud-based platforms to join our high performing team. Do you thrive in empowering small, dynamic teams to develop cutting-edge infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and Go Lang?

Join our innovative tech team and lead the charge in shaping the future of cloud infrastructure! We’re looking for someone with:

•  Proven Leadership: Lead a talented team of Engineers, providing mentorship, direction, and fostering a collaborative environment where everyone thrives.
•  Cloud Expertise: A deep understanding of cloud platforms and architectures, with hands-on experience scaling cloud-based solutions.
•  Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Expertise in utilising IaC tools to ensure seamless deployment and management of infrastructure.
•  Go Lang Mastery: In-depth experience with Go Lang to build highly performant, scalable systems.
•  Scalability Focus: Experience designing and scaling platforms that can handle large, complex workloads efficiently.

WHAT YOU'LL BE DOING:

• Empowering Engineers to achieve a consistently high bar of engineering excellence in their work, through regular facilitation of skill-sharing
• Creating unique opportunities to upskill individual or team knowledge gaps
• Interpreting team objectives to create meaningful, SMART KPIs for direct reports
• Effectively structures their teams to enable them to accomplish their goals
• Maintaining an open, performance-led environment to identify and resolve interpersonal conflicts quickly
• Considering team morale, skill and current workload when involved in ad-hoc decision-making
• Advocating cross-functional collaboration to achieve consistency of approach across the Tech team
• Raising team profile in the wider organisation, recognising both individual and team achievements
• Collaborating with other EMs and Heads-of to form a ‘one-team' fully aligned on general engineering approach and delivery requirements
• Ensuring situations in relation to delivery do not stagnate, taking personal responsibly to restore clarity, capability, and motivation where necessary
• Making significant improvements to internal processes to ensure projects are delivered to deadlines, and therefore budgets
• Proactively managing incidents directly affecting their team or area which could have knock-on implications cross-function
• Comfortably interpreting and driving KPIs set by PM

WHAT YOU'LL NEED:
Essential Criteria:

• Depending on which area you'd like to go into, experience in Software engineering 
• A varied experience in mentoring/coaching and people management
• Has led and supported the activities of an agile delivery team
• Led a team through change management 
• Worked closely with Lead Engineers to decipher working projections 
• Ability to implement efficiencies in ways of working
• Provide sources for progression framework and development tools for the teams moving forwards 

Important to note: This is a hybrid role and would require the successful candidate to attend at least 3 days a week in GSIQ, Solihull, UK.

BELONGING AT GYMSHARK.

Our mission is to be a place where everyone belongs. We’re an equal opportunities employer, and for us that means we always strive to be as inclusive as possible in all aspects of employment, right from your application. We’re committed to finding reasonable adjustments* for candidates with specific needs or have a disability during our recruitment process, and all applicants will be considered fairly and equally. We do not tolerate discrimination of any kind. *If you’d like to request a reasonable adjustment please email [email protected]. 

ABOUT US.

We’re here to unite the conditioning community. We believe that putting the sweat in today, prepares us for tomorrow. So, we give people the tools they need to reach further, go faster, be stronger. We celebrate those who show up – for themselves – to be their physical or mental best, whatever that means for them. It’s what we want for our community, and our team. A team that’s growing rapidly around the world. A collective of talented individuals working together to invent Gymshark’s future. Our plans are ambitious, and we’re looking for people who want to join us for the ride – our growth will be your growth.

THE PERKS.

🙌 Competitive ‘Win Together, Lose Together’ Bonus
🩺 Choice of Private Medical Insurance or Healthcare Cash Plan, paid for by us!
🏖 25 days holidays + your birthday and all the Bank Holidays which can be substituted and taken whenever you want.
💻 A truly Flexible Working Culture
👥 A collaborative, creative and inspiring working environment
💰 Employer pension contributions up to 7%
🤩 Life Assurance at four times your basic salary
🦈 50% Gymshark Discount
🎁 Gymshark Gift Card for each year of service
🛍️ Discounts, Cashback and Savings programme
🥇 Financial, Physical and Mental Wellbeing Support
📚 Great Training and Learning Resources
🖥 Choice of hardware and access to the best software
🤒 Paid time off when you’re physically and mentally unwell
🧸 Very Generous Family Leave package – we support you extending your family
🍎 Refuel - Healthy fresh food at GSHQ
🏋️‍♂️ Lifting Club (LC) Gym Membership
👉 Free monthly massages
💈 Beauty and Barber facilities
🚘 Free on-site parking

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