Platform Engineer @ Hnry
Hnry
Software Engineering
NZD 90k-140k / year
Posted on Dec 9, 2025
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Platform Engineer @ Hnry
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Wellington, New Zealand
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Permanent, full time
Hnry’s Engineering team is growing again, and we are excited to welcome a new engineer to join our our platform team.
In this role, you’ll be part of the team that takes ownership of the infrastructure, performance, and security of the Hnry platform. Our Platform Squad is responsible for keeping our AWS servers and databases running smoothly, and making sure we’re set up to scale with confidence.
🚀 Responsibilities
Engaging with customers and all members of the business to actively identify problems and propose solutions
Designing and implementing improvements to the infrastructure and platform of Hnry, currently hosted on AWS
Identifying potential improvements to platform architecture and performance
Making incremental improvements to our existing, high-performance CI/CD pipeline and associated processes
Implementing new monitoring and reporting using DataDog to ensure high-availability APM
Following best practices in building a robust and reliable platform and encourage the same among colleagues
Take responsibility for the delivering functionality from concept through to production release and post-release maintenance
Produce work that meets the expected level of test coverage and improve test coverage across the existing codebase
Sharing your knowledge and ensuring that standards are maintained
Collaborate with and support other members of the wider Hnry team
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Jayesh - Principal Engineer
💪 You will
Have experience with AWS infrastructure for web apps (in particular we are looking for experience with RDS & ECS)
Have experience optimising PostgreSQL databases
Confident with wide range of development tools including Git, Github, Linux, CI services like Github Actions & CircleCI
Be a team player; wants to work as part of a team, giving and receiving feedback and
Be able to take complex problems, break them down, and build robust solutions
Approach problems with a curious mindset and empathy for the end user, always considering the impact of changes
Actively monitor systems, identify problems and propose solutions
Have excellent communication and collaboration skills — we work together and succeed as a team
Enjoy discussions about software/product design and crafting solutions
Bonus points for the following:
Have Ruby on Rails experience, or experience with some other web framework
Experience building large scale systems
Experience being self-employed (freelancing, contracting etc) in any industry/profession
🫵 How we work
We follow agile practices, delivering improvements iteratively in small chunks. We track the impact of our work and measure ourselves on results, not the amount of code written.
We’re growing fast, and are focused on building a well designed, scalable & robust platform. In some areas of the work (e.g. payment processing) there is very little margin for error.
Our technology platform is built in Ruby on Rails, hosted on AWS services (via Terraform), Postgres, Docker
We have wide automated test coverage, continuous deployment via CircleCI, and our Engineering team release to production multiple times per day.
We review each others code, and set aside time for hacking on experimental features, refactoring and/or learning new things.
We work hard and finish on time, no crazy hours.
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Salary banding: $90,000 - $140,000 per annum
✨ At Hnry, we operate a policy of pay parity across our organisation to ensure that all Hnry staff are fairly and equally compensated based on their contributions and experience. The salary for this role will be determined based on the applicant’s experience✨
How to apply
Does this role sound like a good fit? Complete the Hnry Job Application Form.
