Platform Engineer
Impact.com2 months ago
Cape Town, South AfricaMid Level
Responsibilities
- Implement infrastructure abstractions that translate service-team requirements into IaC parameters and production-grade deployments.
- Deploy and operate VPCs, compute pools, storage, Kubernetes clusters, and supporting networking.
- Operate and maintain managed pub/sub messaging systems such as Kafka.
- Use Cloud Operations’ IaC modules and provide operational feedback and enhancement requests.
- Write production-quality Java code for infrastructure abstractions with security and best practices built in.
- Contribute to infrastructure standards, code reviews, operational runbooks, and knowledge sharing.
Requirements
- 1–2+ years of software development experience with Java or similar languages.
- Strong software engineering fundamentals, including clean, testable code and reliable systems design.
- At least 1 year of hands-on experience deploying software to and operating in a cloud environment.
- Comfort with the Linux command line and understanding of networking and cloud computing concepts.
- Familiarity with IaC concepts and hands-on experience with Terraform, Argo CD, or equivalent tools.
- Collaborative approach with the ability to work with senior engineers, ask questions, and incorporate feedback.
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
Benefits
- Flexible working with a Responsible PTO policy.
- Up to 12 fully covered therapy/coaching sessions per year with additional dependent coverage.
- Monthly gym reimbursement.
- Restricted Stock Units with a 3-year vesting schedule, pending Board approval.
- Free Coursera subscription and PXA courses.
- 26 weeks of fully paid parental leave for the primary caregiver and 13 weeks for the secondary caregiver.
- Technology stipend for a home office and monthly internet allowance.
Tech Stack
About Impact.com
Impact.com builds a SaaS platform for partnership and affiliate marketing, used by brands to manage affiliates, influencers, content publishers, and referrals, with tools for tracking, attribution, commissioning, and fraud detection. Its revenue comes from software subscriptions and related services. Founded in 2008 and headquartered in Santa Barbara, California, it is privately held and counts customers such as Walmart, Uber, Shopify, Lenovo, L’Oréal, and Fanatics.