Senior Platform Engineer

Melbourne - Australia

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 18 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Hi were PEXA

Every time a house is bought sold or refinanced in Australia your lawyer conveyancer and lender will most likely use a digital platform to settle your property this is where we come in. PEXAs world-first digital settlement platform has revolutionised the way we exchange property in Australia helping over 20000 people a week safely settle their homes.

Since starting our journey in 2010 we now employ a team of over 1000 people working across multiple continents. Were still growing innovating and looking ahead but behind our greatest achievements there is a team of curious creators and big thinkers. Thats why were looking for ambitious people like yourself to join the team.

A day in the life

As a Platform Engineer at PEXA you will be at the heart of our global technology infrastructure designing and evolving the foundational platform capabilities that power secure scalable and efficient product delivery.

You will build and automate robust cloud infrastructure across our AWS environments using Infrastructure-as-Code and modern automation frameworks. You will design and enhance CI and CD pipelines to improve delivery velocity reliability and observability.

Collaboration is central to this role. You will partner closely with software delivery squads security and resiliency and observability teams to strengthen our platforms performance security and developer experience. You will also mentor Associate Platform Engineers and Graduates contribute to engineering forums and architecture reviews and help shape the future direction of our platform roadmap.

About the role

This role is responsible for designing delivering and continuously improving scalable resilient and secure platform infrastructure across PEXAs global cloud environments.

You will champion self-service capabilities that empower delivery squads and reduce operational bottlenecks embed monitoring alerting and incident response best practices and support strategic initiatives such as cloud cost optimisation architecture standardisation and technology modernisation.

We are looking for someone who brings a strong automation mindset and embraces a generative and agentic AI-first approach to engineering driving continuous improvement across testing observability and platform performance.

Key capabilities were looking for:

3 years experience in platform site reliability DevOps or cloud infrastructure engineering roles within complex or large-scale environments
Strong knowledge of AWS including networking compute storage and identity services
Proficiency with Infrastructure-as-Code tools such as Terraform or CloudFormation
Strong automation and scripting skills in Python NodeJS or Bash
Experience designing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines using tools such as GitHub Actions or ArgoCD
Hands-on experience with Kubernetes Helm and service meshes such as Istio
Experience working with event streaming platforms such as Kafka
Solid understanding of system and application security best practices including IAM secrets management and compliance frameworks
Experience operating Linux-based systems in production at scale
Knowledge and hands-on experience with generative and agentic AI tooling
Strong communication skills with the ability to influence both technical and non-technical stakeholders
Experience mentoring junior engineers and contributing to engineering culture

What success looks like in the first 612 months:

Successfully deliver scalable and secure infrastructure improvements across our AWS platform
Enhance CI/CD pipelines to improve deployment speed reliability and visibility
Implement automation and observability improvements that strengthen platform resiliency
Champion self-service capabilities that improve developer experience and reduce manual processes
Contribute to platform roadmap initiatives including cost optimisation and modernisation efforts
Actively mentor team members and positively influence engineering standards and practices

(We encourage you to apply even if you dont tick every box we know potential comes in many forms.)

Why Join us

Quarterly wellness days to recharge
Four weeks Workcation per year work from an approved country
Take the opportunity to purchase up to four weeks additional annual leave per year
Learn from the best and upskill with PEXA Academy certifications and grow your career

A career at PEXA starts with you!

If you think you have the required skills an appetite to learn and would be a great fit wed love to hear from you even if you dont tick all the boxes. At PEXA we support your growth and help you discover your full potential.

Our commitment to our people and a better future

PEXA is a workplace where everyone can contribute and participate so that every person can reach their full potential. We want our people to feel equally valued supported and celebrated. With market-leading benefits that make a difference were committed to supporting individuals families and carers. Your culture gender sexual orientation language and other attributes make you unique! We couldnt be prouder to have a team that reflects the richness of our wider community.

Were a proud Circle Back Initiative Employer and commit to responding to every applicant.

Stay Connected

If you like the sound of this role then make a start today. We encourage people of all backgrounds to apply. You can learn more about life at PEXA on our website and social channels too.

Required Experience:

Senior IC

Hi were PEXAEvery time a house is bought sold or refinanced in Australia your lawyer conveyancer and lender will most likely use a digital platform to settle your property this is where we come in. PEXAs world-first digital settlement platform has revolutionised the way we exchange property in Austr...