Staff Engineer - Platform Engineering

As a Staff Engineer in Platform Engineering, you’ll be a subject matter expert and technical leader, guiding up to five Architects and Engineers while shaping the strategic vision for platform engineering across the enterprise in Australia and Singapore. You’ll drive the development and implementation of platform strategies, champion best engineering practices, and ensure solutions align with business objectives and quarterly goals. This role is hands-on and people-focused, balancing technical leadership with mentoring, recruitment, and performance management. You’ll foster a culture of continuous improvement, data-driven decision-making, and innovation, collaborating closely with senior stakeholders and cross-functional teams to deliver robust, scalable, and future-ready platform solutions.

What You’Ll Do

• Guide and support chapter members across Agile Teams and Squads.
• Define and govern architecture strategy, policies, and roadmaps.
• Lead platform innovation and drive adoption of best practices.
• Mentor engineers, resolve technical queries, and foster a collaborative workplace.
• Oversee recruitment, performance reviews, and career development.
• Ensure compliance, engagement, and knowledge sharing within the chapter.
• Provide technical leadership and hands-on contribution as a Squad member.
• Collaborate with leadership to define and track strategy, goals, and OKRs.

What You Bring

• Deep expertise in platform engineering, architecture, and cloud technologies.
• Strong leadership and mentoring skills in Agile environments.
• Proven ability to drive innovation and data-driven decision-making.
• Experience with modern data platforms, AI/ML, and data governance.
• Advanced knowledge of DevOps, security, and risk management practices.
• Hands-on experience with Google AI services, Kubernetes, and cloud-native tools.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Customer-focused, results-oriented, and a champion for continuous improvement.

Why Join Optus?

• 3 days in the office, 2 days remote – with flexible hours to suit!
• Inclusive carer neutral paid Parental Leave of up to 16 weeks
• Competitive leave including 2 'Connected Leave' days
• All Optus employees have access to resources, webinars and support via the ‘Parents at Work portal’
• Own your own growth by accessing an extensive online and facilitator led learning catalogue.
• Connect at work through our employee-led volunteer groups: Culture Connect, Elevate Women, Disability Network, Express Yourself (LGBTQIA+), United Veterans, Yarn Network, Wellbeing Network and Young Professionals.
• Vibrant campus life, variety of facilities including restaurants, cafes, gymnasium, GP, and post office
• Free Optus bus from Macquarie University Metro Station (every 6-8 minutes); morning and afternoon!

At Optus, we are strengthened by others and that means valuing diversity and saying ‘yes’ to embracing individual differences. We are committed to ensuring that our application process provides an equal employment opportunity to all job seekers, including individuals from diverse gender, cultural and linguistic backgrounds, individuals with a disability, individuals identifying as being part of the LGBTQIA+ community, individuals who may have served in the armed forces or who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander. If you require any adjustments or accessibility support to participate fairly and equitably in the recruitment process, please email AccessibleRecruitment@optus.com.au or call 1800 309 170 and we will be in touch. 

For more information on Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging at Optus, please visit https://www.optus.com.au/about/inclusion-diversity.

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