About this role
WHO WE ARE
We build software exclusively for capital markets based on an advanced AI-ready architecture. If you're a self-starter excited about redefining how software is delivered in the financial markets, you'll find a home at Genesis.
We're charting a new path, delivering tailored solutions at scale on a standardized software architecture that accelerates AI integration with financial markets guardrails. Across the life cycle of software, we provide purpose-built solutions for the business, AI tools for builders and agentic-by-design framework for firms on the leading edge of real-world AI adoption.
Clients value us for our deep capital markets expertise, decades of experience delivering and operating mission-critical systems, and rigorous thinking shaping the adoption of AI at development and at run time
To help us achieve our vision of reinventing the way financial markets organizations build software, we are looking for people who aren’t afraid to challenge the status quo - people who are passionate about change.
If you are a self-starter and innovative thinker with a client-first mindset, Genesis is for you.
THE OPPORTUNITY
We're looking for a Head of DevOps to own the platforms, infrastructure and delivery pipelines that let us ship software securely and reliably for our clients — from development through to the production systems we run on their behalf.
This is a senior leadership role with a global remit, spanning our regional DevOps teams. You'll report to the Executive Vice President, Engineering, build and lead the function, set the standard every engineering team builds against, and be accountable for the reliability, security, and cost transparency of a large, multi-region cloud estate.
You'll stay technical enough to review architecture credibly and make the right calls, but this is a leadership role first: your job is multiplying a team's output, not shipping code yourself.
Some travel comes with the role — visiting the wider team in the UK from time to time — but not extended stints away from home.
WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR
Senior leadership experience owning a DevOps or platform function, ideally spanning more than one team or region
A genuine track record of line-managing engineers with real accountability for their performance and development
Strong technical judgement — able to assess whether what your team is building is the right shape, and raise it early
Significant hands-on background building and running large-scale production systems on a major cloud platform (AWS and/or GCP) — networking, IAM, compute, managed Kubernetes, CI/CD and infrastructure-as-code at scale
Experience running a cloud estate that has to stand up to external audit (e.g. SOC 2) and give the business real cost visibility
Clear communication — comfortable explaining architectural trade-offs to technical and non-technical stakeholders alike
Familiarity with containerisation and Kubernetes at a level where you can credibly review your team's architecture decisions
Nice to Have
Experience leading a DevOps or platform function across more than one country or region
Background in a client-facing or regulated services environment
Certifications such as AWS Certified DevOps Engineer or AWS Certified Solutions Architect