Senior Platform & DevOps Engineer

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

📋 Description

• Design, construct, and manage secure, multi-account AWS environments employing contemporary Infrastructure as Code practices.

• Create and enhance container orchestration layers utilizing AWS ECS (Fargate) for efficient microservices and AWS EKS (Kubernetes) for specialized tasks.

• Develop unified, reusable, and secure automated delivery workflows using GitHub Actions and modern deployment tools.

• Offer self-service infrastructure blueprints and automated safeguards for backend developers.

• Implement telemetry, logging, and alerting systems with tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, and CloudWatch.

• Integrate automated security assessments, IAM least-privilege models, and secure secrets management into the platform.

• Collaborate cross-functionally with backend and product teams by providing CI/CD, architectural advice, and assistance on shared initiatives.

• Assume responsibility for key components of the internal engineering platform, enabling safe, rapid, and autonomous production deployments.

• Construct modern infrastructure and develop greenfield services from the ground up with minimal legacy concerns.

⛳️ Requirements

• Over 5 years of practical experience in Platform Engineering, DevOps, or Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) with significant production independence.

• Extensive production-level expertise in AWS core services, including VPC, IAM, Networking, ECS, EKS, RDS, and Lambda.

• Profound understanding of Docker and container runtimes.

• Strong hands-on experience with AWS ECS (Fargate).

• Familiarity with Kubernetes (EKS) for specific use cases.

• Advanced skills in Terraform for creating modular and scalable cloud architectures.

• High proficiency in GitHub Enterprise, GitHub Actions, and artifact management.

• Strong ability to write maintainable code or tooling in Go, Python, or advanced Bash.

• High self-motivation.

• Excellent English communication abilities.

• Strong remote-first work ethic.

• Legal eligibility to work in the country where the position is located.

🏝️ Benefits

• AI tools with Claude for code generation, API design, code reviews, architectural documentation, and debugging.

• Top-notch AI tools to minimize boilerplate tasks.

• Complete greenfield projects with no legacy code or technical debt.

• A dedicated Platform Engineering team focused on provisioning and CI/CD.

• High levels of autonomy with minimal bureaucratic hurdles.

• An inclusive environment that offers equal opportunities to belong, contribute, and grow.