Overview
Senior Platform Engineer Jobs in Cape Town at Tillo
Who we’re looking for: A Senior Cloud Platform Engineer with experience in AWS, EKS & ideally Azure
The challenge: To lead the design and implementation of build, release, deployment and infrastructure for the Tillo platform across multiple services while migrating from Azure to AWS
Where you’ll work: This role will be based in Cape Town, you’ll be part of our global team, collaborating with colleagues and serving customers across the UK, USA, Australia, South Africa, and beyond. Our hybrid approach offers flexibility with regular team connection in our Cape Town office.
The Tillo Difference
We’re in the business of rewards and incentives, so we know a thing or two about the importance of giving back. We can’t grow as a business without growing as individuals, so we are committed to providing a workplace where passionate, driven individuals can thrive. We value collaboration, trust, positivity, and a willingness to learn – only by working as a team will we reach our goals.
We’re the market leader in the UK and are active in a number of other markets including USA, Europe, Australia and India.
Day to day this role will
Lead a migration from Azure to AWS, maintaining all Azure and AWS Architecture and Services
Support security of the platform and infrastructure
Operate Container Orchestration Solutions (Kubernetes / EKS)
Build and manage CI/CD pipelines
Design, build and manage Infrastructure as Code
Work in an agile way following DevOps principles
Manage disaster recovery, monitoring and alerting
Mentor Platform and Software engineers on best practices
We’re looking for strong experience with
AWS as a Cloud Provider, particularly managing EKS workload & some experience with Azure as a Cloud Provider
Working in the PHP and/or Python and/or .net ecosystems
Writing Infrastructure as Code (ideally in Pulumi)
Deploying and operating applications on Kubernetes
Git / source control
Configuration Management systems (such as Ansible or Chef)
Communicating the benefits of DevOps practices such as Agile ways of working, theory of constraints, and SLO-based monitoring
Working in a fast-scaling business, and embracing the changes and challenges this brings
It’s not essential, but we’d love to hear about it if you have experience with
Bash and powershell scripting
Terraform
Provisioning and administrating Windows Servers and VMs
Provisioning and managing SQL Server and Azure SQL databases
Managing Windows Active Directory
Benefits
We offer all our employees trust and empower our team to work with flexibility and autonomy. We’re a close-knit team and love working collaboratively, with our hybrid model, our team can come together at our fantastic offices, but also focus in their own space. The Tillo team are a motivated bunch and we all work hard to push Tillo forwards, always innovating. We completely understand the importance of work/life balance and offer a supportive and collaborative working environment with the following benefits:
21 days holiday per annum
Retirement Fund (5%)
Health insurance contribution
Employee Incentive Scheme
Hybrid Working
Top spec equipment including laptop, mouse, keyboard, monitor
Anniversary gifts
Monthly breakfasts, drinks, snacks and events
Team Learning & Development budget
About Tillo
Tillo makes gift cards, rewards, and incentives simple, efficient, and profitable. Operating in over 37 markets and 25 currencies, Tillo processes billions in gift card transactions through a single, plug-and-go API, powering rewards and incentives for the world’s leading businesses.
Backed by Tenzing, Tillo is setting the global standard for digital gift card infrastructure.
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Statement
We are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued and respected. We welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds, regardless of age, disability, gender identity, marital status, race, ethnicity, religion or belief, sex, or sexual orientation.
If you require any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, please let us know, and we will be happy to accommodate your needs.
Title: Senior Platform Engineer
Company: Tillo
Location: Cape Town
