DevOps/Platform Engineer
Summary
DevOps/Platform Engineer for a SaaS company in Wellington, building and running scalable AWS-based infrastructure with a focus on reliability, security, performance tuning, IaC, and CI/CD automation.
Central Wellington
Flexible Working
$120-140 000 + Benefits
About the Company
Our client is a highly regarded SaaS company with a devoted customer base spanning the globe, known for creating well-designed, user-focused digital products. Their team-oriented environment gives people the freedom to question assumptions, tackle important challenges and truly shape the direction of the product. They have a huge amount of global users
About the role
You'll have hands-on experience with AWS cloud and a solid grasp of how to build systems that are dependable, secure, and able to scale. You like getting into the details of performance problems and fine-tuning things until they run seamlessly! Above all, you're a collaborative team player who cares about clean, thoughtfully-built engineering
You'll have hands-on experience with AWS cloud and a solid grasp of how to build systems that are dependable, secure, and able to scale. You like getting into the details of performance problems and fine-tuning things until they run seamlessly! Above all, you're a collaborative team player who cares about clean, thoughtfully-built engineering.
Ideally, you'll bring:
- 4-5+years' experience with AWS cloud
- Expertise using infrastructure-as-code tools (e.g. Terraform, CloudFormation)
- Experience managing servers, databases, and live production environments
- A working knowledge of monitoring, observability, and performance tuning
- Understanding of security best practices within cloud-native environments
- Capability in automation, CI/CD pipelines, and deployment tools
You'll be joining a company that truly values its engineers and gives them the space to make a real difference. Expect a high degree of autonomy, up-to-date tooling, and a team that genuinely enjoys tackling problems together. You'll also receive:
- A supportive, social workplace with a strong sense of team culture ( regular lunches, social events)
- A competitive salary with ongoing, performance-based pay reviews
- The opportunity to help build and scale a platform relied on by thousands across New Zealand
- Support for professional growth, including training and conference opportunities
- Paid parental and wellbeing leave, plus an Employee Assistance Programme