Platform Engineer

Stack

Responsibilities

• ▹Develop and operate platforms for scalable APIs
• ▹Standardize and automate infrastructure, deployment, and operations processes
• ▹Design, implement, and optimize cloud-native platform solutions based on Kubernetes, Docker, and Infrastructure as Code
• ▹Build and operate modern CI/CD pipelines and GitOps workflows
• ▹Develop in-house platform tooling and internal services/APIs in Go, Python, or Rust
• ▹Evolve API infrastructure including API gateways, authentication and authorization concepts
• ▹Ensure reliability, performance, and scalability through monitoring, logging, and tracing
• ▹Collaborate closely with development teams to improve developer experience via standardized platform services and self-service offerings
• ▹Support modern security concepts such as Zero Trust, secrets management, and network segmentation

Requirements

• ▹Experience building and operating production cloud and container platforms, ideally with Kubernetes and Docker
• ▹Knowledge of Infrastructure as Code, preferably Terraform
• ▹Experience with API gateways and common API standards (REST, gRPC, GraphQL, OpenAPI)
• ▹Knowledge of modern authentication and security practices (OAuth2, OIDC, JWT, mTLS)
• ▹Experience building and operating CI/CD pipelines and automation with tools like GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, or ArgoCD
• ▹Solid programming skills in at least one backend language (Go, Python, or Rust)
• ▹Experience with observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry)
• ▹Practical experience with SRE, incident management, scaling, and performance optimization
• ▹Understanding of networking, load balancing, DNS, and modern security architectures
• ▹Very good German and English skills
• ▹Residence in Germany with a valid work permit

Soft skills

What we offer

• ▹Direct access to C-level and significant scope to shape the platform
• ▹Strong, highly motivated tech team
• ▹Remote work model

About the company

Polarise is one of Europe's most exciting AI infrastructure companies, working to strengthen Europe's technological independence in AI.