Senior Platform Engineer
Summary
Build and operate a shared Kafka and database platform using Kubernetes and cloud-native tools to reduce manual work and improve reliability for engineering teams.
For one of our international client we are looking for Senior Platform Engineer. As a Stateful Platform Engineer, you will build
and operate the shared Kafka and database
platform capabilities that help engineers deliver
safely, reliably, and with less manual toil.
2x a month visits to Warsaw
- Hands-on experience with Kubernetes and cloud-native platform engineering concepts
- Practical experience operating or developing for Kafka, PostgreSQL, YugaByteDB, or other stateful distributed systems
- A solid understanding of reliability engineering, observability, incident response, and safe production change
- Experience building automation or self service tooling that improves developer experience and reduces operational toil
- Good judgement, strong collaboration skills, a track record of engaging positively with users of an internal platform, and the ability to balance technical depth with pragmatic delivery
- Strong software engineering skills, with experience writing clean, maintainable, and well-tested code
It would be great if you also had
- Experience building Kubernetes operators or controllers, ideally in Go
- Familiarity with AWS managed data services such as RDS, Aurora, or related database tooling