Staff Platform Engineer (Cloud Platform)

Quick Facts

• Role: Staff Platform Engineer (Cloud Platform)
• Location: Hamburg

Description

You will operate and develop a global AWS infrastructure using Terraform and Terragrunt. You will be responsible for core Kubernetes platform components including ingress, VPC networking, scaling strategies, and secrets management. You will also develop and run monitoring, alerting, and logging systems using Datadog, OpenSearch, and Fluentd.

Responsibilities

• Operate and evolve global AWS infrastructure with Terraform and Terragrunt
• Own Kubernetes platform components: Ingress, VPC networking, scaling strategies, Secrets management
• Build and run monitoring, alerting, and logging with Datadog, OpenSearch, Fluentd
• Advise application teams and support safe microservice deployments via GitLab CI
• Participate in an on-call rotation to ensure 24/7 operations

Requirements

• At least 7 years of experience in Platform or SRE roles in cloud environments
• Comprehensive AWS cloud architecture knowledge, managed with Terraform and Terragrunt
• Production and large-scale operations experience with Docker and Kubernetes clusters
• Ability to read and write Go at basic to intermediate level for scripts, debugging, or platform tools
• Based in Hamburg or willing to relocate to Hamburg

Benefits

Opportunity to work in a supportive environment that values diversity, inclusion, and acceptance.