Platform/Software Engineer

Company Description

SEEK operates market-leading online employment marketplaces, including Jobstreet and Jobsdb in Asia. SEEK has been helping people live more fulfilling and productive working lives and helping organisations succeed for over 25 years.

Founded and headquartered in Melbourne, Australia, SEEK has grown into a multinational technology company with over 3,300 employees and is listed on the Australian Securities Exchange.

SEEK’s presence spans Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand. Additionally, SEEK has minority investments in employment marketplaces in China, South Korea and Bangladesh.

SEEK develops and applies innovative data and technology tools to facilitate high-quality matching and improve reliability of marketplace information.

In 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024, SEEK was recognised as one of Australia’s Top Ten Places to Work in Technology in the AFR BOSS Best Places to Work awards. SEEK was also named a 5-Star Employer of Choice by HRD Asia in 2024 and won four accolades at TalentCorp’s Life at Work Awards 2023 in Malaysia.

About the role
As a Platform Engineer, you will contribute to designing, building, and maintaining scalable and secure platform solutions that support software development and deployment. You will play a key role in implementing Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC), automation, and modern cloud-native practices. Working within a collaborative team, you will help improve system resilience, efficiency, and security while gaining mentorship opportunities to grow your technical expertise.

Key Responsibilities:

Platform Development and Maintenance:

• Assist in building, deploying, and managing scalable platform services using secure coding practices.
• Contribute to managing and troubleshooting Kubernetes clusters, containerized applications, and cloud-native solutions.
• Write and maintain automation scripts and tools (e.g., Helm, Terraform) for provisioning and scaling cloud infrastructure.
• Support efforts to improve platform health, security, and reliability in a collaborative environment.
• Identify and troubleshoot platform issues with guidance from senior engineers.

Engineering Excellence:

• Support the implementation of Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) and automation for cloud infrastructure components (e.g., AWS, Azure, Google Cloud).
• Participate in the development of secure, performant internal platforms following container orchestration and microservices best practices.
• Assist in ensuring high system availability, including participation in on-call rotations.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver solutions aligned with customer needs.
• Contribute to process improvements to enhance platform efficiency.

Learning and Collaboration:

• Actively participate in team discussions, knowledge-sharing sessions, and engineering communities of practice.
• Stay updated on industry best practices and emerging technologies in platform engineering.
• Seek feedback and mentorship to improve your technical and collaborative skills.

Essential Qualifications, Skills, and Experience:

Technical Skills:

• Kubernetes and Containerization: We welcome applicants with basic hands-on experience or a deep interest in Kubernetes, Docker, and cloud-native principles.
• Cloud Platforms: Familiarity with at least one major cloud provider (AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud).
• GitOps and Automation: Basic understanding of GitOps principles and tools like ArgoCD, Helm, and Terraform.
• CI/CD Practices: Experience with CI/CD pipelines (e.g., Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Buildkite) to support deployment automation.
• Infrastructure-as-Code: Exposure to IaC tools and configuration management practices.

Problem-Solving and Collaboration:

• Strong problem-solving skills and a desire to learn from challenging technical scenarios.
• Good communication and teamwork skills to work effectively within a team and across functional areas.

Desired Values

• Believed in aiming high to deliver world-class results and yet, not forgetting to care for others.

The Team

The Workload Hosting (Engineering Platform) team at SEEK is dedicated to revolutionising the software engineering journey. Operating within SEEK's Engineering Platforms, our team is a cross-functional, multi-disciplinary team that work within APAC matrix organisational structure.

The team is responsible for workload hosting part of Automat, SEEK’s internal developer platform, based on Cloud Native ecosystem on Kubernetes. The team is also responsible for other developer systems such as Backstage and other internal tools for managing containerised workloads.

At SEEK, we are passionate about fostering a culture of inclusion and wellbeing that embraces and values the diversity of our people. We are a purpose-driven business that works with heart.

We know teams with diverse ideas, experiences and perspectives are more creative and are critical to ensuring effective delivery and innovating to enable our future success. As such, we welcome applications from people with diverse backgrounds and life experiences, especially as they relate to gender, sexual identity, culture, faith, disability and life stages. If you have the skills, curiosity and an adaptable mindset but don't meet every responsibility or qualification listed in this advertisement, please still get in touch with us.

Should you require any specific support or adjustments throughout the recruitment process and beyond, please advise us and we will be happy to assist.

SEEK kindly requests no unsolicited resumes or approaches from recruitment agencies and will not be responsible for any associated fees.