Platform Engineer

About the Role

This opportunity is for a Senior Site Reliability Engineer joining a well-established software company based in Berlin. The company is entering a period of significant technical growth and is looking for an engineer who thrives on addressing complex infrastructure challenges, improving system reliability, and influencing technology development and operations. The position involves managing primarily cloud environments across cloud, hosted, and on-premises systems while driving modernization toward a cloud-native architecture.

Key Responsibilities

• Ensure the reliability, scalability, and performance of production infrastructure.
• Design and implement secure, highly available system architectures.
• Investigate complex infrastructure and production issues and lead resolutions.
• Introduce and embed Site Reliability Engineering practices, including SLIs, SLOs, incident management, and post-mortems.
• Build and enhance CI/CD pipelines and Infrastructure as Code.
• Develop comprehensive observability strategies covering monitoring, logging, and alerting.
• Automate operational workflows to reduce manual effort.
• Modernize legacy infrastructure with a careful, pragmatic approach.
• Collaborate closely with software engineers to improve service reliability and resilience.
• Share expertise, challenge existing methods, and contribute to raising the engineering standards.

Candidate Profile

• At least 5 years of experience in SRE, DevOps, Platform Engineering, or related fields.
• Proven experience managing production workloads on cloud platforms.
• Strong knowledge of Linux and distributed systems.
• Hands-on experience with Terraform or an equivalent Infrastructure as Code tool.
• Extensive experience with CI/CD processes and tooling.
• Practical experience with Kubernetes and container orchestration.
• Deep understanding of monitoring and observability solutions.
• Solid grasp of SRE principles beyond just the job title.
• Experience handling incidents and improving systems based on lessons learned.
• Capability to modernize existing infrastructure thoughtfully and securely.
• Awareness of cloud security best practices and cost optimization strategies.
• Programming skills in Python, Go, or similar languages.
• Bonus points for experience with hybrid/on-prem environments or knowledge of compliance standards such as ISO 27001 or SOC 2.

Benefits and Perks

• Competitive base salary up to €90,000, dependent on experience.
• Hybrid working arrangement with a modern office setting in Berlin.
• Significant technical ownership and autonomy in your role.
• Ability to shape infrastructure and engineering decisions directly.
• Ample opportunities for career growth and professional development.
• Flexible work hours with an emphasis on work-life balance.
• Support for fitness activities and public transportation costs.
• Regular team social events including lunches, breakfasts, and company celebrations.

Additional Information

This position is ideal for a candidate eager to work in a dynamic environment where continuous improvement is encouraged. You will not inherit a perfect platform; instead, you will have the freedom and responsibility to introduce enhancements that significantly impact the organization's technology and operations.