Platform Engineer

Wellington - New Zealand

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 30+ days ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Help us use technology to make a big green dent in the universe!

Krakenpowers some of the most innovative global developments in energy.

Were a technology company focused on creating a smart sustainable energy system. From optimising renewable generation creating a more intelligent grid and enabling utilities to provide excellent customer experiences our operating system for energy is transforming the industry around the world in a way that benefits everyone.

Its a really exciting time in energy. Help us make a real impact on shaping a better more sustainable future.

Kraken Customer

What we do:build the most AI-driven innovative forward-thinking platform for energy management. From optimizing resources to delivering cost-effective exceptional customer experiences through advanced Customer Information Systems (CIS) billing meter data management CRM and AI-driven communications Kraken is powering the next wave of innovation in the energy industry.

Why we do it:future energy will not look like energy as we know it today. We need to not just think about our future but build for it. Now.

The Team

We have expanded our tentacles and are looking for someone (based in Wellington New Zealand) to join our Global Platform Engineering Solutions team. Our Solutions team builds custom integration solutions with our clients and automates the build of the main Kraken Customer application. As an engineer on this team youll design build and maintain the build process for new client environments as well as providing custom solutions to clients to ensure networking regulatory data safety and other requirements are met.

What youll do:

Build platform tooling and automation primarily in Python to help support new client infrastructure builds
Collaborate with clients and product teams to support client use cases and integrations
Provide production support for highly-available internet-facing systems.
Improve CI/CD pipelines (we use CircleCI) and deployment tooling
Implement and maintain GitOps workflows using ArgoCD
Manage and operate Kubernetes-based environments - we use EKS.
Collaborate with a global remote-first team using asynchronous communication.
Contribute to code reviews troubleshooting and technology evaluations.

What youll have:

Proficient using AWS; we use a lot of different AWS services and not just the standard few
Docker and Kubernetes; we use Amazon EKS in production
Terraform or a similar infrastructure-as-code tool
Software development experience in Python and Django (or equiv. Web framework)
Experience with using Linux
Previous experience working in small highly-autonomous teams
Good communication with a focus on doing this asynchronously across multiple timezones and countries

What will help:

Experience with event driven systems (e.g. AWS EventBridge)
Experience working on SaaS platforms including engaging product teams to ensure up-skilling and knowledge sharing across teams
Proactive problem-solving orientation with an interest in continual improvement
Prior experience in globally distributed follow-the-sun teams.

Kraken is a certified Great Place to Work in France Germany Spain Japan and the UK we are one of the Best Workplaces on Glassdoor with a score of 4.7. Check out our Welcome to the Jungle site (FR/EN) to learn more about our teams and culture.

Are you ready for a career with us We want to ensure you have all the tools and environment you need to unleash your potential. If you have any specific accommodations or a unique preference please contact us at and well do what we can to customise your interview process for comfort and maximum magic!

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Help us use technology to make a big green dent in the universe!Krakenpowers some of the most innovative global developments in energy.Were a technology company focused on creating a smart sustainable energy system. From optimising renewable generation creating a more intelligent grid and enabling u...