Hybrid Lead Platform Engineer

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About the role

  • Lead Platform Engineer managing cloud-native infrastructure at InsurTech company, driving architectural decisions and enhancing platform reliability under a culture of simplicity and care.

Responsibilities

  • Own the reliability, security, compliance, and cost efficiency of our cloud platform
  • Automate the provisioning, scaling, and maintenance of our cloud infrastructure using Terraform, Kubernetes, and more
  • Drive architectural discussions and align platform standards across engineering, product, and security teams, negotiating constraints where needed
  • Approach platform engineering with a product mindset, where internal teams are your customers
  • Identify gaps and inefficiencies before they become incidents and own the solution end to end
  • Evaluate and integrate AI-assisted tooling into platform workflows where it creates real value

Requirements

  • Must have: Professional experience with AWS, Kubernetes, and Terraform
  • Proven experience influencing technical decisions beyond your immediate team
  • Communicate technical and architectural tradeoffs clearly to both engineers and non-technical audiences
  • Experience coding with Go or Python as well as with scripting languages like Bash
  • Experience with monitoring, logging, and alerting
  • Knowledge in platform security best practices
  • Strong communication skills and fluency in English
  • Nice to have: Familiarity with GitOps workflows and infrastructure automation pipelines (Terragrunt, Atlantis, SST)

Benefits

  • Work 100% remotely or in a hybrid setup from our modern offices in Germany
  • Workation option of up to 182 days within a 12-month period from more than 50 countries, ( subject to applicable legal, tax, and social security regulations)
  • 30 vacation days , with an extra half day on December 24 and December 31
  • Flexible working hours, allowing you to structure your workday in a way that fits your life
  • 2 paid Impact Days per year to support your voluntary or community engagement
  • A wide range of development formats including hackathons, leadership programs, internal trainings, and monthly Lunch & Learn sessions
  • Access to internal and external learning and development opportunities
  • Team spirit: Quarterly workshops and annual global events strengthen our cohesion across borders.
  • Attractive employer contributions to an occupational pension scheme
  • Exclusive employee discounts and partner offers
  • Diversity, equal opportunity, and mutual respect are embedded in how we work together and how we make decisions.

Job title

Lead Platform Engineer

Job type

Experience level

Senior

Salary

Not specified

Degree requirement

No Education Requirement

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