Platform Engineer

Who you are

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, a related field, or equivalent practical experience
• 3+ years of experience as a software engineer - ideally with SRE, platform, devops or cloud engineering background
• Experience with SaaS software development in distributed systems using programming languages such as Typescript, Java/Kotlin, Python
• Experience with CI/CD tooling (GitHub Actions/GitOps tools)
• You have a solid tactical mindset and can connect your work with high level strategies set by engineering management and senior engineers
• You have excellent written and spoken English (level C1/C2 on the CEFR scale)
• You thrive in a blameless environment where every mistake is an opportunity to learn
• You embrace feedback and can demonstrate previous examples of growth in your career
• Finally, you have a good sense of humor. Have fun with us, learn with us from mistakes and bring your good vibes!
• AI Fluency: You have hands-on experience using AI to improve your workflow, and the sound judgment to know exactly when to rely on it and when to step in yourself
• Hands on experience with cloud & infra concepts - AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform, Datadog
• You can demonstrate a high quality bar regarding operational best practices
• You understand how to utilize metrics to define and measure the impact of your work
• You embrace new ways of working and are excited about how we can adopt AI powered workflows using agents, skills & agentic feedback loops

What the job involves

• This role is ideal for a highly collaborative engineer who thrives in a centralized platform role with a passion to identify & overcome system wide operational challenges by designing and implementing software engineering solutions that enable engineers to deliver change to production in a fast but stable manner. As a Platform Engineer on our Infra & Cloud Delivery team, you will be responsible for building and maintaining platform solutions related to AWS account management, centralized infra resource management, continuous delivery and kubernetes cluster management & operations
• Manage the company's AWS account structure, organisation & permission boundaries. Maintaining foundational infrastructure while also actively monitoring cost & utilisation
• Manage central infrastructure as code solutions that enable product teams to safely provision the infra resources they need while enforcing standardisation without causing bottlenecks
• Support the SDLC at Personio by maintaining and operating GitOps based continuous delivery pipelines that support all worklords across all environments
• Operate and maintain EKS clusters across all environments and runtime integrations for all workloads
• Document platform capabilities and run internal training sessions where necessary
• Drive technical excellence with a design led mindset. Collaborate with cross-functional teams across the engineering organisation with the aim to simplify our platform architecture, build a golden path and help tackle technical debt
• Take ownership of operational responsibilities for platform services within your domain, including on-call participation

Benefits

• Receive a competitive reward package – reevaluated each year – that includes salary, benefits, and pre-IPO equity
• Enjoy 28 days of paid vacation, plus an additional day after 2 and 4 years (because we love what we do, but we also love vacation!)
• Make an impact on the environment and society with Impact Days
• Receive generous family leave, child support, mental health support, and sabbatical opportunities with PersonioCares
• Connect with your fellow Personios at regular company and team events like All Company Culture Week and local year-end celebrations
• Engage in a high-impact working environment with flat hierarchies and short decision-making processes
• Find your best way to work with our office-led, and remote-friendly PersonioFlex!