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Lead Engineer Service Platform

You lead a team of Cloud Platform Engineers and provide technical direction, mentorship, and hands-on leadership. You design and improve a cloud-native Microsoft Azure platform, manage Azure Kubernetes Service environments, administer GitHub Enterprise and Azure DevOps, establish observability with Grafana and Prometheus, support IT compliance, and drive reliability through infrastructure-as-code, automation, and continuous improvement.

Responsibilities

  • Lead a team of Cloud Platform Engineers
  • Design and improve the Microsoft Azure cloud-native platform
  • Manage Azure Kubernetes Service environments
  • Administer and optimize GitHub Enterprise and Azure DevOps
  • Establish observability with Grafana, Prometheus, and Azure Monitor
  • Improve developer productivity and platform reliability
  • Support IT compliance requirements
  • Drive infrastructure-as-code, automation, and standardization
  • Take technical ownership of cloud-based platforms and services

Requirements

  • 10+ years of experience in software development, development operations, and release management
  • 3+ years of experience in team leadership
  • Microsoft Azure cloud architecture
  • Cloud solutions in highly regulated environments
  • Terraform
  • Shell scripting
  • Git-based workflows
  • CI/CD pipeline implementation
  • Blockchain technology interest
  • English proficiency above B2

Benefits

  • 30 days of vacation
  • Half-day off on December 24 and December 31
  • Additional unpaid leave
  • Two weeks of extra paid vacation for new parents
  • Work from home within Germany
  • Workation for up to 40 days per year
  • Flexible working hours
  • Structured onboarding plan
  • Feedback talks
  • Individual training
  • German language courses
  • Free yoga classes
  • Team events
  • Meal allowance
  • Mobility budget
  • Non-cash benefits
  • Choice of Mac or Windows hardware

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