Lead Platform Engineer

ART is seeking a forward-thinking Lead Platform Engineer to drive the success of our B2B and software partner digital product suite. If you're passionate about developer experience, DevOps excellence, and building scalable platforms that accelerate delivery, this is your opportunity to lead from the front.
Why join us?

• You'll get 14% super as standard, to help your future come alive.
• Unleash your potential and build a career to be proud of through excellent training and development opportunities.
• Balance your work between in-person days at our purpose-built hubs and working from home.
• In the office, enjoy end of trip facilities, a yoga and multi-faith room, parent and carer rooms, quiet rooms, BrewHub coffee facilities, and collaborative team spaces.

About Beam
Beam delivers cutting-edge, API-integrated superannuation services that make super payments effortless for employers. Backed by Australian Retirement Trust, Beam reimagines super by combining advanced technologies with intuitive design to offer innovative payment and messaging solutions, and a brilliant user experience.

About The Role
Our goal is to make paying super effortless for employers, and you can help us lighten the load for employers all over Australia. As the
Lead Platform Engineer - Beam
you'll be the platform custodian, designing and maintaining an internal developer platform that streamlines software delivery, enhances engineering experience, and ensures performance, reliability, and security. You'll lead a hybrid team, define the platform roadmap, and implement release and deployment automation.

You'll also collaborate across cross-functional teams to deliver robust, scalable solutions and provide technical leadership in troubleshooting, monitoring, and infrastructure management.

Day To Day, You'll

• Lead and coach platform engineers to deliver high-quality DevOps solutions.
• Define and enforce standards for scalability, fault tolerance, and security.
• Empower developers with self-service tools and workflows.
• Manage infrastructure, servers, databases, and cloud services.
• Drive platform improvements through automation, monitoring, and innovation.
• Collaborate with enterprise DevOps and platform engineering practices.

This role is a
permanent
opportunity.

Location:
Brisbane or Sydney.

About You
It goes without saying you'll be a great communicator with top notch interpersonal skills. We'll also expect you to pick up problems and come up with quick, creative ways to solve them. It's quite likely you tick some of the following boxes too:

• You've led platform engineering initiatives and know how to create seamless developer experiences that reduce friction and boost productivity.
• You're confident with Terraform or similar IaC tools and can build infrastructure that's scalable, secure, and resilient.
• You've worked hands-on with Azure services like Functions and Storage, and understand how to architect for performance and reliability.
• You're fluent in scripting languages and frameworks, and you know how to automate deployments and streamline CI/CD pipelines.
• You're comfortable with REST APIs, microservices, and serverless architecture, and you bring a DevOps mindset to everything you do.
• You're a natural problem-solver with strong debugging skills and a keen eye for detail.
• You communicate clearly, collaborate effectively across teams, and know how to document and share knowledge.
• Bonus points if you've got Azure certifications, experience with monitoring tools like Grafana or Datadog, and a background in cloud security or InfoSec standards like ISO:27001 or OWASP.

About Us
Our 2.4 million members trust us to take care of over $330 billion in retirement savings. And we help them take charge of their finances and face the future with confidence. Our inclusive culture means you'll be valued and heard in a respectful workplace. We've created an environment where you can be yourself and do amazing work. It's that simple.

Apply online now
Everyone is welcome to apply. We value diverse thinking, cultures, perspectives, backgrounds, and abilities. Awaken your career at Australian Retirement Trust and apply now.
Applications close Thursday, 27 November 2025.
We don't want to leave you with a monstrous wait. So, you'll hear from us after the closing date to find out whether you've made it through to the next round or not. Being fair and up-front is important to us – and recruitment is no different.