Staff Platform Engineer

United States Digital Space LLC; City of Melbourne; Hybrid; AUD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity through Employee Share Option

Learning programs and coaching

Quarterly refresh days and wellbeing

Parental leave from day one

MacBook and home workspace setup

Five annual social impact days

Medical insurance for you and family (

Job summary

Culture Amp is seeking a Staff Engineer to own the engineering and architecture of its Internal Technology platform, including workforce identity, enterprise SaaS tenancy, and office network controls as software infrastructure.

You will build a secure, automated, self‑service ecosystem that reduces operational drag, protects the control plane, and scales with our growth, reporting to Workplace Technology leadership.

Qualifications

• Strong systems-thinking and architecture skills for enterprise platforms.
• Ability to design resilient identity, SaaS and network architectures.
• Code-first approach with automated tooling and CI/CD practices.
• Practical leadership bridging engineering and IT operations.
• Focus on security, risk management and least-privilege controls.

Responsibilities

• Architect, secure and maintain root configuration and system integrity of core enterprise platforms.
• Design identity management, device trust and endpoint controls using IaC.
• Eliminate ClickOps by managing configurations via PRs and CI/CD pipelines.
• Own end-to-end identity lifecycle across joiner/mover/leaver workflows.
• Build reusable modules and runbooks for safe, scalable operations.
• Lead baseline network architecture for Melbourne hub and satellites.

Skills

Systems thinking

Architecture design

Infrastructure as Code

Automation tooling

Git workflows

Security governance

Technical leadership

Tools

Okta

Google Workspace

Jamf

Slack

Claude Enterprise

Glean

Job description

***We’re big believers in the power of IRL, so for most roles we ask Campers to work from their local Culture Amp office an average of 2 days a week to unlock connection, pace and culture together.*Join us on our mission to make a better world of work.**

Culture Amp is the world’s leading employee experience platform, revolutionizing how 25 million employees across more than 6,000 companies create a better world of work. Culture Amp empowers companies of all sizes and industries to transform employee engagement, drive performance management, and develop high‑performing teams. Powered by people science and the most comprehensive employee dataset in the world, the most innovative companies including Canva, On, Asana, Dolby, McDonalds and Nasdaq depend on Culture Amp every day.

Culture Amp is backed by leading venture capital funds and has offices in the US, UK, Germany and Australia. Culture Amp has been recognized as one of the world’s top private cloud companies by Forbes and most innovative companies by Fast Company.

For more information visit the company.com.

How you can help make a better world of work

As a Staff Engineer you will own the engineering and architecture of Culture Amp’s foundational Internal Technology platform, treating workforce identity, core enterprise SaaS tenancy, and office network controls as software infrastructure.

In this role you will build a secure, automated, and self‑service ecosystem that reduces operational drag, protects the company’s control plane, and increases leverage for all Campers. You’ll also be accountable for the architectural integrity, and availability of our workforce identity layer, core enterprise platforms, corporate network topology, and infrastructure deployment pipelines.

This is a hands‑on engineering role that owns the foundational platform layer, guardrails, and the Infrastructure as Code operating model that underpin our internal tools through GitHub, Terraform, and CI/CD. Routine administration, standard support tasks, and day‑to‑day operational execution are deliberately delegated to the Workplace Technology team through clear platform boundaries, least‑privilege access, and productised run‑books.

As part of this team of amazing humans,You will

• Architect, secure and maintain the root configuration, tenancy guardrails and system integrity of our core enterprise platforms, including Okta, Google Workspace, Jamf, Slack, Claude Enterprise and Glean, with clear boundaries between foundational platform ownership and day‑to‑day administration.
• Design and continuously improve workforce identity, access management, device trust and endpoint controls using Infrastructure as Code, primarily Terraform, and related automation tooling.
• Eliminate ClickOps by managing platform configuration, identity policies and system state through pull requests, tested CI/CD pipelines and approved scripting patterns, with rigorous Git workflows, branch protections and peer review.
• Own the end‑to‑end identity lifecycle across joiner, mover and leaver workflows, including HRIS-to-identity integrations, provisioning rules, group structures and downstream access patterns.
• Build and productise reusable modules, administrative tooling, standard operating procedures and runbooks so Workplace Technology can safely manage routine support and provisioning without senior engineering intervention.
• Own the baseline architecture of office networks across our Melbourne hub and satellite locations, while partnering with Security, Enterprise Architecture and Automation to deliver compliant, secure platforms and providing technical leadership across Infrastructure & Identity.

You have

• Strong systems‑thinking and architecture skills, with the ability to design resilient identity, SaaS and network architectures as an interconnected enterprise control plane.
• Sound judgment in defining platform boundaries between foundational engineering and delegated Workplace Technology operations.
• A strong anti-ClickOps mindset, instinctively favouring code, automation and reusable modules over manual console changes and actively reducing configuration drift and operational risk.
• The ability to turn complex infrastructure into safe tooling, clear runbooks and least‑privilege operating models that help others move quickly without compromising control.
• Collaborative technical leadership skills and a player‑coach approach, bridging engineering strategy and practical IT operations across Security, Enterprise Architecture, Automation and Workplace Technology.
• A pragmatic approach to security and risk, balancing strong corporate perimeter controls with a seamless, productive experience for Campers.

Perks & Benefits

• Equity through our Employee Share Option Program, so you can share in our long‑term success
• Learning programs and coaching to help you thrive and grow
• Quarterly refresh days, an extended end‑of‑year break and a monthly allowance to support your wellbeing and lifestyle
• Inclusive parental leave from day one
• A MacBook and budget to set up your home workspace, enabling flexibility
• Five annual social impact days to to give back to causes that matter to you
• Medical insurance coverage for you and your family (Available for US & UK only)

Our rewards are designed to support different needs and life stages, recognising that what matters most can vary from person to person.

Research shows that candidates from underrepresented backgrounds may hesitate to apply if they don’t meet every requirement, but your unique experience matters.

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