Platform Engineer (Developer experience)

UBank; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Innovation with impact

Collaborative culture

Build something great

Hybrid working model

Career development

Job summary

Ubank is seeking a Platform Engineer to advance the shared platform capabilities across engineering squads in a regulated banking environment. You will work on CI/CD pipelines, golden pathway templates, observability dashboards, and developer portal plugins, applying GitHub Actions, OpenTelemetry, and AI-assisted tooling.

You will collaborate with security, risk, and compliance teams, balance developer experience with platform standards, and participate in on‑call rotations to keep services

Qualifications

• Experience in Software/Platform Engineering or Developer Experience Engineering.
• Contributed to shared capabilities, frameworks, or platforms used by multiple teams.
• Strong fundamentals with TypeScript, Node.js and React in production apps.
• Experience developing developer tooling, internal platforms, or productivity solutions.
• Knowledge of modern delivery practices, CI/CD, cloud-native development, and IaC.
• Improving workflows via automation, self-service tooling, or platform solutions.
• Excellent collaboration and communication with engineers and cross-functional partners.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain internal developer platform capabilities to improve productivity and developer experience.
• Develop reusable self-service workflows and tools for platform adoption across squads.
• Support engineering standards, templates, and best practices across the platform.

Skills

TypeScript

Node.js

React

Platform Engineering

CI/CD

Observability

Dev tooling

Automation

Collaboration

Tools

GitHub Actions

OpenTelemetry

Terraform

Job description

About Us:

At Ubank, we empower the digital generation to achieve financial success. Think of us as your daily money companion, offering a unified view of your finances with smart features and real-time insights. Save more, track spending, and achieve home ownership faster with Ubank.

The Why:

The Platform Engineer supports building, maintaining, and improving the shared platform capabilities that Ubank's engineering squads rely on daily, from CI/CD pipelines and golden pathway templates to observability dashboards and developer portal plugins. You will operate across platform domains including build systems, developer tooling, and production monitoring, contributing hands‑on engineering capacity under the direction of senior platform engineers. The Platform Engineer applies GitHub Actions, OpenTelemetry, scaffolding tools, and AI-assisted development practices in a regulated banking environment, ensuring platform services are reliable, well‑documented, and adopted by the squads they serve.

Key Responsibilities:

Build Internal Developer Products

• Build and maintain developer platform capabilities that improve productivity, consistency, and developer experience across engineering teams.
• Contribute to reusable self‑service workflows, tooling, and platform solutions that help teams deliver software more efficiently.
• Support the development and adoption of engineering standards, templates, and best practices across the platform.

Improve Software Delivery

• Develop and support platform services that enable build systems, CI/CD pipelines, deployment workflows, and software delivery processes.
• Assist in identifying and resolving inefficiencies across the software development lifecycle to improve developer productivity and delivery outcomes.
• Work with engineering teams to understand their workflow challenges and help implement practical improvements.

Enable Observability and Reliability

• Build and maintain platform capabilities that provide visibility into system health, service performance, and developer workflows.
• Develop dashboards, automation, tooling, and operational documentation that improve reliability and reduce manual effort.
• Participate in on‑call rotations and support incident response activities while contributing to post‑incident learnings and improvements.

Partner Across Engineering

• Collaborate with Security, Risk, and Compliance teams to help embed governance and security controls into developer workflows.
• Support the adoption of platform tools and services by working closely with engineering teams and providing guidance when needed.
• Contribute to balancing developer experience, platform standards, security requirements, and operational reliability in day‑to‑day decision‑making.

Experience:

• Experience in Software Engineering, Backend Engineering, Platform Engineering, or Developer Experience Engineering.
• Experience contributing to shared capabilities, frameworks, products, or platforms used by multiple engineering teams.
• Strong software engineering fundamentals with experience building and maintaining production applications using TypeScript, Node.js, and modern frontend frameworks such as React.
• Experience developing developer tooling, internal platforms, engineering productivity solutions, or software delivery capabilities.
• Working knowledge of modern software delivery practices, CI/CD platforms, cloud‑native development, and Infrastructure as Code.
• Experience improving engineering workflows through automation, self‑service capabilities, reusable tooling, or platform solutions.
• Strong collaboration and communication skills, with the ability to work effectively with engineers and cross‑functional stakeholders.
• Experience working in modern engineering environments where teams are responsible for development, testing, deployment, and operational support.

Why Ubank?

• Innovation with impact:From meaningful work to amazing benefits, we equip you with the tools and support to drive real change - so your ideas don't just stay ideas, they become impact.
• Collaborative, supportive & fun:We believe innovation is a team sport. It comes from a special kind of culture that's highly collaborative and gives people the support they need to thrive.
• Build something great:Ubank is where ambition meets opportunity. We don't just talk about change - we give you the tools, trust, and support to make it happen.
• Freedom to be yourself:We celebrate individuality and give you the flexibility to work in ways that suit your style. Our hybrid working model lets you balance connection and autonomy.
• Accelerate your Career:With clear paths for career development, your potential won't just be recognised, it'll be accelerated.

We acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of our local area.

This Sydney-based permanent role requires Australian or New Zealand citizenship or permanent residency.

We welcome applicants of all backgrounds, and our Talent team is excited to connect with you.