Job Description
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.
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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.
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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.
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The Role
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This is much more than a traditional Platform Engineering role.
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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.
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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.
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The Tech
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We're interested in speaking with Platform, DevOps, Cloud or Site Reliability Engineers with experience across some or all of the following:
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Strong AWS experience,



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