Lead Platform Engineer

Minimum Requirements:

• Matric (Grade 12)
• 5 - 8 years development experience - understanding how applications are built and run is essential
• Strong experience in any typed programming language (Golang, Rust, C++, Java, C#, Typescript, etc)
• Strong understanding of Kubernetes architecture and running applications on Kubernetes
• Experience running or deploying Kubernetes clusters themselves is not required
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Good communication and collaboration skills

Responsibilities:

• Design and implement the control plane of our application platform using Kubernetes
• Develop and maintain custom CRDs (Custom Resource Definitions) and controllers to extend
• Kubernetes functionality for our platform
• Utilise Golang to build Services, Controllers, and Crossplane Functions
• Ensure availability, and performance of the platform
• Automate deployment, monitoring, and management processes using CI/CD pipelines and GitOps principles