Platform Engineer

Johannesburg, Gauteng
Permanent
Full-time

1 day ago

Location: Hybrid (Johannesburg / Remote)Employment Type: Full-TimeIndustry: SaaS | Financial Services | IT InfrastructureWatersEdge Solutions is hiring on behalf of a rapidly growing technology company that's redefining how organisations manage their share incentive schemes. As their first Platform Engineer, you'll take ownership of a robust, multi-cloud environment and play a pivotal role in shaping the future of their infrastructure, reliability, and security operations.About the RoleThis is a hands-on opportunity to build and optimise platform reliability from the ground up. You'll work closely with a small, high-performing engineering team, owning everything from uptime and scalability to disaster recovery and DevOps automation. This is the perfect role for someone ready to take charge, drive improvements, and grow into a leadership position as the platform scales.Key Responsibilities

Ensure high availability, performance, and monitoring across all production applications
Manage and optimise Heroku pipelines, CI/CD flows, and production infrastructure
Oversee cloud operations across AWS, DigitalOcean, and Heroku environments
Run Celery workers and queues, enforce task health, and track service-level objectives
Lead disaster recovery planning, penetration testing, and post-mortem processes
Standardise and maintain infrastructure using Terraform, scripting, and automation
Own security practices: encryption, IAM policies, MFA/SSO, and access reviews
Build internal tools and dashboards to streamline developer workflows
Centralise logging and observability with tools like Sentry, Papertrail, Prometheus, and
APM
Evaluate and manage third-party vendors and SaaS integrations

What You'll Bring

3+ years of experience managing cloud infrastructure (Heroku, AWS, DigitalOcean, etc.)
Strong CI/CD knowledge (GitHub Actions, Heroku CI) and solid Git fundamentals
Experience with monitoring, logging, and incident response frameworks
Working knowledge of IAM, MFA/SSO, encryption protocols, and secure configuration
Proven ability to document, collaborate, and work effectively within small engineering
teams

Nice to Have

Proficiency in Python and familiarity with Django or Flask
Experience with infrastructure-as-code tools like Terraform and Docker
Understanding of Celery, Redis, or asynchronous workloads
Exposure to compliance frameworks such as SOC 2 or GDPR
Familiarity with observability platforms (Prometheus, Grafana, New Relic)
Certifications like AWS Certified DevOps Engineer or CKS

What's On Offer

A rare opportunity to define and own platform engineering from day one
Full autonomy to design tooling, systems, and processes
A clear growth path into platform/SRE/security leadership
Diverse technical exposure: Heroku, AWS, DigitalOcean, Cloudflare, S3, and more
Collaboration with a sharp, experienced team that values reliability and security
Hands-on experience with SOC 2 compliance and enterprise security standards
A competitive compensation package with room to grow
A mission-driven company making financial equity accessible to global employees

Company CultureThe team you'll join is smart, agile, and deeply collaborative. You'll be surrounded by specialists-engineers, mathematicians, accountants-who bring diverse expertise to solve complex problems. Despite being part of a global group, the work environment is close-knit, dynamic, and built for growth. This is a place for passionate technologists who value impact, autonomy, and a strong work-life balance.If you have not been contacted within 10 working days, please consider your applications unsuccessful.

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