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Senior/Staff Platform Engineer

SeniorDirectorFull-timeRemoteMelbourne VIC, AustraliaPosted 1 month agoVerified 1 month ago
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About the job

The Platform Engineer job at UpGuard is an exciting opportunity to shape a platform engineering function from its early days. This position plays a crucial role in defining foundational systems and enhancing the developer experience across product engineering teams. UpGuard values autonomy and collaboration, fostering an environment where innovation thrives.

You'll be responsible for

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Championing platform as a product mindset

Regularly gathering feedback from engineering teams and iterating to improve the developer experience.
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Designing and maintaining infrastructure

Building and maintaining scalable, reliable infrastructure on Google Cloud to support product needs.
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Evolving observability stack

Ensuring teams have the monitoring, logging, and alerting they need to move quickly and confidently.

Key criteria

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Infrastructure as Code expertise

Experience with Terraform/OpenTofu on major cloud platforms.

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5+ years engineering experience

Proven experience in tech-centric, product-driven companies.

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Containerization skills

Hands-on experience with Kubernetes and CI/CD pipelines.

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5 criteria for this job
Infrastructure as Code expertise
Experience with Terraform/OpenTofu on major cloud platforms.

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5+ years engineering experience
Proven experience in tech-centric, product-driven companies.

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Containerization skills
Hands-on experience with Kubernetes and CI/CD pipelines.

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Relational database knowledge
Experience with PostgreSQL design, tuning, and operations.

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Developer experience improvement
Track record of enhancing workflows and tooling for developers.

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