Spendesk is seeking an Engineering Manager to lead our Platform team. This team manages Spendesk’s entire technical infrastructure: the cloud foundation, Kubernetes runtime, CI/CD, networking, security guardrails, and core platform services that every application and service runs on.

Reporting to the CTO, you will define the platform vision and partner with product engineering to improve developer velocity, reliability, security, and cost efficiency across the company. This is a high‑impact leadership opportunity at the core of Spendesk’s SaaS platform, where your work will directly accelerate innovation and empower every product team. You’ll shape the systems, automation, and paved roads that drive scale, resilience, and a world‑class developer experience.

If you’re passionate about building strong engineering cultures, pragmatic AI adoption, and enabling teams to move fast and securely, we’d love to meet you.

Key Responsibilities

• Own and deliver an 18‑month platform roadmap with clear ROI, KPIs, and cost targets.
  
• Operate and evolve Spendesk’s core infrastructure: AWS, Kubernetes (EKS), networking, CI/CD, observability, secrets/identity, and security guardrails.
  
• Set platform standards (security baselines, IaC) and provide golden paths and self‑service.
  
• Ensure reliability with SLOs, robust incident management/on‑call, capacity planning, and DR.
  
• Scale CI/CD, GitOps, and release practices to simplify and de‑risk delivery.
  
• Lead FinOps governance, manage budgets, and reduce unit costs.
  
• Build, coach, and hire for the Platform team; align stakeholders with objective prioritisation and clear communication.
  
• Champion developer experience and thoughtful AI adoption.

Required Qualifications

Experience & Background

• 8-12 years in platform/infrastructure roles with increasing leadership scope.
• 3-5 years managing a technical team of 5+ engineers.
• Proven delivery of complex, multi‑stakeholder platform programs on time and budget.
• Experience designing and operating scalable, cloud‑native architectures.
• Track record of building engaged, high‑performing teams.

Technical Requirements

• Deep knowledge of AWS, Kubernetes (EKS), ArgoCD, Terraform, Datadog, and GitHub Actions.
• Strong in Infrastructure as Code, GitOps, container orchestration, networking, and security.
• Solid grasp of security and privacy frameworks (e.g., ISO 27001, GDPR), observability/SLOs, and disaster recovery.
• Experience building standardized CI/CD, paved roads, and developer self‑service.

Leadership & Communication

• Earns technical credibility with engineers; clear, structured communication to technical and business audiences.
• Strong stakeholder management with objective prioritisation and trade‑off articulation.
• Demonstrated coaching, feedback, and career development for engineers.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in fintech, SaaS, or other regulated industries.
• Scale‑up background (50-500 employees) and a platform product mindset (DX focus).
• Comfortable leveraging AI tools to improve developer workflows and speed.
• Advanced degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.

What We’re Looking For

• A platform leader and infrastructure steward who raises operational standards through standardisation, automation, and reliability. 
• You’re as comfortable coordinating cross‑functional incident response as you are presenting platform strategy and ROI to executives. 
• You combine deep technical judgment with strong people leadership and a bias to measurable outcomes, owning both the build and the run of the infrastructure that powers Spendesk.

As we are an international team, please submit your application and CV in English.

About Spendesk
Spendesk is the AI-powered spend management and procurement platform that transforms company spending. By simplifying procurement, payment cards, expense management, invoice processing, and accounting automation, Spendesk sets the new standard for spending at work. Its single, intelligent solution makes efficient spending easy for employees and gives finance leaders the full visibility and control they need across all company spend, even in multi-entity structures. Trusted by thousands of companies, Spendesk supports over 200,000 users across brands such as SoundCloud, Gousto, SumUp, and Bloom & Wild. With offices in the United Kingdom, France, Spain and Germany, Spendesk also puts community at the heart of its mission.

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About our people & culture
We believe that people do their best work when they’re given the freedom to thrive and grow. That’s why liberation is at the core of everything we do. We empower Spendeskers to take ownership of their work, to navigate ambiguity, and seize every opportunity. Spendeskers come from all over the world (35+ countries and counting!) but we have plenty in common: we're bold, ever-curious, committed to kindness, and tackle every challenge with a positive mindset.

About our benefits
Our culture is built on trust, empowerment, and growth — with benefits to match!

• Flexible on-site and remote policy
• Lunch 60% funded by Spendesk (Swile Card)
• Alan Premium health insurance
• A Gymlib pass to let off steam after a productive day at work
• Access to Moka.care for emotional and mental health wellbeing
• Access to Vendredi allowing us to change the world
• Latest Apple equipment
• Great office snacks to fuel your day
• A positive team to work with daily!

Diversity & Inclusion

At Spendesk, we're committed to fostering an environment where all differences are encouraged, supported and celebrated. We're building our culture for everyone, with everyone. Our goal is to attract and build a diverse, equal and inclusive team, where everyone feels welcome and we truly embrace and encourage people from all backgrounds to apply.