Cloud Platform Engineering Senior Manager

Excited to grow your career?

Our purpose is to make it easy for people to save and invest for a better future. We are looking for great people to join us, so please come and invest in YOUR future at Hargreaves Lansdown.

We're building the next generation of platform for one of the UK's largest financial services companies, trusted by over 1.8 million clients and managing £130+ billion in assets. This is your opportunity to shape technology that will redefine how people invest and achieve financial freedom. Our purpose is clear: to give people financial freedom. By joining us, you'll help deliver innovative, secure, and scalable solutions that make investing easier and more accessible for everyone.

• Collaborate with senior Digital stakeholders to shape the cloud platform strategy and roadmaps.
• Drive the design and delivery of reusable cloud services and platform capabilities, ensuring compliance with lifecycle and governance standards.
• Build and manage a high-performing management team, fostering accountability, innovation, and cross-functional collaboration with engineering, product, and business teams.
• Accountability for improving developer experience and velocity using DORA metrics (deployment frequency, lead time, MTTR, change failure rate).
• Monitor platform performance, cost optimisation, and operational resilience using KPIs, SLOs, and data-driven insights.
• Deliver rapid, reliable build and release processes by championing Infrastructure-as-Code, CI/CD, Dev Ops, and SRE practices, while always maintaining security and compliance.
• Maintain robust compliance with security, regulatory, and governance standards across all cloud environments.
• Evaluate and incorporate new AWS services and technologies to enhance platform value for HL’s business and clients.

• Extensive experience in cloud platform engineering and operations, with a deep understanding of cloud-native architectures and best practices.
• Strong technical expertise in AWS services and the ability to translate business requirements into robust, scalable cloud solutions.
• Proven leadership and people management skills, with the ability to build and motivate high-performing, cross-functional teams.
• Excellent problem-solving, decision-making, and conflict resolution capabilities to navigate complex technical and organisational challenges.
• Collaborative mindset and effective communication skills to work closely with the product engineering or client facing teams and align the cloud platform with their needs.
• Commitment to continuous learning and the implementation of innovative cloud technologies and delivery approaches.
• Demonstrated leadership in building and developing high-performing cloud platform engineering or architecture teams.
• Hands-on experience with large-scale cloud migrations and platform modernisation initiatives.
• Relevant qualifications such as a degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field; cloud certifications (e.g., Azure Solutions Architect, AWS Certified Solutions Architect) are highly desirable.

3 stage interview process – Meet with the Digital Platforms and Services Director, then a Technical Interview followed by a Leadership/ Culture.

We're based in the stunning Paddington Central offices at 4 Kingdom Street, a modern workspace designed to energise your day and elevate collaboration.

What Makes It Special?

• Landscaped rooftop gardens – perfect for a breath of fresh air or informal catch-ups.
• London's highest rooftop basketball court – yes, really!
• On-site café and bar with sweeping views across West London.
• Wellness amenities including showers, lockers, hairdryers, and fresh towels.
• Cyclist-friendly with secure bike storage and drying rooms.
• Stylish lounge areas, booths, and breakout spaces for focused work or relaxed chats.
• Canalside location near Little Venice, with floating restaurants, coffee shops, and a seasonal pop-up garden bar.
• Unbeatable transport links – just steps from Paddington Station and the Elizabeth Line, with Heathrow only 30 minutes away.

We embrace a hybrid working model that gives you the best of both worlds:

• 2-3 days a week in the…