Senior Platform Engineer
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Job Summary
About the Role
At SuperAwesome Platform Engineering exists to enable fast safe and reliable software delivery at scale.
We treat Platform as a product aligned to the companys OKRs and continuously improving based on feedback from engineering teams. We operate with visibility across the production estate and act as the escalation point when systems degrade.
As a Senior Platform Engineer you will work alongside other experienced engineers in a small high-performing team. You will take ownership of significant initiatives and contribute to the ongoing evolution of our platform delivering measurable improvements to reliability responsiveness and engineering effectiveness.
In this role you will
Design evolve and optimise our cloud-native infrastructure (AWS Kubernetes Terraform) to ensure reliability scalability and maintainability.
Improve platform responsiveness and reduce friction for engineering teams through better tooling automation and guardrails.
Drive operational excellence by strengthening observability resilience and cost-aware engineering practices.
Work towards designing and implementing self-healing reliable and scalable infrastructure in a cloud-native environment
Actively participate in architectural decision-making bringing thoughtful challenge and well-supported alternatives where appropriate.
Contribute to intelligent automation and self-healing systems where it adds measurable value (experience with AI-assisted operations is a plus).
Act as a senior escalation point for platform and infrastructure-related production incidents contributing to resolution and meaningful post-mortems.
What were looking for
Deep expertise and experience in AWS Kubernetes and strong Terraform with the ability to debug complex production issues beyond the application layer.
Proven experience owning and delivering technical initiatives end-to-end in a production environment supporting multiple B2B product engineering teams.
Strong communication skills and the ability to work effectively across engineering and support teams.
A high level of ownership accountability and alignment to business outcomes.
A platform-as-a-product mindset with a focus on reliability developer enablement and continuous improvement.
Engineering optimisation awareness - designing for performance and scale while understanding cost implications.
Excellent bedside manner - strong interpersonal skills and demonstrable ability to clearly communicate complex technical topics
Some knowledge or experience of adtech digital advertising or martech is a plus
Our tech stack includes (but it is not limited to): AWS Kubernetes Terraform Argo CD Grafana & monitoring tooling Kafka Golang GitHub Actions
Why SuperAwesome
SuperAwesome powers the youth digital ecosystem combining proprietary ad and gaming products audience insights and compliance capabilities to power a better internet for the next generation.
Working with us means:
Making a real-world impact on half a billion users every month
Shaping technology at the intersection of law policy and innovation
Joining a team that values curiosity creativity and continuous learning
Being part of the #SAFam a supportive inclusive and diverse community
If youre excited about building systems that truly matter and want to work with people who care about doing things right wed love to hear from you.
Key Skills
- APIs
- C/C++
- Computer Graphics
- Go
- React
- Redux
- Node.js
- AWS
- Library Services
- Assembly
- GraphQL
- High Voltage
About Company
Our award-winning technology enables the youth digital media ecosystem. Used by hundreds of brands and content owners, SuperAwesome’s technology provides the tools for safe digital engagement with almost half a billion kids and teens every month.We work with a huge variety of top bran ... View more
