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Cloud Engineering

Platform, infrastructure, DevOps and SRE - engineers who keep your environment fast, stable and cheap to run.

What We Place

The roles we run, by level.

  • Senior Platform & Infrastructure Engineers
  • Site Reliability & DevOps Engineers
  • Heads of Infra / Platform Engineering Leads
  • Founding Platform hires for early-stage scaleups
  • Cloud Architects (multi-cloud, regulated)
  • Stack: AWS, GCP, Azure, Kubernetes, Terraform, Pulumi

Where The Talent Sits

The pools we actually source from.

  • Hyperscaler ANZ practices (AWS, GCP, Azure, Cloudflare)
  • Big-tech infra alumni (Atlassian, Canva, Twilio)
  • Specialist consultancies (Mantel Group, Stax, Cevo)
  • Banking and ASX-listed platform engineering teams
  • Founding-platform alumni from successful Australian exits

Geographies

Sydney and Melbourne primary. Remote-Australia common. Brisbane and Adelaide for specialist hires.

Comp Bands (2026)

Senior IC: $190k - $290k base. Platform Leads: $250k - $370k base. Heads of Infra: $320k+ base + bonus + equity.

Median Brief - Signed

21 days. 90% of mandates close from the first shortlist.

How We Run The Search

Four steps. Twenty-one days.

01

Brief

90 minute working session. Scorecard signed off before any outreach.

02

Search

Direct outreach across APAC, EMEA and US. 200-400 named engineers per mandate.

03

Shortlist

3-5 calibrated candidates, each with a one-page technical memo.

04

Close

Pre-closed comp, counter-offer coaching, replacement guarantee.

Recent Cloud Searches

Indicative of where we run.

Indicative samples drawn from recent and active mandates. Specific clients available under NDA on request.

Further reading

Related insights.

Salary

What Senior DevOps Engineers Expect in 2026

Market Signals

Tech Hiring in Australia: Q1 2026 Monthly Snapshot

Hiring Process

What a Structured Intake Call Should Actually Cover

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30 minute working session. No fee until placement. Replacement inside 90 days.

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