Platform Engineer

Melco Resorts & Entertainment; Hong Kong; On-site; HKD 700,000 - 1,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Melco Resorts & Entertainment seeks a Platform Engineer to empower agile development by delivering a self-service environment. You will automate deployment, manage multi-tier architectures, and collaborate across operations and development teams.

You will mentor others and drive continuous improvement in tooling and processes, leveraging Kubernetes, Terraform, and CI/CD pipelines. Cantonese and English communication are essential in this Hong Kong-based role.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of hands-on platform engineering experience.
• Strong experience with CI/CD tools and cloud orchestration.
• Hands-on expertise with major cloud providers (AWS/Alibaba/Azure).
• Proficiency in scripting languages (Python, Bash, Go, Ansible).
• Experience mentoring other engineers and working in agile delivery environments.

Responsibilities

• Engineer and maintain self-service application delivery environment through automation and virtualization.
• Bridge between operations and development teams.
• Mentor teammates and promote knowledge transfer.
• Coordinate internal resource and infrastructure teams.
• Ensure platform quality and performance.

Skills

Platform engineering

CI/CD tools

Gitlab CI

ArgoCD

Kubernetes

Docker

Terraform

Helm

Python

Bash

Go

Ansible

Mentoring

Collaboration

Cloud platforms (AWS/Aliyun/Azure)

English & Cantonese communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in a technical field

Tools

Gitlab CI

ArgoCD

Terraform

Helm

Kubernetes

Docker

AWS

Alibaba Cloud

Azure

Job description

As a Platform Engineer, you’ll be responsible for implementing platform-as-a-service capabilities that enable agile teams to develop, run, and manage applications without the complexity of building and maintaining the infrastructure typically associated with developing and launching an application. You’ll use the latest lean and agile thinking to solve tough problems and challenge yourself and others every day. You’ll play an important role in driving our digital projects to success.

Primary Responsibilities

Engineer and maintain a self-service application delivery environment for developers through automation, virtualization, and process improvement

Act as a bridge between operations and development teams

Support knowledge transfer by mentoring others

Coordinate internal resource and infrastructure team

Key Performance Indicators

Platform quality and performance

Technical advisor

Continually learn and grow

Great team player

Experience

Minimum 5 years of hands-on platform engineering experience in the following areas: designing, managing, and optimizing complex multi-tier architectures; scripting; source code version control; configuration management; continuous build, integration, and deployment; system administration; containerization; cloud orchestration; monitoring; and security

Strong experience with CI/CD tools, Gitlab CI, ArgoCD, IaC, terraform, helm, Kubernetes and docker

Hands-on expertise major cloud provider (AWS/Alibaba/Azure) in networking (VPC/VPN), computing (EKS/MKS/RDS/EC2/Lambda) and security (WAF) area.

Proficiency in scripting languages (Python, Bash, Go, Ansible)

Conduct code reviews, penetration testing coordination, and risk assessments to mitigate vulnerabilities proactively.

Experience working in a product-oriented, team-based environment that uses modern digital delivery approaches such as user experience design, lean, agile, DevSecOps, and cloud computing

Good to have experience for Mobile application and Web service development.

Experience serving as a coach and mentor to other engineers will be an advantage

Education

Degree in a technical field, or equivalent work or training experience

Expertise in platform engineering

Knowledge of engineering fundamentals and architecture

Knowledge of cloud environment operation

Able to think holistically around engineering issues

A thoughtful, adaptive, and positive mindset

Empathetic, humble, and collaborative mindset

Good written and verbal communication skills in both Cantonese and English, technical and otherwise