At a Glance
- Tasks: Design and implement secure, scalable platforms while troubleshooting complex Linux issues.
- Company: Join DroneShield, a leading counter-drone tech company making the world safer.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, growth opportunities, and a chance to work with cutting-edge AI technology.
- Other info: Be part of a rapidly growing team with global operations and innovative projects.
- Why this job: Make a real impact in security tech while solving challenging engineering problems.
- Qualifications: Strong Linux systems engineering skills and a passion for automation and reliability.
The predicted salary is between 118800 - 145200 $ per year.
Work with cutting-edge AI technology that helps make the world a safer and more secure place. DroneShield (ASX:DRO) develops market-leading counter-drone solutions used by military organisations, government agencies, airports, critical infrastructure operators, and law enforcement operating in some of the most challenging and high-stakes environments in the world. Employees work at the forefront of innovation, solving complex technical problems and delivering mission-critical capabilities where performance, reliability, and speed matter.
As an ASX200-listed company and the world's only publicly listed pure-play counter-drone business, DroneShield is experiencing rapid growth. Revenue increased from A$57 million in 2024 to more than A$217 million in 2025, supported by record profitability, a global sales pipeline exceeding A$2.5 billion, and annual R&D investment of over A$50 million. Since 2017, DroneShield has grown from 11 employees to more than 550 globally, with operations across Australia, the United States, Europe, and the Middle East, supporting customers in over 70 countries.
The role is based at DroneShield's Sydney headquarters, which houses corporate, commercial, engineering, and operational teams supporting the company's global growth and customer base.
About the role
We are looking for a Senior Platform Engineer to help build the foundations that enable DroneShield's engineering teams to deliver reliable, scalable and secure products. This is a hands-on engineering role focused on Linux platforms, reliability engineering, observability, automation, developer enablement and platform security. You will play a key role in delivering security-focused engineering initiatives across DroneShield's product and internal platforms, helping ensure our systems remain secure, resilient and operationally effective. The role combines deep technical problem solving with a strong engineering mindset. One day you may be troubleshooting low-level Linux performance issues, the next building Go-based tooling, improving platform observability, designing reusable service patterns, or helping teams adopt reliable operational practices.
Success in this role comes from balancing immediate delivery with long-term maintainability, creating solutions that are not only effective but repeatable, scalable and easy for teams to consume. If you're passionate about solving difficult engineering problems, building platforms and tooling that make other engineers more effective, and establishing patterns that scale across multiple products and teams, this is an opportunity to have a significant impact across DroneShield's technology landscape.
Responsibilities, Duties and Expectations
- Design, implement and own platform Secure-by-default standards, patterns and engineering best practices
- Build reusable libraries, services and tooling that can be adopted across multiple products and teams
- Build Security automation and operational controls
- Develop automation and internal tooling using Go and other appropriate technologies
- Troubleshoot complex Linux, infrastructure and application issues across development, test and production environments
- Design and implement observability solutions including metrics, logging, tracing and alerting
- Help engineering teams establish meaningful monitoring, operational visibility and reliability practices
- Build and maintain platform services supporting software development and deployment workflows
- Partner with engineering teams to identify common challenges and create scalable platform solutions
- Improve platform reliability, performance and operational efficiency through automation and standardisation
- Contribute to architecture decisions and technical direction across platform and product teams
- Document standards, patterns, operational processes and engineering guidance
- Mentor engineers and promote operational excellence across the organisation
Qualifications, Experience and Skills
Strong Linux systems engineering and troubleshooting experience.
Senior Platform Engineer in Sydney employer: Droneshield
DroneShield is an exceptional employer that fosters a dynamic work culture where innovation and teamwork thrive. As a leader in counter-drone technology, we offer our employees unparalleled growth opportunities through hands-on experience and mentorship in a rapidly evolving industry. Located in the vibrant APAC region, our team enjoys the unique advantage of working on mission-critical projects while collaborating with diverse clients, ensuring a rewarding and impactful career.
