DevOps Team Lead

Location: London - 2 Gresham Street

Time Type: Full time

Job Description

This role leads the Developer Experience (DevEx) central hub, responsible for improving how engineers build, test, and ship software across the organisation. The focus is simple: remove friction, increase productivity, and ensure the developer platform is secure, reliable, and scalable.

You’ll own the strategy and evolution of core engineering capabilities across CI/CD, deployment and developer platforms. Acting as both team lead and product owner, you’ll align platform direction with developer needs and business priorities.

This is a hands-on leadership role. You’ll guide the team, shape technical direction, and step in on complex challenges where needed.

What You’ll Do

Leadership & Strategy

• Lead and develop the DevEx central team, setting direction, priorities, and standards

• Define and deliver the roadmap for developer platform capabilities (CI/CD, deployment, developer portals)

• Champion developer productivity across engineering, continuously identifying and removing friction

• Partner with Platform, Security, and Engineering teams to ensure solutions are secure, compliant, and resilient

Platform Ownership

Own and evolve the internal developer platform across:

• Continuous integration and delivery

• Deployment and release management

• Artefact management and supply chain security

• Developer self-service and internal platforms

• Ensure platforms are reliable, scalable, and aligned to modern engineering practices

• Drive standardisation and best practices across the software delivery lifecycle

Architecture & Enablement

• Provide architectural guidance on build, deployment, and delivery patterns

• Support teams in designing efficient, secure, and scalable pipelines

• Act as an escalation point for complex platform or developer workflow issues

• Improve developer self-service through automation and reusable patterns

What You Bring

Experience

• Proven experience leading technical teams in DevOps, SRE, or Developer Experience

• Strong track record improving developer productivity at scale

• Experience operating in cloud environments (Azure and/or AWS)

• Deep understanding of software delivery practices, including CI/CD (Azure DevOps and Github), infrastructure-as-code, and container platforms

• Repository configuration and management (Nexus) 

Technical Capability

• Strong knowledge across:

• CI/CD and deployment patterns

• Kubernetes and containerised workloads

• Infrastructure-as-code (e.g. Terraform)

• Source control and build systems

• Solid scripting or programming skills (PowerShell) 

• Understanding of security fundamentals in the software delivery lifecycle (e.g. identity, access, supply chain security)

Mindset

• Focused on outcomes over tools

• Pragmatic and able to balance speed, quality, and risk

• Strong communicator who can influence engineers and stakeholders

• Naturally curious, with a drive to continuously improve how things are done

Nice to Have

• Experience with internal developer platforms or portals

• Knowledge of observability and monitoring practices

• Understanding of networking and infrastructure fundamentals

Trayport is committed to creating and sustaining a collegial work environment in which all individuals are treated with dignity and respect and one which reflects the diversity of the community in which we operate. We provide accommodations for applicants and employees who require it.