Senior Cloud Engineer

Company Description Managing business expenses shouldn't be a guessing game. Yet many SMEs still lack clear cash flow visibility and spend control. At Budgetly, we're changing that. We're building an AI-first platform that simplifies expense management and helps businesses make better financial decisions, faster. The goal is simple: help you spend smarter, save time, and grow profitably. This role is part of a small, fully remote engineering team, reporting to the Team Lead with a light-touch structure. You'll have real autonomy, own your outcomes, and be trusted to deliver. Job Description This is a senior backend engineering role with ownership of our DevSecOps and platform reliability capability. You'll spend the majority of your time contributing to product development, while dedicating part of your week to the cloud infrastructure, security, automation and reliability foundations that enable the team to ship safely. You'll be our go-to engineer for AWS, CI/CD and DevSecOps. In this role, you'll: Design, build and ship product features using our product and coding agentsOwn and continuously improve our AWS infrastructure across compute, networking, storage and IAMBuild and maintain CI/CD pipelines using GitHub ActionsManage and evolve our infrastructure through AWS CDKEmbed security controls into the software delivery lifecycle, including vulnerability scanning, secrets management, access control and audit loggingBuild and operate services using technologies including Lambda, DynamoDB, ECS Fargate, EventBridge and Aurora PostgreSQLOwn observability and production reliability using CloudWatch, Sentry and OpenTelemetryLead troubleshooting and incident response across application and infrastructure layers, including root-cause analysis and prevention, leveraging Linear or other automation solutionsEstablish practical AWS, security and reliability standards across the engineering teamMonitor and improve platform reliability, capacity and performanceBalance security, reliability, cost and delivery speed pragmaticallyShare your expertise and help strengthen cloud, DevSecOps and reliability practices across the engineering team Qualifications What We're Looking For Deep hands-on cloud expertise. You've built and operated production-grade cloud infrastructure yourself. A security-first mindset. You think about IAM, secrets, and vulnerabilities as part of the build, not an afterthought bolted on at the end. What We Need From You Demonstrated senior-level experience as a backend/software engineer, with significant hands-on DevOps and SecOps responsibilityStrong production experience with AWS, including Lambda, DynamoDB, ECS Fargate and EventBridgeHands-on production experience using AWS CDK for Infrastructure-as-CodeExperience designing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines using GitHub ActionsExperience working with PostgreSQL in production environmentsObservability experience, including CloudWatch and tools such as Sentry and OpenTelemetryStrong security engineering practices across vulnerability management, secrets management, IAM/access control and audit/compliance loggingExperience with containerisation and orchestration, including Docker and ECS FargateIncident response and troubleshooting skills across distributed systemsAbility to operate autonomously at a senior level and set technical direction with minimal oversight Read this before you apply You'll thrive here if you're a senior backend engineer who enjoys building product but also wants meaningful ownership of the infrastructure, automation, security and reliability behind it. You'll have the autonomy to shape how we approach DevSecOps and platform reliability while remaining hands-on in product engineering. This role requires full Australian working rights, and you must be located in Australia. Additional Information We're guided by trust, respect, and ownership. Our values, Embrace Change, Carte Blanche, Find Wisdom in Data, and We All "Own It", shape how we work. We're fully remote, so you can work from anywhere in Australia5 weeks annual leave and flexible working - we believe in balanceMonthly "Wellness Budget" to help you stay healthy, mentally & physicallyEmployee share options (ESOP) for all team members - we truly all "own it" How to apply? To start your application with us, submit your CV via the application form. Note that background checks are required as part of our offer process. We welcome applications from all backgrounds, abilities, and identities. We value diversity and believe that it enhances our creativity, innovation, and overall success. Join us in creating a workplace where everyone can thrive.