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The Role Title: Lead Platform Engineer Team: Platform Location: Remote / Canada What will you do? Were looking for an experienced Lead Platform Engineer to ensure Midnite is reliable, performant, and always available, no matter the time of day. Youll play a key role in shaping the evolution of our core platform, setting engineering standards, and driving improvements across our infrastructure and backend systems. Youll work closely with our Head Of Platform Engineering and the global Platform team, taking ownership of critical systems design, reliability engineering, and deployment practices. This is a high-impact, high-autonomy role where youll be the person the team relies on when things break, and the person they trust when things need to scale or improve. This is a handson leadership role. Expect to spend most of your time in the code, working alongside the team to ship production changes. Youll also manage a small team of engineers, helping set the direction, coaching them daytoday, and creating a highperforming, engineeringled culture. Expect meaningful ownership and to be challenged and rewarded in equal measure. Technical Our platform is primarily built in Python and hosted on AWS, incorporating Flask, Pytest, Mypy, Docker, PostgreSQL, SQS, S3, and Terraform. We deploy daily. Own and drive architectural decisions across the platform, focusing on uptime, resilience, scalability, and performance. Lead technical design for complex crossteam projects, especially those touching core infrastructure or platform reliability. Identify and drive improvements in deployment pipelines, observability, performance monitoring, and systems architecture. Anticipate failure points, plan for scaling, and ensure the platform remains robust as usage grows. Guide the adoption of best practices in platform engineering, reliability, testing, and operational excellence. Work closely with partners and vendors to integrate their products into our systems in a safe, repeatable, and scalable way. Support senior engineers in unblocking crossteam issues, acting as the technical escalation point. Youll regularly contribute code, reviews, and production changes as part of the teams daily delivery. Collaboration & Leadership Youll collaborate with the wider engineering team, product, design, and trading teams to ensure platform decisions support Midnites ambitions. In this role, you will: Manage and develop a small team of engineers, creating the environment for them to perform at a high level. Mentor engineers across the broader team, helping them improve technical depth, delivery capability, and decision making. Facilitate technical discussions and planning sessions, ensuring clarity, alignment, and pragmatic decisionmaking. Delegate effectively, enabling others to move fast while ensuring engineering standards remain high. Drive accountability and ownership across the Platform team, defining how we build, deploy, and maintain our systems. Play a key role in hiring by running technical interviews and shaping the makeup of the Platform function. Strengthen the culture across engineering, promoting a focus on reliability, quality, and continuous improvement. The next Midniter 7+ years of engineering experience with deep expertise in Python or an equivalent modern language (e.g. Go, Rust), and cloudbased systems. Proven experience leading or managing engineers in a platform, backend, or infrastructurefocused role. Strong background in building resilient, scalable, and highperformance distributed systems. Ability to break down ambiguous and complex problems into clear plans and welldefined milestones. Demonstrated impact improving reliability, performance, and the developer experience. Handson technical leadership able to dive into code and architecture while guiding others. Strong communication and crossfunctional collaboration skills. Experience integrating thirdparty systems at scale and acting as the technical lead for those relationships. Familiarity with modern delivery practices and a deep appreciation for quality, testing, and stability. Winnings Private healthcare coverage to support your physical health and wellbeing. Virtual GP access so you can get medical advice quickly and conveniently. Pension scheme to help you plan and invest in your future. Tenure holiday policy. After three years you receive an extra two days leave, increasing to 30 days annually after five years. Flexible working and a fully supported home office setup so you can do your best work from home. At Midnite, were committed to creating equal opportunities for everyone. We actively strive to build balanced teams that reflect the diversity of our communities, including ethnic minorities, people with disabilities, LGBTQIA+ community, and all genders. We aim to provide an inclusive and supportive interview experience for all candidates. If you require any reasonable adjustments, please let us know in advance so we can ensure you feel comfortable and set up for success. #J-18808-Ljbffr