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Rhys Williams

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Head of Platform Engineering at Electrum
📍 City of Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

Rhys Williams is the Head of Platform Engineering at Electrum Payments, where he leads the Enablement Unit focusing on AWS Cloud, security, and SRE. A graduate of Stellenbosch University with a BSc in Computer Science, he is also a public speaker, having recently presented on Electrums use of Elastic Cloud.

Outside of his technical role, Rhys is a creative enthusiast with a keen interest in cinematography and design. He is also described as a music maniac and has a strong passion for the process of learning, teaching, and unlearning, pointing to a focus on personal growth and mentorship.

He uniquely combines deep technical expertise with business acumen, holding both a BSc in Computer Science and a postgraduate diploma in Marketing.

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Experience
9 Years
Current Role
Head of Platform Engineering
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
City of Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
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Platform Engineering
He leads the Platform Engineering team at Electrum, building out platform-as-a-service offerings to help internal teams deliver software more efficiently.
Cloud & Observability
His role focuses on AWS Cloud, and he has recently spoken publicly about Electrum's use of Elastic Cloud, a key observability tool.
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Career

Work history

3-2025
Head of Platform Engineering
Electrum
4-2022 - 3-2025
Platform Engineering Team Lead
Electrum
1-2020 - 3-2022
Intermediate Software Engineer
Electrum
3-2019 - 3-2019
Sales Assistant
Stellenbosch University
1-2019 - 3-2019
Computer Science Teacher
Somerset College, Somerset West, South Africa
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Education
2019 - 2019
Postgraduate Diploma in Marketing
Stellenbosch University
2016 - 2018
BSc Mathematical Sciences (Computer Science)
Stellenbosch University
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