Senior Platform Engineer

About the role

Manatal is an HRTech software service (B2B SaaS) company headquartered in Bangkok, Thailand. Manatal is one of the fastest-growing start-ups in the region and is backed by Surge and Sequoia Capital.

Manatal has a global presence and is trusted by thousands of businesses in over 135 countries. Our goal is to transform the entire hiring process by making it simple, efficient, and enjoyable for recruiters, hiring managers, and candidates alike. Our mission is to offer the best-in-class AI-powered technologies to empower small, medium, and large businesses in their staffing & recruitment transformation.

Role Overview

We are looking for a Senior Platform Engineer to join our team. You will focus on improving the reliability, scalability, and performance of our systems, working closely with engineering and operations to ensure smooth, stable, and efficient platform operations. You will also help improve the developer experience by automating workflows and building custom tools.

Responsibilities

Monitor and operate production systems to ensure high availability and reliability

Improve observability through better metrics, logging, tracing, and alerting

Automate manual and repetitive operations tasks to improve efficiency

Collaborate with engineering teams to design resilient, scalable systems

Improve developer experience by building custom tools and automating infrastructure

Participate in on-call rotations and handle incident response

Conduct post-incident reviews and drive system improvements

Benchmark, test, and optimize system performance and scalability

Enhance CI/CD pipelines, deployment workflows, and infrastructure processes

Requirements

Strong experience with AWS (or other major cloud providers such as GCP or Azure)

Hands-on experience with Kubernetes, Docker, and container orchestration

Solid Linux systems knowledge

Programming skills in Golang, Python, Bash, or similar

Familiarity with CI/CD and automation tools: ArgoCD, Crossplane, GitHub Actions, Terraform, Ansible

Strong understanding of cloud security best practices and tools such as Vault, AWS Secrets Manager, or HashiCorp Consul

Experience with observability and monitoring tools (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, Loki, Datadog)

Solid understanding of networking, load balancing, DNS, and security

Nice to Have

Background in software engineering

Strong focus on improving developer experience and setting best practices

Cross-team collaboration and communication skills

Working with Manatal

This role is based at our Bangkok office in the heart of the city center
As a team of diverse cultures and nationalities, English language proficiency is required
We enjoy collaborating in person and the team is working on-site

Why you'll enjoy working with Manatal

Well-funded start-up backed by Surge & Sequoia
Be part of one of the fastest-growing B2B SaaS start-ups in the region
You will be collaborating with talented individuals in the industry
Join a lively and highly international team
Indulge in a challenging and innovative working culture
Attractive medical healthcare plan
Personal development allowance
2 weeks of work from anywhere per year
Regular fun team-building activities
Company trip

Our Tech Stack

Our engineering team leverages a variety of modern technologies. While working at Manatal, you can expect to be exposed to the following stack:

Infrastructure: Amazon Web Services; Kubernetes; GitOps (ArgoCD), Github Actions
Backend: Language: Python; Web Frameworks: Python frameworks including Django, Flask, Fast API;
Databases: PostgreSQL, MongoDB, ElasticSearch, and Redis, among others;
Other: Celery, RabbitM,Q among others.
Frontend: Javascript & Vue.JS

Hiring Process

You can expect in our hiring process some or all of the following rounds:

Interview with the HR Team
Technical Online Screening Assessment
Technical Interview with the Engineering Team

 Apply on our Careers Page If you are a fit for this role and are excited to join Manatal, please follow this link to apply https://www.careers-page.com/manatal/job/L3X639RW

Learn more about Manatal:

Get to know more about us and our product: www.manatal.com
Watch Manatal's product demo :  https://manatal.wistia.com/medias/vobnq7lvm1 
Manatal Hiring: At Manatal, we are dedicated to building an intuitive AI-powered application tracking system to streamline and transform the entire hiring and recruitment process. 

Manatal Hiring

At Manatal, we are dedicated to building an intuitive AI-powered application tracking system to streamline and transform the entire hiring and recruitment process.

We are devoted to attracting the best talent worldwide to join our team and take pride in being an equal-opportunity workplace. We are committed to equal employment opportunities regardless of religion, race, ethnicity, ancestry, national origin, gender, gender identity, sex, sexual orientation, marital or parental status, disability, age, citizenship or other class protected by applicable law.