Lead Platform Engineer - GCP

About the role

We are looking for a Lead Platform Engineer to join our Platform Engineering team in Sydney. The role will shape the technical direction of our cloud platform, partner with senior engineering leaders, and drive platform initiatives across the business.

Key responsibilities

• Define long‑term architectural direction for the platform and infrastructure.
• Partner with Engineering Leads, Staff Engineers and senior stakeholders to solve complex platform challenges.
• Create self‑service tooling and platform capabilities that enable engineering teams to build, deploy and operate services independently.
• Provide people‑management for a small team, mentoring senior engineers and fostering technical leadership.
• Drive cross‑team initiatives that improve reliability, security, observability and overall engineering productivity.

Required profile

• Deep experience designing and operating cloud‑native platforms at scale.
• Strong expertise in Kubernetes and modern infrastructure practices.
• Hands‑on experience with the Google Cloud Platform (GCP) ecosystem.
• Proven ability to influence architectural decisions across multiple domains.
• Leadership experience, including people management and mentorship.

Required skills

• Kubernetes
• Google Cloud Platform (GCP)

What we offer

• Hybrid work model – three days onsite in our dog‑friendly Sydney office.
• Opportunity to shape a high‑impact platform at a fast‑growing fintech.