US Bank Head Platform Engineering Category Technology 

United Kingdom, England, London 

186635535

The Head of Platform Engineering at Elavon will lead the design, delivery, and evolution of platform capabilities that underpin our payment gateway products, including EPG, CPI, Opayo, and Salucro.

• Platform Strategy & Vision

Define and execute a platform engineering strategy that supports Elavon’s multi-product architecture and aligns with US Bank’s cloud and compliance frameworks.

• Team Leadership

Lead and mentor a distributed platform engineering team, fostering a culture of ownership, innovation, and collaboration across London and US-based teams.

• Platform Architecture & Operations

Oversee the design and operation of Elavon’s internal platforms, including AWS infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, observability tooling, and developer experience capabilities.

• Developer Enablement

Reduce cognitive load for product teams by delivering reusable, secure, and scalable platform components that accelerate delivery and improve reliability.

• Cross-Functional Collaboration

Partner with product, security, compliance, and infrastructure teams across Elavon and US Bank to ensure platform alignment and integration.

• Reliability & Quality

Embed SRE principles into platform operations, ensuring high availability, robust incident management, and continuous feedback loops with development teams.

• Compliance & Governance

Ensure platform services meet regulatory and security requirements, including those mandated by US Bank and payment industry standards.

• Leadership

Proven ability to lead high-performing engineering teams and influence cross-functional stakeholders.

• Platform Engineering Expertise

Deep experience with cloud-native platforms, infrastructure-as-code, and platform-as-a-product thinking.

• Strategic Thinking

Ability to align platform capabilities with business outcomes and long-term technology roadmaps.

• Operational Excellence

Strong understanding of observability, incident response, and platform reliability engineering.

Clear communicator who can engage technical and non-technical audiences across global teams.

• Collaboration

Experience working across organisational boundaries, including with central cloud, database, and security teams.

• AWS

Deep familiarity with AWS and multi-region setups.

• Containerization & Kubernetes

Experience deploying and managing containerized workloads at scale.

• Payment Gateways

Understanding of payment gateway architecture.

• Developer Experience