Lead platform engineer

Boardroom Appointments

📍 sandton, gauteng, South-Africa

Full-time Other-General Posted May 31, 2026

Job Description

Qualifications 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 Experiencerunning 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 Git Ops principles #J-18808-Ljbffr