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The Platform Engineer designs, builds, and maintains the Simpro platform infrastructure to ensure scalability, reliability, and performance. Operating with a 70% development and 30% platform focus, this role requires a strong software engineering background to build the tools and abstractions that power our systems. The Platform Engineer will automate testing, deployment, and configuration management processes; select appropriate hardware and software components; configure networking and storage resources; and create security policies.What You’ll Do
At Simpro, we build the software that powers the trades and field service industry across Australia, New Zealand, North America, and the UK. Our platform team sits at the heart of that owning the cloud infrastructure, the internal developer platform, and the pipelines that get code from development into production safely and fast.
We're looking for a Platform Engineer who's genuinely comfortable on both sides of the fence: someone who understands how applications work and knows AWS inside out. If you've come from a development background and gravitated toward the infrastructure side of things, this role was probably written for you.
You'll join a team of six based in Brisbane, working directly with development teams across the business to architect, maintain, and improve our AWS cloud environment. That means owning infrastructure-as-code in Terraform, contributing to our Internal Developer Platform (already ~70% built and growing), and helping developers ship services to production quickly and safely. You'll also be part of an on-call rotation so when things go sideways, you'll be the person who knows how to fix it.
What You’ll Bring
Deep, working knowledge of AWS - Lambda, EC2, EKS, RDS, SQS, IAM, SSM, and the broader ecosystem. Not just the concepts, but knowing what breaks and how to fix it.
Kubernetes - cluster management, scaling groups, ports, and production-level troubleshooting
Terraform - we run everything through it, so this is non-negotiable
CI/CD pipeline experience - we use Jenkins, but if you know GitHub Actions or Buildkite, you'll pick it up
PostgreSQL / SQL database fundamentals
A development background, or strong experience working closely with engineering teams on application architecture
Clear communication - you'll be translating between infra and dev teams regularly, and writing RCAs during incident
AWS Solutions Architect certification
Experience with cloud security practices - IAM policies, secrets management, security group design, and compliance controls
Experience with HashiCorp tooling beyond Terraform
Exposure to Internal Developer Platform concepts
Comfort using AI coding tools (Claude Code is part of our workflow) with the judgement to know when not to trust them
The environment
This team moves fast. There are real incidents, real pressure, and a genuine on-call commitment. The flip side is a team culture that's relaxed, collaborative, and not at all corporate. New starters are expected to be in office full-time.
What We Can Offer You
Novated leasing via salary packaging
Employee Assistance Program (24/7 confidential support on relationships, bereavement, finances)
Generous Parental Leave Program
Paid Volunteer Leave Days
Public Holiday Exchange Scheme
Talent Referral Program – get rewarded for referring a friend to join our team!
Casual dress and relaxed office environment
Fun team camaraderie and events
Opportunities for career progression and development
Diverse training & internal networking opportunities across all of our product lines
Service recognition awards
Click here to find out more about working at Simpro Group!
Our Core Values
While experience in the above areas will be highly considered, it’s important to note it will be secondary to the person with the right determination, attitude and compatibility. Our culture and core values are very important to us:
We Are One Team
We Are Customer Centric
We Are Growth Minded
We Are Accountable
We Celebrate Success
Simpro, AroFlo, BigChange & ClockShark are equal opportunity employers with a best-of-class onboarding program and supportive team environments. We embrace and support culture diversity and Equal Employment Opportunity. Aboriginals, Torres Strait Islanders and minority groups are encouraged to apply. .
Visit simprogroup.com/au/company/careers to learn more about us and our values.
We would like to take this opportunity to thank all candidates for their application.
*Please note, no agencies will be accepted in the recruitment of this role.
Skills Required
- Deep working knowledge of AWS - Lambda, EC2, EKS, RDS, SQS, IAM, SSM, and broader ecosystem
- Kubernetes - cluster management and production-level troubleshooting
- Terraform experience is non-negotiable
- CI/CD pipeline experience - familiarity with Jenkins or equivalent
- PostgreSQL / SQL database fundamentals
- Development background or experience with engineering teams
- Clear communication skills for translating between teams
Simpro Software Group Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Simpro Software Group and has not been reviewed or approved by Simpro Software Group.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Feedback suggests a four-day work week is a standout perk that supports work-life balance and can offset slightly lower market pay for some roles.
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Parental & Family Support — Feedback suggests parental leave is notably generous, including extended paid leave for primary and secondary caregivers along with return-to-work support.
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Inclusive Benefits Coverage — Feedback suggests benefits include unusually broad medical-travel support, including a dedicated travel-expense grant for medical procedures, which strengthens perceived inclusivity.
Simpro Software Group Insights
What We Do
Simpro is the total business management software for commercial trade service businesses. From job quoting and scheduling to inventory tracking, invoicing and everything in between, Simpro's smart technology solutions and expert long-term support help businesses build, repair and power their future with complete control over operations. Led by CEO Gary Specter and headquartered in Brisbane, Australia, Simpro supports more than 8,000 businesses and 200,000 users worldwide in the electrical, plumbing, HVAC, security and fire protection industries with 400+ employees in six global offices. In November 2021, Simpro acquired Clockshark, a US-based timesheeting and scheduling platform and AroFlo, an Australian-based job management software provider. Our company is seeing tremendous growth globally and especially in the US. As our team grows, so do our opportunities! Join us! We'd love to have you along for the ride!
Why Work With Us
We are ONE Team. No heroes. No egos. Just a diverse community of passionate people rolling up their sleeves and working hard to deliver exceptional technology, service and outcomes to each and every customer every day. Our values guide us: We are One Team We Innovate We Own It We Care We Have Fun We Understand
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