Senior Platform Engineer — AI-First Developer Platform

Devopsroles; Stellenbosch; On-site; ZAR 900,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Capitec seeks a Senior Platform Engineer in Stellenbosch to expand the internal developer platform for AI-driven software delivery. You’ll work with GitHub, Kubernetes, AWS/EKS, Terraform and CI/CD to empower 1,000+ engineers and accelerate production release cycles.

The role focuses on building scalable, automated infrastructure and platform capabilities, transforming how engineers move code from commit to production in an AI-first world.

Qualifications

• Deep experience in platform engineering, site reliability or DevOps engineering.
• At least five years in cloud environments.
• Infrastructure as code using Terraform, CloudFormation or similar.
• CI/CD pipelines experience (Jenkins or GitHub Actions).
• Containers and orchestration with Kubernetes.
• Cloud-native systems design including microservices and event‑driven architectures.
• Scripting or programming: Python, Go, Bash or PowerShell.
• Cloud platforms such as AWS or Azure with relevant certifications.
• Strong networking, security, APIs, databases and distributed systems knowledge.
• Ability to explain architecture decisions clearly and mentor others.
• Experience leading or influencing engineering practices.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement infrastructure using code for scalable cloud environments.
• Build and optimise cloud-native deployment pipelines for high-frequency releases.
• Enhance internal developer platform for provisioning infrastructure and deploying services.
• Troubleshoot complex platform and performance issues in distributed systems.
• Contribute to architectural decisions across microservices and event-driven patterns.
• Mentor engineers and raise engineering standards within the team.

Skills

Platform engineering

Site reliability

Cloud environments

Infrastructure as code

Terraform

Kubernetes

CI/CD pipelines

Python

Go

AWS

Azure

Networking

Security

Education

A relevant degree in Information Technology

IT Engineering

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

Job description

Capitec seeks a Senior Platform Engineer in Stellenbosch to expand the internal developer platform for AI-driven software delivery. You’ll work with GitHub, Kubernetes, AWS/EKS, Terraform and CI/CD to empower 1,000+ engineers and accelerate production release cycles.

The role focuses on building scalable, automated infrastructure and platform capabilities, transforming how engineers move code from commit to production in an AI-first world.