Principal AWS Platform Engineer at Appvia guiding clients in cloud adoption and DevOps excellence. Leading teams and projects while fostering innovation in cloud technologies.
About the role
- Keep the foundations of our platform stable, performant, and secure
- Write software to monitor platform components and automate manual work
- Get a deep understanding of the technologies we work with (e.g. Ceph, karpenter, HAProxy, Cloudflare)
- Troubleshoot reliability or performance anomalies in depth
- Handle incidents and participate in on-call rotations
- Increase platform security
- Seek to make the platform simpler to maintain and more reliable for our teams to use.
- Work closely with other development teams to optimise their usage of the platform and increase the offering to make the DevEx better.
- Support team mates in their professional development through coaching and teaching skills.
Requirements
- Good understanding of compute, storage, and networking
- Hands-on experience with AWS
- In depth experience of containers and scheduling - ideally Kubernetes
- Basic software engineering skills
- Great understanding of Linux and networking
- Passion for digging into OS-level details
- Ability to quickly learn about new technologies
- Product-oriented mindset and eagerness to improve the experience of our developer and customers
- Experience with running infrastructure in a hybrid on-prem/cloud setup (bonus)
- Storage systems such as Ceph (bonus)
- Experience with hardening systems (bonus)
Benefits
- Diverse and internationally distributed team: joining our team means becoming part of a large, global community with people of more than 90 nationalities. We're more than just colleagues; we're a group of professionals with a shared mission to connect diverse cultures. Our global presence is growing–we've doubled in size nearly every year, with our employees based in the UK, Germany, the Netherlands, Poland, the US, and Japan, and we continue to expand our network.
- Open communication, regular feedback: as a language-focused company, we value the importance of clear, honest communication. We value smooth collaboration, direct and actionable feedback, and believe that leading with empathy and growth mindset makes us better together.
- Hybrid work, flexible hours: we offer a hybrid work schedule, with team members coming into the office twice a week. This allows you to engage directly with your team and experience the unique energy of our workspace, while still enjoying the flexibility and comfort of working from home. With flexible working hours and trust in your productivity, we are in sync with your team’s general locations and time zones to foster effective and seamless collaboration.
- Regular in-person team events: we bond over vibrant events that are as unique as our team, from local team and business unit gatherings, to new-joiner onboardings, to company-wide events that bring us all together–literally.
- Monthly full-day hacking sessions: every month, we have Hack Fridays, where you can spend your time diving into a project you're passionate about and get the opportunity to work with other teams–we value your initiatives, impact, and creativity.
- 30 days of annual leave: we value your peace of mind. With 30 days off (excluding public holidays) and access to mental health resources, we make sure you're as strong mentally as you are professionally.
- Virtual Shares: An ownership mindset in every role. We believe everyone should share in our success, and that’s why every employee receives Virtual Shares, linking your contribution directly to DeepL’s growth and rewarding you with a stake in our future.
- Competitive benefits: just as our team spans the globe, so does our benefits package. We've crafted it to reflect the diversity of our team and tailored it to align with your unique location, to ensure you feel supported every step of the way.
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