Principal Platform Engineer - Database

Google Chrome Microsoft Edge Apple Safari Mozilla Firefox Principal Platform Engineer - DatabaseFull-timeCompany DescriptionIFS is a billion-dollar revenue company with 7000+ employees on all continents. Our leading AI technology is the backbone of our award-winning enterprise software solutions, enabling our customers to be their best when it really matters–at the Moment of Service™. Our commitment to internal AI adoption has allowed us to stay at the forefront of technological advancements, ensuring our colleagues can unlock their creativity and productivity, and our solutions are always cutting-edge.At IFS, we’re flexible, we’re innovative, and we’re focused not only on how we can engage with our customers but on how we can make a real change and have a worldwide impact. We help solve some of society’s greatest challenges, fostering a better future through our agility, collaboration, and trust.We celebrate diversity and understand our responsibility to reflect the diverse world we work in. We are committed to promoting an inclusive workforce that fully represents the many different cultures, backgrounds, and viewpoints of our customers, our partners, and our communities. As a truly international company serving people from around the globe, we realize that our success is tantamount to the respect we have for those different points of view.By joining our team, you will have the opportunity to be part of a global, diverse environment; you will be joining a winning team with a commitment to sustainability; and a company where we get things done so that you can make a positive impact on the world.We’re looking for innovative and original thinkers to work in an environment where you can #MakeYourMoment so that we can help others make theirs. With the power of our AI-driven solutions, we empower our team to change the status quo and make a real difference.If you want to change the status quo, we’ll help you make your moment. Join Team Purple. Join IFS.Job DescriptionThe Platform Engineering team (R&D) builds and operates the foundational infrastructure that powers IFS Cloud. We're organised into platform teams – each led by a technical lead who sets direction and leads a squad of engineers.The Database team is newly established, reflecting the strategic importance of database platform modernisation. You'll be joining at the ground floor with the mandate to shape how this team operates. About the RoleWe're looking for a Database Team Lead at principal engineer level – someone who can own the strategy, design, and automation of database deployment and orchestration for our R&D department. This isn't a traditional DBA or operations role. We need someone who thinks like an engineer first: automates by default, codes pipelines, and treats database infrastructure as software.You'll lead a team responsible for how databases are designed, provisioned, deployed, and orchestrated across IFS Cloud. You'll set the technical direction – with a strong bias toward automation, self-service, and modern engineering practices.The relationship with the operational team is critical. This is an R&D role. You work alongside the operational team that run the infrastructure for our customers. They are the direct consumers of everything you build. The reliability, supportability, and ease-of-operation of the database platform is a direct consequence of the decisions you make. You'll work closely with the ops team to validate your automation and strategy against real-world metrics – if it's hard to support, that's your problem to solve. Their experience is how you measure success.You provide database as a capability - you'll be comfortable engaging with the product teams that consume your database capabilities. You'll treat them like customers and obsess about their Developer Experience.This role values quality of experience over quantity. We care about what you've built and how you think, not how many years are on your CV.Key...