Platform Engineer (Terraform | AWS)

ClearRoute; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible hybrid working

Home office budget

Profit share

Private healthcare

Salary benchmarking

Employee assistance program

Job summary

ClearRoute is an engineering consultancy focused on platform engineering, cloud platforms and developer experience. We help enterprises deliver digital products faster, cheaper, and safer.

We are growing and offer flexible hybrid working, a home office budget, and a culture that encourages voice and change. This is your chance to build the organisation from the ground up and drive impact across clients.

Qualifications

• Background in platform or software engineering with experience building scalable developer platforms.
• Ability to design, build, and maintain infrastructure and tooling.
• Implement best practices in observability, reliability, and cost optimisation.
• Security-conscious approach with vulnerability management and policy enforcement.
• Familiarity with AWS, Terraform, Bitbucket, Git, and Python/Java.
• Knowledge of security scanning and code quality tools like Snyk or SonarQube.
• Experience with identity, secrets, and certificate management (Okta, Vault, Venafi).
• Strategic mindset to collaborate with stakeholders and measure business impact.
• Experience aligning platform work with diverse teams and tech stacks.

Responsibilities

• Improve technology landscape by applying platform engineering and software development expertise.
• Collaborate across services, platforms, and teams to bake quality in at every step.

Skills

Platform engineering

Software engineering

Stakeholder collaboration

Problem solving

Security mindset

Tools

AWS

Terraform

Bitbucket

Git

Python

Java

Snyk

SonarQube

Okta

HashiCorp Vault

Venafi

Job description

ClearRoute is an engineering consultancy bridging Quality Engineering, Cloud Platforms and Developer Experience. We help enterprises reliably bring high-impact digital products to market faster, cheaper, and safer, working with technology leaders facing complex business challenges.

We take as much pride in our people, culture and work-life balance as we do in making better software. We're not just making better software. We're making the making of software better. Collaborative, entrepreneurial and dedicated to problem solving, we bring the step change our customer need to sustain innovation. Our values challenge us to do the best we can for ClearRoute, our customers and most importantly our team. This is an opportunity for you to build the organisation from the ground up, use your voice to drive change and help transform organisations and problem domains.

Role

We're looking fora Platform Engineer to join our growing team focused on creating world-class engineering capabilities for our clients, which include everything from cutting-edge cloud solutions to long-standing legacy systems.

In this role, you'll play a key part in improving technology landscape by bringing your expertise in platform engineering and strong software engineering skills. You'll be navigating across services, platforms, and teams to make sure quality is built in at every step.

What You Will Bring

• A strong background in platform or software engineering, with proven experience designing, building, and maintaining scalable developer centric platforms (e.g., CI/CD pipelines, IaC with Terraform, developer workflows, and observability solutions.
• Proven ability to design, build, and maintain infrastructure and tools.
• Skilled at implementing best practices in observability, platform reliability, and cost optimisation.
• A security conscious approach to platform engineering, with experience in security management practices such as vulnerability management, policy enforcement, and embedding security into platform design.
• Familiarity with tools and technologies such as AWS, Terraform, Bitbucket, Git, and Python/Java.
• Working knowledge of security scanning and code quality tooling such as Snyk or SonarQube.
• Experience with identity, secrets, and certificate management platforms such as Okta, HashiCorp Vault, or Venafi
• A strategic mindset, with the ability to collaborate with stakeholders to establish frameworks for defining, tracking, and reporting on business impact.
• Experience collaborating across diverse teams and business units to align platform engineering efforts with a variety of tech stacks and strategic business goals.

What Makes You Stand Out

• Previous experience working within a fast-paced, client-facing consulting
• role.Demonstrable experience navigating the complexities of large-scale enterprise environments.

Working at ClearRoute

We have grown from six founders to 180+ people across five countries in three years, and what sets us apart isn't the pace, it's how we grow.

• Real flexibility, in practice. We trust you to perform at your best and still have a life outside of work, with genuine hybrid working, a home office budget, an open feedback culture where your voice shapes decisions, and time off when life needs it (birthday included).
• When ClearRoute wins, you win. We offer profit share so success is shared, meaningful recognition for great work, and benefits that look after you and your family, including private healthcare, competitive salary benchmarking, and a confidential employee assistance program covering counselling, mental health support, and financial wellbeing.
• A community you'll genuinely want to be part of. Interest based communities like running and book clubs, Women in Tech group, monthly socials, and cross regional events bring people together across the company. An inclusive, collaborative culture where you don't need to conform to succeed, where people support one another and feel comfortable being themselves.
• Where meaningful work meets real growth. You will tackle complex, real world problems at the forefront of platform engineering, AI, security, and scalable systems. Your growth is supported by learning budgets, Udemy access, a clear career framework, internal mobility, and thought leadership opportunities that take your impact beyond ClearRoute.

At ClearRoute, we believe diverse perspectives lead to better outcomes, and inclusion creates the conditions for everyone to thrive. We are proud to have built a family friendly working environment and have many employees who have caring responsibilities alongside work. We welcome applications from people who require flexibility and will be happy to discuss needs on an individual basis.

We are committed to fostering a culture where all team members feel respected, supported, and empowered to do their best work. We celebrate individuality and our differences and understand that some differences may mean that you require changes made to the interview process. We are happy to cater to your needs to make the interview accessible, if this is something you require please let us know by emailing us at [e-mail]