Platform Engineer

Julius Baer Group; Singapore; Hybrid; SGD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Julius Baer invites a Platform Engineer to design, build, and operate scalable self-service platform components powering hundreds of applications across hybrid and cloud-native environments. You will shape developer experience and enable teams to move faster with secure, compliant platforms.

You will work with software teams to co-design capabilities, automate operations, and ensure high availability, security, and performance.

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a Platform Engineer, DevOps Engineer, or Systems Engineer.
• Strong knowledge of cloud-native platforms and IaC tooling.
• Ability to collaborate with software teams and own platform reliability.
• Hands-on development and problem-solving in fast-paced environments.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain modern platform solutions for fast, self-service access to runtimes.
• Collaborate with software teams to co-design capabilities and improve developer experience.
• Develop intelligent automations to streamline deployments, operations, and maintenance tasks.
• Ensure high availability, performance, security, and resilience of services.
• Provide consultative support to stakeholders and minimize disruption to critical services.
• Proactively identify debt, bottlenecks, and scalability risks and drive improvements.

Skills

Cloud computing concepts

Containerization & orchestration

Scripting (PowerShell Bash Python)

DevOps mindset

Stakeholder collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science / IT or related field

Tools

Kubernetes

Azure

Ansible

Terraform

Job description

At Julius Baer, we celebrate and value the individual qualities you bring, enabling you to be impactful, to be entrepreneurial, to be empowered, and to create value beyond wealth. Let’s shape the future of wealth management together. We are transforming the way engineers build, deploy, and run software at Julius Baer and we need a forward-thinking Platform Engineer to help drive that change. Join us to shape the future of how our developers work and innovate. We build a robust, automated, and developer-friendly platform ecosystem that empowers product teams to move faster, stay secure, and focus on delivering business value. As a Platform Engineer, you'll be at the heart of this evolution, designing, developing, and operating scalable self-service platforms that power hundreds of applications across hybrid and cloud‑native environments and which are used by our entire developer community.

YOUR CHALLENGE

• Design, implement, and maintain modern platform solutions that empower developers with fast, frictionless, and self-service access to runtime environments.
• Collaborate closely with software engineering teams to co‑design platform capabilities and provide them with a modern, customisable developer workplace with exceptional developer experience.
• Develop intelligent automations to streamline platform operations, deployments, and maintenance tasks.
• Ensure high availability, performance, scalability, and security of owned services, applying high‑quality principles and proactive resilience engineering.
• Provide support to key stakeholders, addressing complex technical challenges with a consultative approach and ensuring minimal disruption to business‑critical services.
• Drive continuous improvement by proactively identifying technical debt, performance bottlenecks, and scalability risks, and lead initiatives to elevate platform maturity, reliability, and developer experience.

Regulatory Responsibilities &/OR Risk Management

• Demonstration of appropriate values and behaviours including but not limited to standards on honesty and integrity, due care and diligence, fair dealing (treating customers fairly), management of conflicts of interest, competence and continuous development, adequate risk management, and compliance with applicable laws and regulations.
• Take responsibility for ensuring that risks and issues are identified and managed closely and drive all stakeholders to deliver on time and to the required quality standards.

YOUR PROFILE

Personal and Social Initiative

• taker, enthusiastic and mission oriented on delivering in sprints
• Ambidextrous, flexible to pick up new technologies and polyglot mindset
• Ability to question approach being followed & challenge the problem statement at hand
• Great communication skills and work ethics
• Great eye for detail, nuance, and gravity of situations
• Can operate in a fast‑paced environment with changing requirements
• Ability to navigate ambiguity, stressful situations, and emergency situations
• Hands on development experience and a flair for setting an example for junior team members
• Prior startup product experience or demonstrated ability to lead a project independently is preferred

Professional and Technical Professional

• Proven experience as a Platform Engineer, DevOps Engineer, or Systems Engineer
• Understanding of cloud computing concepts, containerization, and orchestration with technologies like Kubernetes, Azure, and Ansible
• Highly self‑motivated and proactive team player with a strong sense of ownership, customer‑centric mindset, a hands‑on mentality, and the ability to drive and manage change independently
• Proven ability to influence stakeholders, drive projects to completion, and overcome delivery challenges
• Strong analytical mindset with the ability to translate complex functional requirements into efficient, practical, and fit‑for‑purpose technical solutions

Technical Must Have

• Familiarity with Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) tools such as Terraform and their integration into workflows
• Proficiency in scripting languages such as PowerShell, Bash, or Python
• Exposure to application servers setup and administration
• Proven track record in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field

The international reference in wealth management Julius Baer is the leading Swiss wealth management group. We focus on servicing and advising sophisticated private clients from around the world, taking into account what truly matters to them – in their business and personal life, today and for future generations.

Why join Julius Baer?

At Julius Baer our employees enjoy the benefits of a global company with the support and collegiality of a much smaller one. We are growing quickly, but we remain dedicated to maintaining our accessible structure with flat hierarchies, and approachable and supportive leaders. With offices around the world, we offer an international and stimulating work environment and the opportunity to work with a diverse team of highly motivated colleagues, bringing the best of the bank to our clients. Our core values of Care, Passion, and Excellence define the tone of how we interact with each other and our partners. Committed to your success Whether nurturing young talent with our renowned apprentice scheme, enabling ambitious university graduates to put theory into practice with our Graduate Programme, or providing first‑class opportunities for experienced professionals, we look after our employees. We believe in continuous learning as a company and as individuals, which is why we put a focus on the health and well‑being of our employees and offer flexible working options, a wide array of benefits, and extensive career development programmes.

For more information visit www.juliusbaer.com or contact us via the Contact Form.