TROOPSouth Africa, Spain

Senior Platform Engineering Manager

Description

Senior Platform Engineering Manager

Remote / Spain or SA-based on CET time-zone

**About **:

**** is the meeting planning & group travel logistics platform that helps you bring people together for successful in-person meetings. **** helps you manage the complexities of meeting planning, turning logistical challenges into meaningful connections and better outcomes for your team.

We’re on a mission to change the way companies bring people together—and that starts with building a team that thrives on innovation, collaboration, and impact. At ****, we’re transforming how teams meet—making in-person gatherings smarter, more efficient, and easier to plan. But we’re not just revolutionizing meeting logistics. We’re building a company where people love to work.

's Culture:

**** is a global, remote-first company with a distributed team and hubs across the US, Spain, and South Africa. While we work remotely, we place a strong emphasis on frequent in-person meetings to build trust, deepen collaboration, and strengthen personal connection.

Our culture is grounded in shared values:

Ubuntu: “I am because we are” — reflecting our belief in collective success.

Create: Embracing innovation through bold ideas.

Impact: Succeeding together through meaningful results.

Connect: Harnessing the power of personal connection to bring people together.

About The Role:

We’re looking for a Senior Platform Engineering Manager to lead our platform and security engineering efforts. This is a hands-on role combining technical depth, leadership, and strategic thinking to build a secure and high-performing platform.

Responsibilities:

Leadership & Team Development:

  • Lead and mentor a team of Platform and Security Engineers
  • Foster a high-performance engineering culture focused on ownership, reliability, and continuous improvement
  • Provide hands-on technical guidance while empowering the team to execute independently
  • Partner closely with Engineering, Product, and Leadership teams to align platform strategy with business goals

Platform & Infrastructure:

  • Own and evolve our cloud infrastructure on GCP
  • Drive adoption and maturity of Infrastructure as Code (Terraform)
  • Lead the design, implementation, and scaling of Kubernetes (GKE) environments
  • Champion GitOps practices using ArgoCD and Helm
  • Build and maintain reliable CI/CD pipelines using GitLab/GitHub and CI automation tools

Observability & Reliability:

  • Establish best practices for monitoring, logging, and alerting
  • Improve system reliability, performance, and incident response processes
  • Define and track platform SLIs/SLOs

Security & Compliance:

  • Embed security into every stage of the development lifecycle, coordinating different security automation tools
  • Lead efforts around SOC 2 Type II compliance and other relevant regulations
  • Drive -by-design principles across systems and processes
  • Lead external engagement with predominantly US-based clients on security, compliance, and practices, ensuring alignment with enterprise expectations and regulatory standards

Automation & Engineering Excellence:

  • Promote and implement the “Everything as Code” mindset across infrastructure, security, and operations
  • Continuously improve developer experience through tooling and self-service platforms
  • Identify and remove bottlenecks in engineering workflows

Requirements

  • Around 8 years of experience in Platform Engineering, including 3 years in leadership roles
  • Strong hands-on experience with Terraform (Infrastructure as Code), Kubernetes, GCP or other major cloud providers, ArgoCD and Helm, GitLab/GitHub and CI/CD automation
  • Experience with observability tools such as OpenTelemetry or the LGTM stack
  • Deep understanding of DevOps, GitOps, and platform engineering principles
  • Experience in security engineering and automation practices like, SAST, container security, configuration management or WAF setups
  • Solid understanding of compliance frameworks (especially SOC 2 Type II and )
  • Experience implementing -by-design and secure-by-default systems
  • Experience working in fast-paced startup or scale-up environments
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to explain complex concepts in clear, professional English to non-technical stakeholders and clients.

Benefits

💻 Remote-first within our hubs: operates remotely with frequent in-person engagements, focusing on scaling within our legal entities in Spain, South Africa and the US.

🚀Join the Pioneering Team: As part of the initial team at, you'll be at the forefront of an extraordinary adventure. Picture yourself shaping the future of a fast-growing technology company where your ideas and contributions truly make a difference.

🎨 Discover an Incredible, Supportive Team and Diverse Culture: Prepare to be amazed by the exceptional individuals who form 's team. Collaborate with brilliant, multicultural minds, where diverse backgrounds unite for unparalleled collaboration.

📈 Supported by Top Investors: 's remarkable journey is backed by prestigious investors, such as the. Join forces with a company that has garnered the trust and support of the best in the industry. Read more about 's Executive Chairman (Co-founder of Concur).

Paid Time Off: We provide 23 days per year, allowing you ample opportunity to relax, recharge, and have some well-deserved fun.

🩺 Comprehensive Health Insurance / Medical Aid Coverage.

💚 Mental Health Budget: Yearly budget assistance for mental health support for all our employees.

☀️Unforgettable Adventures: At, we cherish the bonds we create and the time we spend together. Each year, we embark on an incredible offsite to a surprise location, courtesy of. You'll have the opportunity to explore new cultures, create lasting memories, and bond with your colleagues in a unique and exciting way

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Skills

GCPHelmGitHubGitLabCI/CDComplianceArgoCDGDPRKubernetesSOC 2SecurityTerraformPlatform EngineeringDevOpsOpenTelemetry

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