Platform Engineer | Tech Unicorn | Developer Experience Focus | Sydney (Hybrid)

Are you passionate about developer experience and enabling engineering teams to move faster, safer, and more autonomously?

We're hiring a Platform Engineer for one of Australia's leading tech unicorns - a household name known for cutting-edge technology, a strong engineering culture, and an enviable product that's used globally.

🛠 The Opportunity

This is a Sydney-based role (hybrid), focused on building out an internal self-service platform to empower developers to ship features faster and more reliably. You'll play a key role in improving the developer experience by abstracting away infrastructure complexities and enabling teams to focus on building great products.

As part of a high-impact platform team, you'll work closely with software engineers across the organisation to build tools, frameworks, and services that streamline development workflows and improve scalability, reliability, and observability.

🌟 What You'll Work On

Building and scaling a self-service platform used by internal engineering teams

Improving CI/CD pipelines and developer tooling

Defining and enforcing infrastructure standards using Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

Championing observability and operational excellence

Enhancing Kubernetes orchestration and AWS-based infrastructure

Collaborating with product and platform engineers to deliver a frictionless dev experience

🔧 What You'll Bring

Strong experience with AWS and cloud-native architecture

Proficiency with Infrastructure as Code tools like Terraform or Pulumi

Deep understanding of Kubernetes and container orchestration

Solid CI/CD experience (GitHub Actions, CircleCI, ArgoCD, etc.)

Strong knowledge of monitoring, logging, and observability (e.g. Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog)

A passion for improving the lives of developers and creating reliable, scalable systems

Excellent communication skills and a collaborative mindset

🇦🇺 Work Eligibility

You must be an Australian Citizen or Permanent Resident

This is a Sydney-based role with a flexible hybrid work model

💥 Why Join?

Work at a top-tier tech unicorn with a global impact

Be part of a high-performing team solving real engineering problems

Strong internal engineering culture with modern tech and autonomy

Competitive salary, equity, and employee benefits

Career growth, mentoring, and a collaborative environment