Intermediate Platform Engineer

We're looking for an Intermediate Platform Engineer to join the Plexure team! You'll become part of a global, growing SaaS company at an exciting point in our growth journey. Based in Auckland CBD, you'll enjoy WFH days + lots of lovely benefits (more on those below).

Who are we?

• Plexure redefines the customer experience and drives results through personalized mobile marketing and next-generation loyalty programs for household names such as McDonald's.
• Our industry-leading customer engagement platform has over 300 million users in 65 countries around the globe.
  

What will you do? 

Reporting to the Engineering Team Lead - Platform, you'll join forces with our Platform Engineering team to evolve the shared platform that enables engineering teams to deliver software efficiently, reliably and securely. You'll help modernise our infrastructure, tooling and platform capabilities while supporting engineering teams across the business.

• Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, along with CI/CD pipelines and automation that improve software delivery.
• Support the evolution of our platform infrastructure, including the transition from Azure App Services to Kubernetes and the ongoing standardisation of Terraform.
• Partner with engineering teams to provide infrastructure guidance, review platform changes and support their tooling and pipeline needs.
• Contribute to platform standards, documentation and continuous improvements that make it easier for engineers to build, deploy and operate software.
• Initial project focus: Deliver disaster recovery initiatives and improve platform resilience, reliability and operational readiness.
• Our tech stack: Terraform • Azure • Kubernetes • GitHub • Azure DevOps • PowerShell • Bash • Python • GitHub Copilot • Claude
  

What are we looking for? 

• Experience in a Platform Engineering role within a cloud-based environment.
  
• Strong Infrastructure as Code experience using Terraform, along with modern CI/CD practices.
  
• Proficiency in a programming or scripting language (any language is fine).
  
• An understanding of containerisation concepts (Kubernetes experience would be a plus).
  
• A collaborative, curious engineer with a platform engineering mindset and a passion for automation, developer enablement and continuous improvement.
  
• Exposure to cloud networking would be a bonus!

What's in it for you?

• Paid wellness days! You'll get 4 each year + a paid day off in the month of your birthday.
  
• Ongoing career development and support- Receive ongoing coaching from your manager, the Engineering Team Lead - Platform, and a $2,000 yearly training budget to use towards upskilling yourself!
• Work from home allowance - we'll give you a one off payment of $1,000 to help you get set up at home. Plus, you'll have access to staff discounts at PB Tech to help your dollars go further.
• Fully paid health insurance for yourself and discounts for family members (Southern Cross - Wellbeing 2).
• We've got you covered with life insurance and illness or injury income protection too.
• Hospitality benefits - grab a free lunch or dinner in one of Sky City's restaurants (twice a year!) + you'll have a monthly credit at TANK.
• Summer hours! If there's nothing pressing left to do on a Friday arvo, finish up at 1:00pm (December - February).
• Free Udemy subscription– choose from more than 200,000 available courses online!
• Mental wellbeing support for you and your family such as EAP services through Workplace Options.
• We arrange a company-wide volunteering day once a year (paid of course).
• Subsidized parking in the garage of our office building.
• A brand new office and an active social club that organizes events each month.

Why do our employees love working for Plexure:

• "I collaborate with a lot of teams across the business and have gained a lot of exposure to different areas."
  
• "We use state of the art cutting edge technology. It is great to work with different technologies."
• "You get appreciation for the work you do. I receive recognition from my leadership, peers and clients. I feel valued."
  
• "We are a very diverse team - we have people from all over the world! We work hard but also like to have fun."