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Staff Platform Engineer
About this role
ABOUT PAVE BANK Pave Bank is the world’s first programmable business bank. Built by the founders behind Monzo and BigPay, we’re redefining global business banking by combining programmable financial infrastructure with world-class client experiences. ABOUT THE ROLE We are looking for a Head of Platform Engineering to own the development and operation of Pave Bank's platform infrastructure. This is a hands-on technical leadership role.
You will define the technical direction for platform engineering, remain deeply involved in the design and implementation of critical systems, and help shape the engineering practices and capabilities required as Pave scales. The role is load-bearing, with direct responsibility for production systems, technical troubleshooting, and participation in the on-call rotation. WHAT YOU'LL DO - Own the technical direction and evolution of Pave's platform infrastructure.
- Design, build, and maintain reliable platform systems and services on GCP. - Remain hands-on with software development, particularly in Go. - Design and implement authentication systems using OAuth 2.0, including authentication flows and integrations in Go. - Work with Temporal for workflow orchestration. - Build and operate production workloads on Kubernetes. - Design and manage cloud networking infrastructure, including VPC, Cloud IPsec, and KMS.
- Work with Cloud SQL and PostgreSQL, including the design and operation of production database systems. - Own and improve platform CI/CD and infrastructure-as-code practices. - Establish and maintain appropriate observability, monitoring, and alerting across platform systems. - Act as a technical lead for complex platform and infrastructure problems. - Take ownership of production issues and participate in the on-call rotation.
- Work closely with other engineering teams to build platform capabilities that support their technical requirements. - Make practical architectural decisions and drive projects from design through implementation and operation. - Help establish the engineering standards, practices, and technical foundations for the platform as the function grows. - Mentor and support engineers working on platform and infrastructure as the team develops.