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