Platform Engineer at Bridgit

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

10 Feb, 26

Salary

0.0

Posted On

12 Nov, 25

Experience

2 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

AWS, Infrastructure As Code, Kubernetes, CI/CD, Monitoring, Logging, Observability, Terraform, Pulumi, GitHub Actions, CircleCI, ArgoCD, Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog

Industry

Financial Services

Description

About Us 🚀 Bridgit is a leading non-bank lender transforming the way Australians access property equity. Purpose-built to make property transactions faster and easier, we pioneered the Buy Now, Sell Later solution – empowering homeowners to unlock their property equity and move on their terms. With a simple digital application, fast approvals, and flexible loan options, we’re making property finance seamless and stress-free. We’re now four years old and making huge strides. We have accredited over two-thirds of Australia’s broker network, and launched white label solutions with Australia’s largest aggregators – Connective, Aussie Home Loans, Finsure, and Loan Market Group – and we’re just getting started. Our momentum has been recognised with awards such as Best Growth Story at the 2025 Fintech Awards, 2025 Finder People’s Choice Award for Lending Innovation, the finalist for Excellence in Lending (Business & Consumer) at the 2025 Finnies and finally being recognised as one of LinkedIn’s top 20 Start Up’s in Australia 2025. The difference you’ll make We’re looking for a talented and driven Platform Engineer to help shape the foundation that powers our products and developer experience. In this role, you’ll play a key part in building a self-service internal platform that empowers engineers to ship features faster, more reliably, and with greater autonomy. You’ll be joining a high impact team focused on simplifying infrastructure, improving scalability, and enabling seamless delivery across the business. Based in Sydney (hybrid), this is an opportunity to work at the intersection of software engineering and infrastructure; influencing how development happens across the company and driving operational excellence in everything we build. What you'll do; Design, build, and scale a self-service internal platform that streamlines development and deployment for engineering teams. Improve CI/CD pipelines and developer tooling to reduce friction and accelerate delivery. Define and maintain infrastructure standards through Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as Terraform or Pulumi. Champion observability and reliability, ensuring systems are well-instrumented and easy to operate. Enhance and optimise Kubernetes orchestration and AWS-based infrastructure to support scalable, secure applications. Collaborate closely with product and platform engineers to create a world-class developer experience. Promote best practices across automation, infrastructure design, and DevOps culture. What you’ll bring: Strong experience with AWS and cloud-native architecture. Proficiency with Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform or Pulumi. Deep understanding of Kubernetes and container orchestration. Proven experience with CI/CD systems (e.g. GitHub Actions, CircleCI, ArgoCD). Strong knowledge of monitoring, logging, and observability tools (e.g. Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog). A passion for improving developer experience and creating reliable, scalable systems. Excellent communication skills and a collaborative, solution-oriented mindset. Our Culture and Benefits Bridgit values its team, they are the heart of how we build this business. Along with competitive remuneration, slick offices and the chance to be part of an innovative, agile fintech, we also offer: Extra Leave – We offer birthday leave + an additional day of paid leave to be used for life events, celebrations, or just a mental health reset. Two Weeks from Anywhere – We encourage employees to work remotely from a location of their choice for two weeks each year. Learning and Development – All employees are encouraged and empowered to engage in professional development, including a number of learning initiatives run internally. Social Events – We have a jam-packed social scene, with events throughout the year to bring the team together! Ready to Make an Impact? If you’re excited about reshaping the lending industry and want to be part of a company that values authenticity and innovation, we’d love to chat. Apply now and let’s build the future of finance together! 🚀

Responsibilities

Design, build, and scale a self-service internal platform that streamlines development and deployment for engineering teams. Improve CI/CD pipelines and developer tooling to reduce friction and accelerate delivery.