CLOUD ENGINEER (AWS | Platform Engineering | IaC)

This is a great opportunity for an intermediate-level CLOUD ENGINEER (AWS | Platform Engineering | IaC) to GAIN ADVANCED PLATFORM ENGINEERING SKILLS within a leading FinTech, and to build cloud systems used by millions of people.

Based in CAPE TOWN, this CLOUD ENGINEER role offers a salary of R800K – R900K.

This is not a traditional Cloud Engineer role.

If you’re currently clicking around the AWS console, reacting to tickets, and maintaining infrastructure someone else designed … then this role is not for you.

If, however, you want to build the platform that other engineers rely on, read on …

THE COMPANY

A next-generation FinTech company building enterprise-grade, cloud-native payment systems used by millions of South Africans daily.

If you join them you’ll work in an environment where Infrastructure is treated as a product, developers are your customers, automation replaces manual work, and guardrails replace gatekeeping

THE ROLE • Build and own fully automated AWS infrastructure using IaC (CDK / CloudFormation / Terraform) • Design self-service platforms that allow developers to deploy safely without needing you • Eliminate operational toil through Java/Python automation • Solve real-world scaling, networking, and reliability problems • Help move the business toward a fully “hands-off” cloud environment • Implement cost optimisation (FinOps), observability, and security at scale

THE REAL CAREER UPSIDE (WHY THIS ROLE MATTERS) • Move from DevOps to Platform Engineering, where instead of supporting systems, you’ll start building the platform itself. • Work on systems that actually matter - you’ll be contributing to infrastructure that powers millions of real financial transactions daily. • Accelerate your technical growth: You’ll gain deep, practical experience in AWS at scale, Kubernetes & distributed systems, Advanced IaC patterns, and Cloud security & cost engineering. • Build Engineering Credibility - this is the kind of role that positions you for Senior Platform Engineer, Cloud Architect, or Technical Lead.

REQUIRED SKILLS • 2–5 years in Cloud / DevOps / SRE / Platform Engineering. • Strong AWS experience (VPC, IAM, compute, networking). • Hands-on Infrastructure as Code (CDK / CloudFormation / Terraform). • Solid coding ability (Python and/or Java). • Experience with CI/CD, Linux, and troubleshooting production systems. • Exposure to Kubernetes / containers is a strong plus. • You think in systems, not tickets. • You want to automate everything. • You care about developer experience. • You prefer building platforms over maintaining them.