Lead Platform Engineer

Lead Platform Engineer (all genders)

Why LPD?

At Amadeus Leisure Package Distribution (LPD), we are shaping the future of our digital infrastructure and evolving our hybrid cloud platform to support scalability, security, automation and operational excellence. This role is key to strengthening our engineering capabilities and turning our Hybrid Cloud Strategy into reliable, reusable and production-ready platform capabilities. Join our team at Amadeus LPD and help build the technical foundation for the next generation of hybrid cloud services.

What You'll Do

As a Lead Platform Engineer, you will act as a senior technical driver for our Hybrid Cloud Platform. You will combine deep hands-on engineering expertise with the ability to guide complex technical delivery across teams. You will work closely with platform and engineering teams to translate platform strategy into practical, reusable and production-ready capabilities.

Key responsibilities include:

• Platform Engineering: Design, build and evolve scalable, secure and automated hybrid cloud platform capabilities.

• Technical Excellence: Translate architectural direction into practical, reusable and production-ready engineering solutions.

• Automation and Standardization: Drive infrastructure as code, CI/CD, GitOps, reusable modules, platform blueprints and golden paths.

• Reliability by Design: Ensure platform services are observable, resilient, reliable and operationally sustainable.

• Cross-Team Enablement: Support alignment across architecture, engineering, operations, security and application teams.

• Continuous Improvement: Challenge existing approaches, reduce operational complexity and improve platform maturity over time.

About the ideal candidate

The ideal candidate is a highly experienced hands-on platform engineer with a strong builder mindset and the ability to operate effectively in complex technical environments. You bring deep expertise in cloud-native technologies, Kubernetes/OpenShift, automation, infrastructure as code and modern software delivery practices. Software engineering experience is a plus, particularly for developing and maintaining platform-level capabilities and services. You are pragmatic, technically curious and able to structure work, challenge assumptions and create momentum across teams.

What we offer

🌎 A key role in shaping and industrializing the Amadeus LPD Hybrid Cloud Platform.

🎓 Great opportunities to learn - Learning happens all the time and in many ways at Amadeus, through on-the-job training, formal learning activities, and day-to-day interactions with colleagues.

🤗 A caring environment - Amadeus fosters a caring environment, nurturing both a fulfilling career and personal and family life. We care about our employees and strive to provide a supportive work environment.

🌟 A hybrid working model - We want our employees to do their best work, however the hybrid model works best for them.

🌈 A diverse and inclusive community - We are committed to leveraging our uniquely diverse population to drive innovation, creativity, and collaboration across our organization.

📈 A Reliable Company - Trust and reliability are fundamental values that drive our actions and shape long-lasting relationships with our customers, partners, and employees.

🎯 A critical mission and purpose - At Amadeus, you will be powering the future of travel and pursuing a critical mission and extraordinary purpose

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Diversity & Inclusion

Amadeus aspires to be a leader in Diversity and Inclusion in the tech industry, enabling every employee to reach their full potential by fostering a culture of belonging and fair treatment, attracting the best talent from all backgrounds, and as a role model for an inclusive employee experience.  

Amadeus is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to gender, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, age, beliefs, disability or any other characteristics protected by law.  

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