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Senior Platform Engineer
QwistGermanyfull_timeVerifiedPosted 13 Aug 2025
About the role
<strong>About the position: </strong><br/> <br/>In this role, you’ll be a key member of the Platform team, which manages our internal development and hosting platform. This team works closely with all development teams and the compliance department, fostering collaboration across the organization. <br/>The Platform team manages and develops the internal platform for all Qwist products across multiple Kubernetes clusters and cloud providers including bare-metal private clouds. <br/><br/><ul><li><span><span>Live </span><span>p</span><span>latform serving all Qwist products with high availability and consistency</span></span></li><li><span><span>Making an impact by delivering company-wide improvements to the entire operating platform</span></span></li><li><span><span>Working on </span><span>state-of-the-art</span><span> cloud-native projects</span></span></li><li><span><span>Complex distributed environment with a best-of-breed </span><span>selection</span><span> of cloud-native OSS projects</span></span></li></ul>Department: Platform & IT-Services <br/>Team: Platform <br/>Locations: Berlin, Munich <br/>Remote status: Hybrid <br/>Number of positions: 1 <br/> <br/>This position follows a hybrid work model and requires three days per week in the office. We have two locations in Germany: one in Munich, and our headquarters in Berlin. The whole company comes together once a year to celebrate our successes together. <br/> <br/><strong>Your role & goals:</strong><br/><br/><ul><li><span><span>Help to drive our multi-cluster, hybrid-cloud setup forward</span></span></li><li><span><span>Design and </span><span>operate</span><span> a modern Kubernetes infrastructure with a "Security First" approach</span></span></li><li><span><span>Design and implement automated processes for CI/CD, deployments, </span><span>etc</span></span></li><li><span><span>Put security and resilience of the system to test</span></span></li><li><span><span>Collaborate with fellow engineers from the development teams</span></span></li><li><span><span>Deliver quality code in an efficient manner</span></span></li><li><span><span>Add new features and functionality to the internal development platform</span></span></li></ul> <br/><strong>What you bring to the team:</strong><br/><br/><ul><li><span><span>You have </span><span>demonstrated</span><span> profound experience with Kubernetes, </span><span>Docker</span><span> and infrastructure</span></span></li><li><span><span>You understand and live agile workflows and lean principles</span></span></li><li><span><span>You are a proactive peer and support the growth of your team</span></span></li><li><span><span>You are a curious, constant learner and share your learnings with others</span></span></li><li><span><span>You know how to keep a work-life balance</span></span></li><li><span><span>You communicate well in written and verbal English</span></span></li></ul><span><span><br/></span></span><strong>What more can you bring? </strong><br/><br/><ul><li><span><span>Working Experience in at least one modern programming language (Java, C#, Golang, Rust)</span></span></li><li><span><span>Experience with at least one NoSQL and one SQL Database (like MongoDB or </span><span>CockroachDB</span><span>)</span></span></li><li><span><span>Experience with GitLab CI/CD</span></span></li><li><span><span>Experience with Grafana + Prometheus Stack, EFK Stack</span></span></li><li><span><span>Experience in working with distributed systems</span></span></li><li><span><span>Experience </span><span>with Terraform</span><span>, Ansible or another </span><span>IaaC</span><span> tool</span></span></li><li><span><span>Experience with Storage System (</span><span>i.e.</span><span> CEPH, </span><span>glusterFS</span><span>,...)</span></span></li><li><span><span>Experience with </span><span>theEventSourcing</span><span> Architecture style</span></span></li></ul> <br/><strong>Why Qwist? </strong><br/><br/><ul><li><span><span>Work with a true </span></span><span><span>open banking pioneer </span></span><span><span>and </span><span>witness</span><span> the journey/revolution from open banking to open finance and beyond. Work with colleagues with years of experience in the industry and a true passion and vision for the future of open banking.</span></span></li><li><span><span>Healthy work-life balance:</span></span><span><span> Time is precious. Make it count. We enable all our employees to organize their living and working hours flexibly, making it possible to combine personal life with work life! </span></span></li><li><span><span>We are </span><span>ever-evolving</span><span> and so are you.</span></span><span><span> We have business goals (OKRs) but also personal development goals. Our formalized bi-annual feedback process, regular Engagement checks and personal development budget are available to make sure that we grow together and find everyone's perfect spot at the table. </span></span></li><li><span><span>You will become
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