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Platform Engineer

Summary

Builds and maintains an enterprise AI platform’s cloud infrastructure, automating deployments (Kubernetes, Terraform) and ensuring secure, scalable operations across AWS/GCP/Azure/OpenShift for large customers.

About the Role

We're a Berlin-based enterprise AI platform startup (51–200 employees, early-stage funded) helping organizations safely and flexibly scale AI adoption across their entire workforce. Our platform is model-agnostic, security-first, and supports deployments ranging from cloud to on-premise for large enterprise customers.

We're looking for a Platform Engineer to join us on-site in Berlin and help build and maintain the backbone of our enterprise platform. You'll drive deployment, automation, and secure operations across customer cloud environments, and partner closely with customer IT teams to enable scalable, compliant AI rollouts.

Visa sponsorship is available for this role.

Language requirement: Native-level German or B2 proficiency is required for customer communications.

What You'll Do

  • Manage and improve CI/CD pipelines for automated testing, building, and deployment

  • Deploy and maintain the platform across multiple customer cloud environments (GCP, AWS, Azure, OpenShift)

  • Automate infrastructure provisioning using Infrastructure as Code tools (Terraform, Bicep)

  • Monitor and optimize application performance and infrastructure costs

  • Ensure security and compliance across diverse cloud environments

  • Collaborate with Product Engineers to support new feature deployments

  • Troubleshoot and resolve infrastructure and deployment issues

  • Document deployment processes and maintain runbooks for different environments

What We're Looking For

Must-haves:

  • 3+ years of software engineering experience with hands-on platform engineering responsibilities

  • Native-level German or B2 proficiency (written and spoken) for customer-facing communication

  • Experience deploying and operating enterprise platforms across Azure, AWS, GCP, and/or OpenShift

  • Proven experience with Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform, Azure Container Apps, and GitHub Actions

  • Experience with PostgreSQL and Redis in production environments

  • Hands-on experience automating infrastructure provisioning using Terraform and/or Bicep

  • Experience with monitoring, observability, and cloud cost optimization

  • Ability to document deployment processes and maintain clear, actionable runbooks

  • Strong CS fundamentals and a security-conscious approach to cloud deployments

Nice to have:

  • Experience working directly with enterprise customer IT teams

  • Background in compliance-sensitive or regulated enterprise environments

  • Familiarity with on-premise or hybrid deployment models

Compensation & Benefits

  • Salary: €75,000 – €120,000 per year, depending on experience

  • Visa sponsorship available

  • Work in a fast-growing, impact-driven team at the intersection of AI and enterprise software

Location

This is a fully on-site role based in Berlin, Germany. Candidates must be based in or willing to relocate to Berlin.

What this application asks

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Name, Email, Resume

  • LinkedIn optional
  • Do you have work authorization to work in that country? yes / no

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