About Me
I’m Saurabh Chaubey, a Lead Platform Engineer based in Sydney, Australia, with over 20 years of experience building and scaling enterprise technology platforms across Insurance, Investment Banking, Government, and Telecommunications sectors.
I specialise in platform engineering, cloud-native architectures, DevOps automation, and developer enablement — helping organisations build the internal tooling and infrastructure that empowers engineering teams to ship faster and more reliably.
What I Do
At QBE Insurance, I lead platform engineering initiatives focused on cloud-native transformation, developer experience, and operational automation:
- Migrated 70+ microservices from on-premises to Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), establishing cloud-native best practices across the organisation
- Built an Internal Developer Portal powered by Backstage, providing self-service capabilities for repository creation, CI/CD automation, secrets management, and developer onboarding
- Modernised CI/CD pipelines — migrating from Jenkins and UCD to Azure DevOps with containerised build agents
- Developed Platform APIs and CLIs for automated provisioning of secrets, pipelines, sandboxes, and feature toggles
- Enabled event-driven architecture by onboarding Confluent Cloud for Kafka with IaC-automated cluster provisioning
Career Highlights
| Metric | Detail |
|---|---|
| Experience | 20+ years across 7 organisations |
| Cloud Migration | 70+ microservices migrated to AKS |
| Automation Impact | Reduced environment replication from 2 weeks → 1 hour |
| Performance | Improved cashflow report processing from 3 hours → 20 minutes |
| Teams Led | Cross-functional platform and integration teams |
| Certifications | CKA, AWS Developer, AWS Solutions Architect, SAFe 4 |
Speaking & Thought Leadership
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🎤 APIDays Australia 2024 — “Fostering Developer Contributions in Platform-Engineered Workflows” — Strategies for bridging the gap between platform engineering and developers, enabling seamless collaboration and automation.
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🎤 Mulesoft Sydney Meetup — “Unleash the Power of Automation on Anypoint Platform” — Automated provisioning of Anypoint Platform components using Infrastructure as Code principles.
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✍️ Published on Medium — Technical articles on CI/CD, cloud architecture, and platform automation at medium.com/@saurabh.chaubey17
Technical Expertise
Cloud & Infrastructure: Kubernetes (AKS/EKS), Docker, Terraform, Helm, Kustomize, Azure, AWS (Lambda, ECS, S3)
DevOps & CI/CD: Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, GitOps, Infrastructure as Code
Platforms & Tooling: Backstage (IDP), Confluent Kafka, Mulesoft Anypoint, Splunk, New Relic
Development: Java, Python, Groovy, Scala, Dart/Flutter, Node.js
Practices: Platform Engineering, Developer Enablement, InnerSource, Event-Driven Architecture, API-Led Integration
Certifications
- ☸️ Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) — Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF)
- ☁️ AWS Certified Developer – Associate — Amazon Web Services
- ☁️ AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate — Amazon Web Services
- 📋 SAFe 4 Practitioner — Scaled Agile, Inc.
Career Journey
| Period | Role | Organisation |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 – Present | Platform Lead Engineer | QBE Insurance |
| 2019 – 2021 | Lead Architect — Integration, Platform & Cloud | IAG / Poncho (Rollin) Insurance |
| 2016 – 2019 | Specialist Manager / Tech Lead | Deloitte (icare NSW, Service NSW, Dept of Justice) |
| 2015 – 2016 | Integration Specialist | Tech Mahindra (Optus) |
| 2009 – 2015 | Development Team Lead | Royal Bank of Scotland |
| 2009 | Software Engineer | Adobe Systems |
| 2006 – 2009 | Senior Subject Matter Expert | Amdocs |
Beyond Work
When I’m not building platforms, you’ll find me:
- 🏃 Running — Marathon runner with 3 full marathons completed
- 👨👧 Family — Proud father to an amazing daughter
- 🌳 Outdoors — Bush walks, hikes, and exploring the natural beauty of NSW
- 🔧 Tinkering — Home automation projects with Raspberry Pi and Intel NUCs
Get in Touch
I’m always happy to connect and discuss platform engineering, cloud architecture, or developer enablement.
- 📧 [email protected]
- 🐙 GitHub
- ✍️ Medium
