Platform Engineering Lead — AWS & Reliability

Finstro; Sydney; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation with superann

Cutting-edge tech environment

Collaborative team culture

Job summary

Finstro is seeking a hands-on Platform Engineering Lead in Sydney to own the design, security, reliability and day-to-day operation of our AWS platform and the developer experience built on top of it.

You'll write Terraform, fix pipelines, tune alerts, lead incidents and set engineering standards. Initially an IC with potential to grow a small team as the platform matures, focusing on consolidation and strong foundations.

Qualifications

• Hands-on AWS engineering experience with production responsibilities.
• Experience designing platforms and multi-account environments.
• Strong background in IaC and automated pipelines.
• Familiarity with security, compliance and cost governance.

Responsibilities

• Own the architecture, build and operation of Finstro’s AWS platform, with IaC and cost forecasting.
• Lead security, patching, vulnerability remediation and compliance integration.
• Define engineering standards, document them and mentor engineers while shaping the platform roadmap.

Skills

AWS engineering

Infrastructure as Code

CI/CD engineering

Security-minded engineering

Technical leadership

Cross-team collaboration

Tools

Terraform

GitHub Actions

GitLab CI

Jenkins

Job description

Finstro is seeking a hands-on Platform Engineering Lead in Sydney to own the design, security, reliability and day-to-day operation of our AWS platform and the developer experience built on top of it.

You'll write Terraform, fix pipelines, tune alerts, lead incidents and set engineering standards. Initially an IC with potential to grow a small team as the platform matures, focusing on consolidation and strong foundations.