Platform Engineer

Your role in the team

• Development and continuous enhancement of our Internal Developer Platform and the Developer Portal (e.g., Backstage).
• Design of 'Golden Paths', automations, and templates to provide product teams with seamless self-service workflows (e.g., provisioning, CI/CD).
• You consider the platform as your product, actively gather user feedback, and iteratively improve the platform based on a clear roadmap.
• Operation and optimization of our cloud and Kubernetes landscape, including the integration of central services (such as observability or service meshes).
• Embedding 'Policy as Code' and best practices to ensure security, compliance, and governance (Shift-Left Security).

What we offer

• Customized training programs tailored to you, flexible working time models including a trust-based arrangement for mobile working (up to 2/3 of the working hours).
• Support with childcare, free fitness offers, parking with a free e-charging station or discounted job ticket, and much more.
• Furthermore, our excellent company restaurant helps to keep your well-being level high.

Technologies and skills

• OpenTelemetry
• Crossplane
• AWS
• Prometheus
• TypeScript
• Python
• GitLab
• Docker
• Terraform
• Go
• RESTful API
• Kubernetes
• ArgoCD

Our expectations:

Qualifications

• Team player with a strong 'Enablement' focus. You solve problems through code and automation rather than manual tickets and understand DevOps, SRE, and Cloud-Native principles.
• Extensive hands-on experience with container technologies, Kubernetes architecture, and at least one major public cloud provider (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
• Touchpoints with developer portals (Backstage), observability stacks (Prometheus, OpenTelemetry), or service meshes.
• You are good at abstracting technical complexity, enjoy coaching colleagues, and communicate confidently in German and English.

Experience

• Proficient in IaC tools (e.g., Terraform, Crossplane) and experienced in building efficient CI/CD pipelines.
• Good programming skills (Go, Python, or TypeScript) as well as experience in API design (REST) and authentication standards.

Education

• Degree in Computer Science, Business Informatics, Information Technology, an apprenticeship as an IT specialist, or a comparable qualification.

Benefits

• Employee Parking Space
• Flexible Working Hours
• Public Transport Allowance
• Fitness Offers
• Educational Leave/Sabbatical
• Company Restaurant
• Meal Vouchers