Platform Engineer - Remote (APAC)

Description:

Hi! We're amazee.io, a developer-first open source application delivery and hosting platform that delivers unmatched flexibility, up to 99.99% uptime, backed by exceptional support. Our platform simplifies developers' lives and jobs, minimizing the stress of managing infrastructure or operations. amazee.io supports organizations across the globe to accelerate their cloud and container adoption, along with providing easily managed Kubernetes for developer teams.

We're looking for a Platform Engineer to join our global and fully remote team!

As a Platform Engineer with amazee.io you'll be supporting our mission by engineering, managing and maintaining our hosting platform and infrastructure, allowing secure and scalable hosting for our clients worldwide. You'll be looking for continuous improvement to the platform and undertaking the roll out of new features and releases to keep us at the cutting edge of what we do.

If this feels like the role for you, come and join a team committed to providing flexible solutions in an open, transparent, international work environment.

Work location:

This is a fully remote position, however we do require you to be based in an APAC Time Zone (UTC 8 to UTC 12)

What you'll do:

• Platform management and documentation: Design, deploy, and manage cloud infrastructure. Implementing automations, setting up monitoring solutions, and all that is required to ensure a stable hosting environment. Then make sure it’s all documented well, good documentation makes our work lives easier and happier!

• Kubernetes operations: Design, deploy and operate scalable and resilient Kubernetes clusters.

• Optimization: Optimize cloud infrastructure for performance and efficiency. Monitor resources, identify opportunities for improvement, and manage costs and work effectively, finding ways to work smarter rather than harder.

• Security and compliance: Monitor and address platform security vulnerabilities, applying patches and updates as necessary, and be proactive in spotting areas of concern or potential threats.

• Collaboration and innovation: Work closely internal and with client engineering teams to understand application requirements, test out new ideas and features, and deep diving into engineering and architecture topics, continually look to innovate and solve problems.

What you'll bring:

• Production experience working with Kubernetes
• Knowledge in building and enhancing infrastructure with Terraform
• Experience developing operators and automations with Golang
• Ability to write testable code and help to make sure implemented changes don’t break existing functionality
• Comfort working with different cloud providers (AWS, GCP, Azure)
• Comfort communicating and documenting in English 
• Willingness to share on-call duties with the team

amazee.io is dedicated to providing a work environment of trust, transparency, and inclusion for everyone. We are heavily committed as an Equal Opportunity Employer, striving to maintain a work environment where we can all feel comfortable, valued, included, and free to achieve our best.

As a fully remote company we also offer flexibility when it comes to working hours and location, helping you to manage personal circumstances and work/life harmony. Here's some other things you can expect.

What we’ll bring:

• A fully distributed team of creative colleagues in a flat, open and transparent organization. - Meet the team, read our handbook, or check out what our team has to say about working at amazee.io on Comparably!
• Flexible working hours and fully remote working 
• 5 paid days-off a year for conference attendance or education-related commitments 
• An annual education benefit of 2,200 AUD or equivalent for professional development
• An annual well-being benefit of 750 AUD or equivalent for your physical or mental health
• A connectivity benefit of 150 AUD or equivalent a month towards internet/data costs
• Your own tech budget with the freedom to choose your setup
• Take the amazee.io Quest! - After 3 years working with us, you'll get 3 weeks paid off work to undertake a meaningful personal goal, or undertake a bucket-list challenge

So what's next?: 

Apply! Send us your CV and cover letter showing who you are, your technical skills, and anything else you think we should know!