Platform Engineer

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Germany.

📋 Description

• Design, develop, and manage our Kubernetes platform across various clusters.

• Create and sustain our GitOps workflows utilizing Argo CD (app-of-apps model, Helm-based deployments).

• Oversee and enhance core platform services such as Harbor, OpenBao, and Zitadel.

• Establish and enhance observability throughout the platform (Grafana, Mimir, Loki, Tempo, Alloy) and assist in actionable alerting.

• Handle secrets, backups, and data services (e.g., CNPG/PostgreSQL, VolSync, S3 storage).

• Collaborate with product engineering teams to transition services from Ansible/VM-based deployments to Kubernetes while defining reusable deployment standards.

• Enhance the developer experience through comprehensive documentation, templates, golden paths, and self-service platform functionalities.

• Diagnose platform issues across infrastructure, networking, and application layers (2nd-level support).

• Engage in on-call duties to maintain stable platform operations.

• Contribute to platform architecture decisions, runbooks, and operational documentation.

⛳️ Requirements

• Several years of experience in infrastructure engineering, platform engineering, or DevOps.

• Strong hands-on experience managing Kubernetes in a production environment (multi-cluster experience is preferred).

• Familiarity with GitOps and declarative infrastructure (e.g., Argo CD, Helm).

• Good understanding of networking, TLS/certificates, DNS, firewalls, and container technologies.

• Experience with monitoring and observability for distributed systems (e.g., Grafana, Prometheus/Mimir, Loki).

• Proficient in scripting and automation (e.g., Nix, Bash, OpenTofu/Terraform).

• Knowledge of CI/CD workflows and production deployment practices (progressive rollouts, rollbacks, health checks).

• Strong problem-solving capabilities, effective communication, and a proactive ownership approach.

• Excellent English proficiency, both written and spoken.

• Ideally, a completed IT apprenticeship or degree — or equivalent qualifications through professional experience.

🏝️ Benefits

• 28 vacation days per year.

• Training budget.

• Choice of work equipment.

• Monthly wellbeing budget for food, mobility, retail, and lifestyle partners.

• Discounted membership with Urban Sports Club.

• Opportunity to contribute to open-source projects.

• Regular team events.