An Australian technology success story with a growing global customer base, this organisation develops a sophisticated SaaS platform that combines cloud engineering, IoT, AI and data analytics to help major retailers optimise how their businesses operate.
Engineering sits at the heart of the business, with cross-functional teams working in an agile environment where collaboration, innovation and continuous improvement are genuinely encouraged.
Rather than working in a heavily layered organisation, you'll have the opportunity to influence technical direction, contribute to architectural decisions and see your ideas make it into production.
With continued investment in platform engineering, automation and AI, it's an exciting time to join a business where engineers are empowered with real ownership, autonomy and the freedom to experiment with modern technologies.
The Role
This is much more than a traditional Platform Engineering role.
Working closely with the CTO and engineering teams across software, DevOps, security, data and hardware, you'll play a key role in building and evolving the platforms that underpin a globally used SaaS product.
You'll remain hands-on across cloud infrastructure, automation, CI/CD and production systems while helping shape engineering standards, platform architecture and the adoption of modern AI-enabled engineering practices.
If you enjoy solving complex technical problems, improving the way engineering teams work and mentoring others along the way, this is an opportunity to make a genuine impact.
The Tech
We're interested in speaking with Platform, DevOps, Cloud or Site Reliability Engineers with experience across some or all of the following:
Strong
AWS
experience,



with a solid understanding of production cloud architecture and infrastructure
Strong
Platform Engineering, DevOps or Site Reliability Engineering
background
Infrastructure as Code
, ideally strong hands-on experience with
Terraform
Experience owning and improving
production platforms
, with a focus on scalability, reliability, availability and performance
CI/CD, deployment automation and containerised environments
, including Docker and ideally Kubernetes
Experience with
event-driven/distributed architectures
- ideally
Kafka
, or technologies such as SQS, SNS, EventBridge or similar
Strong
observability and SRE practices
, including monitoring, alerting, incident management, SLOs and production troubleshooting
Strong technical foundations with scripting/programming such as
Python, Go, TypeScript, Bash or similar
Ability to provide
technical leadership
- shaping architecture and platform direction, setting engineering standards, mentoring engineers and working closely with the CTO
Security, DevSecOps and cloud cost/FinOps
awareness
Exposure to
AI-assisted engineering, automation or AI-enabled platform tooling
would be advantageous
Experience within
SaaS/product environments
is highly regarded, particularly platforms dealing with
IoT, high-volume or real-time data, retail technology or distributed systems
.
What's on Offer
Join a growing Australian technology company with a global footprint.
Work in a team-oriented, agile engineering culture with genuine autonomy.
Influence architecture, engineering standards and platform strategy.
Exposure to modern cloud technologies, automation and AI initiatives.
Flexible hybrid working environment.
Strong career growth with the opportunity to step into technical leadership over time
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📌 Lead Platform Engineer (Melbourne)
🏢 Halcyon Knights
📍 Melbourne