At a Glance
- Tasks: Own and evolve developer platforms to enhance software delivery across a global organisation.
- Company: Join a forward-thinking company that values innovation and collaboration.
- Benefits: Competitive salary of £60,000 - £65,000 plus additional benefits.
- Other info: Opportunity for career growth in a dynamic and supportive environment.
- Why this job: Make a measurable impact by shaping the future of our developer ecosystem.
- Qualifications: Experience in platform ownership and strong governance skills required.
The predicted salary is between 34286 - 41906 £ per year.
Your new role
My client is looking for a Developer Platforms Specialist to take end-to-end ownership of the platforms that underpin software delivery across our global organisation. This isn’t a support role. This is a platform ownership role. You will be the technical authority responsible for shaping, governing and evolving our developer ecosystem - ensuring it is secure, scalable, modern and truly enables engineering teams to deliver at pace. If you thrive on defining standards, driving adoption, and owning outcomes, this is your opportunity to make a measurable impact at enterprise scale.
What you’ll need to succeed
- The Role: Platform Ownership at Enterprise Scale
- You will own the developer platform landscape - from strategy through to execution, governance and continuous improvement.
- Platform Strategy & Governance
- Own governance, standards, and policies for developer platforms
- Ensure security, compliance, and alignment with enterprise architecture
- Act as decision authority on platform usage, integrations, and tooling
- Platform Ownership & Lifecycle
- Manage the developer tooling portfolio (Azure DevOps, GitHub, Power Platform, etc.)
- Define lifecycle (onboarding, upgrades, retirement)
- Shape platform roadmaps aligned to business and Microsoft ecosystem direction
- Provisioning & Automation
- Enable self-service environments, repositories, and pipelines
- Embed security and compliance guardrails
- Standardise tooling patterns to improve consistency and scalability
- Monitoring & Operations
- Track platform health, usage, and compliance
- Deliver insights to drive optimisation and investment decisions
- Define support models, resilience, and service management
- Adoption & Enablement
- Lead platform adoption and change management
- Provide guidance, documentation, and technical leadership
- Support engineering teams and innovation initiatives
What you’ll get in return
£60,000 - £65,000 + benefits
What you need to do now
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