Platform Engineer

Tek Systems; Hong Kong; Hybrid; HKD 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

Tek Systems is seeking an experienced Platform Engineer to join a technology-driven organization building a modern cloud-native platform. You will design, build, and scale infrastructure, automation, and platform services in collaboration with software, product, and security teams.

You'll focus on cloud-native technologies, IaC, CI/CD, and observability, enabling engineering teams to move faster with reliability. The role offers a hybrid working arrangement and strong work-life balance.

Qualifications

• Experience in Platform Engineering, DevOps, SRE, Infrastructure Engineering, or Software Engineering.
• Strong experience with public cloud platforms, particularly AWS.
• Hands-on expertise with Kubernetes and containerization technologies.
• Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation.
• Strong Infrastructure as Code experience using Terraform, CloudFormation, Pulumi, or similar tools.
• Experience with tools such as GitHub, CircleCI, Artifactory, SonarQube, Spinnaker, Ansible, or Chef.
• Knowledge of observability platforms such as Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, or Elastic Stack.
• Strong Linux and networking fundamentals.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to work across multiple engineering teams.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain scalable cloud infrastructure and platform services.
• Develop and enhance CI/CD pipelines to support continuous delivery and engineering productivity.
• Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and drive automation across the platform.
• Manage and optimize cloud environments for reliability, scalability, and performance.
• Support containerized platforms and Kubernetes-based deployments.
• Enhance observability through monitoring, logging, alerting, and performance management tooling.
• Work closely with engineering teams to improve platform standards, developer experience, and operational excellence.
• Troubleshoot production issues and continuously improve platform resilience and reliability.

Skills

Platform Engineering

DevOps

SRE

Kubernetes

CI/CD

Terraform

Observability

Linux

Networking

Communication

Tools

GitHub

CircleCI

Artifactory

SonarQube

Spinnaker

Ansible

Chef

Job description

• Drive Cloud-native Transformation
• Own and Influence Platform Strategy
• Enjoy a Strong Work-life Balance

About the Opportunity

We're hiring an experienced Platform Engineer to join a technology-driven organization that is building and scaling a modern cloud-native platform environment. This is an opportunity to work on large-scale infrastructure, automation, and platform engineering initiatives while collaborating with high-performing software engineering, product, and security teams.

If you're passionate about cloud technologies, automation, DevOps, and building reliable platforms that enable engineering teams to move faster, we'd love to speak with you.

What You'll Be Doing

• Design, build, and maintain scalable cloud infrastructure and platform services.
• Develop and enhance CI/CD pipelines to support continuous delivery and engineering productivity.
• Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and drive automation across the platform.
• Manage and optimize cloud environments for reliability, scalability, and performance.
• Support containerized platforms and Kubernetes-based deployments.
• Enhance observability through monitoring, logging, alerting, and performance management tooling.
• Work closely with engineering teams to improve platform standards, developer experience, and operational excellence.
• Troubleshoot production issues and continuously improve platform resilience and reliability.

What We're Looking For

• Experience in Platform Engineering, DevOps, SRE, Infrastructure Engineering, or Software Engineering.
• Strong experience with public cloud platforms, particularly AWS.
• Hands-on expertise with Kubernetes and containerization technologies.
• Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation.
• Strong Infrastructure as Code experience using Terraform, CloudFormation, Pulumi, or similar tools.
• Experience with tools such as GitHub, CircleCI, Artifactory, SonarQube, Spinnaker, Ansible, or Chef.
• Knowledge of observability platforms such as Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, or Elastic Stack.
• Strong Linux and networking fundamentals.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to work across multiple engineering teams.

Nice to Have

• Experience with distributed systems and microservices environments.
• Scripting skills in Python, Shell, Bash.
• Experience within banking, fintech, or other highly regulated environments.
• Cloud certifications such as AWS Solutions Architect Professional or AWS DevOps Engineer Professional.

Why Apply?

• Work with modern cloud-native technologies and engineering practices.
• Join a highly skilled technology team solving complex engineering challenges.
• Opportunity to influence platform strategy and engineering standards.
• Hybrid working arrangement with strong work-life balance.
• Exposure to large-scale, mission-critical platforms and distributed systems.