About ZBOS
ZBOS is building the operating system for modern businesses, bringing operations, payments and AI into one modular platform.
Think Square + Shopify + Toast, reimagined as a single AI-native platform that eliminates fragmented software and gives businesses one place to run everything.
We've already validated strong market demand with approximately $200 million in Expressions of Interest from established Australian hospitality businesses, built a fully interactive product prototype, and completed a comprehensive technical architecture for the platform.
Now we're assembling our founding engineering team to build an infrastructure platform capable of powering thousands of businesses across Australia and beyond.
The Opportunity
We're looking for an exceptional Platform Engineer who enjoys building the foundations that great software runs on.
You'll work directly alongside the founders and the founding engineering team to design and operate the cloud infrastructure that powers ZBOS.
This isn't a role where you'll spend your time maintaining legacy systems.
You'll help build the platform from the ground up—designing scalable cloud infrastructure, deployment pipelines, monitoring, security and reliability from day one.
If you're passionate about automation, cloud architecture and making developers more productive, we'd love to hear from you.
Responsibilities
- Design and manage cloud infrastructure.
- Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines.
- Improve deployment automation and developer experience.
- Design highly available, scalable cloud architecture.
- Implement monitoring, logging and alerting.
- Improve platform security and infrastructure reliability.
- Work closely with engineers to optimise deployments and performance.
- Help define engineering best practices across the platform.
Requirements
- 5+ years of professional platform, DevOps or infrastructure engineering experience.
- Strong experience with AWS or similar cloud platforms.
- Experience with Docker and Kubernetes.
- Experience building CI/CD pipelines.
- Infrastructure as Code experience (Terraform preferred).
- Strong Linux and networking knowledge.
- Excellent communication and problem-solving skills.
- Comfortable working in a fast-moving startup environment.
Preferred Experience
- AWS.
- Kubernetes.
- Docker.
- Terraform.
- GitHub Actions.
- Prometheus.
- Grafana.
- Redis.
- Kafka.
- PostgreSQL.
- Security best practices.
- Startup or scale-up experience.
- Experience at companies such as Atlassian, Canva, Block, Stripe, Airwallex, Xero, SafetyCulture, REA Group or similar.
Technology Stack
Our current technology stack includes:
- AWS
- Docker
- Kubernetes
- Terraform
- GitHub Actions
- TypeScript
- Node.js
- PostgreSQL
- Redis
- Kafka
- OpenAI APIs
- Anthropic Claude APIs
Founding Equity & Compensation
Please read this section carefully before applying.
ZBOS is currently a pre-seed startup.
This is not a conventional salaried engineering position.
We're looking for engineers who genuinely want to build a company from the ground up and understand the risks and rewards that come with joining at this stage.
Successful candidates will receive meaningful founding equity based on experience, expected contribution and long-term commitment.
At this stage, participation is equity-based. As ZBOS grows and subject to successful fundraising and the company's financial position, remuneration arrangements will be reviewed.
If you're primarily looking for an immediate salary or guaranteed cash compensation, this opportunity isn't the right fit.
We're looking for builders, people willing to take founder-level risk because they believe in building something extraordinary.
Why Join ZBOS?
- Become one of the first infrastructure engineers in an ambitious Australian technology company.
- Build cloud architecture from the ground up instead of inheriting legacy systems.
- Work directly alongside experienced founders and the founding engineering team.
- Influence reliability, security and scalability from day one.
- Receive meaningful founding equity with significant long-term upside.
- Help build infrastructure capable of supporting thousands of businesses.
Commitment
We're looking for someone who wants to make a significant contribution during the company's earliest stage.
Ideally, you'll be available for full-time involvement, although we're open to discussing suitable arrangements with exceptional candidates.
Application Question(s):
- How many years of professional platform, DevOps or infrastructure engineering experience do you have?
- Which cloud platforms and infrastructure technologies have you worked with?
- Tell us about the most scalable or reliable infrastructure you've built or managed. What was your role?
- Have you designed CI/CD pipelines or Infrastructure as Code solutions? Please describe your experience.
- This is an early-stage founding opportunity where initial participation is equity-based rather than salary-based. Are you genuinely comfortable with this arrangement? If yes, what motivates you to join a company at this stage?
- Why do you want to become a founding platform engineer rather than join an established technology company?
- If selected, what would you hope to accomplish during your first six months at ZBOS?
Work Location: Hybrid remote in Melbourne VIC 3000
