Head of Platform
PartlyChristchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand
Posted January 30, 2026
Full Time
About the Company
Partly is a company with offices in Christchurch, Auckland, and London, offering a high-trust, low-process work environment.
Job Description
Partly is seeking a Head of Platform to lead the team responsible for building and operating software infrastructure, including platform strategy, developer experience, reliability, and security.
Requirements
- Proven experience leading a platform / infrastructure / SRE function
- Strong grounding in SRE practices
- Deep familiarity with running production workloads on a major cloud
- Hands-on expertise with IaC and GitOps workflows
- Developer Experience Mindset
- Security-by-Default
- Strong Engineering Fundamentals
- Communication & Influence
- Ownership & Bias for Action
Benefits
- High trust, low process and no bureaucracy
- Competitive base salary + equity
- Flexible working hours
- Focus Days
- Take time when you need it
- Offices in Christchurch CBD and Aucklandâs Karangahape Road
- Learn from the best
- Quarterly season openers & annual global offsite
- Team connection
- Parental leave and flexible return to work
- Payroll Giving