Platform Engineer

About the role

We are seeking a Platform Engineer to join our R&D team and drive the evolution of our cloud‑native platform, CI/CD pipelines, and GitOps‑based delivery model. You will work at the intersection of DevOps, platform engineering, and backend systems, enabling development teams to build, deploy, and operate scalable, secure, and resilient services.

Key responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain CI/CD pipelines using GitLab.
• Drive GitOps practices with Argo CD.
• Manage and optimise Kubernetes‑based platforms (deployment, scaling, observability, security).
• Build and maintain cloud infrastructure on Amazon Web Services.
• Collaborate with Java/Spring Boot development teams to improve build, deployment, and runtime efficiency.
• Implement and enforce DevSecOps practices (SAST, dependency scanning, container security).
• Improve platform reliability, performance, and cost efficiency.
• Contribute to architecture decisions and platform standards.

Required profile

• Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or a related field.
• Strong experience with CI/CD pipelines, preferably GitLab CI/CD.
• Hands‑on experience with Kubernetes (EKS or similar).
• Experience with infrastructure‑as‑code tools (Terraform is a plus).
• Solid understanding of GitOps principles and tools (Argo CD preferred).
• Experience with AWS cloud services.
• Good knowledge of Java Spring Boot applications and build pipelines.
• Familiarity with Docker/containerisation, networking, security, and observability in distributed systems.

Required skills

• GitLab CI/CD
• Argo CD
• Kubernetes (EKS)
• AWS
• Terraform
• Java Spring Boot
• Docker
• SAST, dependency scanning, container security
• Observability and monitoring tools