Hybrid Platform Engineer

at DigitalService

• Job title: Platform Engineer
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Mid level, Senior
• Salary: €60,000 - €68,000 per year
• Degree requirement: No Education Requirement
• Tech skills: Cloud, Java, Kubernetes, Linux, Python, Terraform, Go
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Berlin, Germany

About the role

• Platform Engineer enhancing cloud-native applications at DigitalService GmbH by developing internal tools and infrastructure. Working on platform strategy and support while collaborating with engineering teams in a hybrid environment.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to platform strategy and implementation: Work closely with Senior Software Engineers and leadership to execute technical roadmaps. Actively participate in team discussions, identify opportunities for system improvements, and help eliminate existing technical debt.
• Build and maintain the platform infrastructure: Develop and maintain internal tools and platform services that streamline developers’ workflows. Manage and update our Infrastructure-as-Code setups (Terraform, ArgoCD, Kustomize, Helm) and ensure the day-to-day reliability, monitoring, and scalability of our Kubernetes clusters.
• Support, documentation and enablement: Create and maintain clear, up-to-date technical documentation and runbooks. Provide hands-on support to our product development teams, help them onboard to platform tools, troubleshoot deployment pipelines, and enable successful use of self-service capabilities.

Requirements

• Platform experience: You bring solid hands-on experience in Platform Engineering, DevOps, or SRE. You have strong knowledge of cloud infrastructure, container orchestration (Kubernetes), Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform), GitOps (ArgoCD, Helm, Kustomize), CI/CD systems, and observability stacks.
• Programming and systems knowledge: You are confident working with at least one relevant programming language (e.g., Go, Python, Java). Additionally, you have a good understanding of Linux system administration and networking principles.
• Product mindset: You view internal platforms from a customer-focused perspective, aiming to understand developers’ needs and deliver valuable, user-friendly solutions. You can communicate technical concepts clearly to different audiences and collaborate effectively across teams.
• Motivation for the public sector: You are enthusiastic about the idea of digitizing public administration and want to apply your expertise to the requirements of the public sector.

Benefits

• Urban Sports Club & more: Each month you receive a €50 voucher on top of your salary that you can use flexibly. Fitness, tech, mobility, or food – you choose!
• Flexible working hours, spaces for (hybrid) collaboration, efficient use of tools, a strong employee-orientation, and a commitment to being a learning organization.