Senior Platform Engineer

Responsibilities

• Lead the design, implementation, and operation of scalable, secure, and highly available cloud platforms, collaborating closely with Cloud Architects and engineering teams.
• Own complex Infrastructure-as-Code solutions using Terraform/Terragrunt and Git-based CI/CD workflows, including design standards and quality-driven delivery.
• Lead teams in building persistent automation for enterprise-grade platforms, leveraging AI-enabled agents to optimize productivity and engineering workflows.
• Design, operate, and continuously improve Kubernetes platforms running production workloads, including capacity planning, performance optimization, security hardening, and lifecycle management.
• Architect and implement advanced automation to improve platform reliability, resiliency, scalability, and operational efficiency through observability, incident response, root cause analysis, and continuous improvement.
• Drive the integration and operation of managed cloud services across AWS and Azure, ensuring compliance with security, cost, and operational standards.
• Act as a technical mentor and platform leader, contributing to architectural reviews, platform roadmap evolution, tooling selection, and improved developer experience across teams.

Benefits

• Motivizer Benefits Platform with a monthly budget of 550 PLN to choose and manage benefits.
• Medical care package, meal tickets, sports cards, gym memberships, cinema tickets, shop vouchers, discounts, and more.
• Access to a multi-language learning platform for language practice and learning new languages.
• Regular internal and external training opportunities supporting ongoing learning and development.
• Internal community collaboration, networking events, coding challenges, and company parties.

Qualifications

• University degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a comparable field.
• 3+ years of hands-on professional experience designing, operating, and scaling cloud platforms and/or platform services in production environments.
• Strong practical experience with cloud platforms and Kubernetes, including AWS and/or Azure networking, IAM, security, compute, managed services, and production-grade Kubernetes administration.
• Proven expertise in Infrastructure as Code, automation, and operations, including Terraform/Terragrunt, CI/CD pipelines, GitOps practices, scripting, monitoring, observability, incident handling, root cause analysis, capacity planning, and performance optimization.
• Solid understanding of security, governance, and cost optimization, including identity and secrets management, network security, and compliance awareness; FinOps exposure is a plus.
• Strong analytical and decision-making skills, Agile/DevOps delivery experience, structured delivery processes using Jira and Confluence, and the ability to mentor engineers and communicate with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Very good English and Polish communication skills. German is a plus, along with openness to hybrid work with presence in the Katowice office once per week.