Specialist – Software Development (Platform Focus)

Role Context

As a Specialist – Platform Focus, you are a senior hands-on engineer responsible for building and strengthening the core platform foundations of FLX ONE Cargo.

This role ensures that Cargo services are built on scalable, reusable, and observable platform components, allowing delivery teams to move fast without compromising long-term health.

What You’ll Own

Platform & Shared Services

● Design and build shared platform services used across Cargo engineering teams.

● Develop common libraries, frameworks, and runtime components.

● Ensure platform components are modular, well-documented, and easy to consume.

Cloud & Infrastructure Foundations

● Build and evolve cloud-native foundations (deployment patterns, runtime configuration, observability).

● Contribute to infrastructure-as-code and environment standardisation.

● Improve reliability, performance, and operational consistency across services.

Architecture Execution

● Translate architectural patterns into concrete platform implementations.

● Ensure platform services enforce agreed boundaries, contracts, and standards.

● Identify and resolve cross-cutting technical debt early.

Hands-On Engineering

● Own and evolve critical platform components in production.

● Perform deep code reviews on platform-facing changes.

● Support production debugging and optimisation of shared services.

What You Must Bring

● 8+ years of hands-on software engineering experience.

● Strong expertise in backend or platform engineering using modern enterprise stacks.

● Deep experience with cloud-native systems on AWS or equivalent.

● Experience building shared services or internal platforms used by multiple teams.

● Strong engineering judgment and system-level thinking.

Nice to Have

● Experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, AWS CDK).

● Familiarity with observability tooling and reliability engineering practices.

● Exposure to large-scale SaaS or platform organisations.

Why This Role Matters

This role ensures FLX ONE Cargo has a strong technical backbone—reducing duplication, improving reliability, and enabling teams to deliver faster with confidence.