Senior Platform Engineer - K8s and Delivery (d/f/m)
As a part of the larger Engineering department, the Platform team plays a crucial role in enhancing emnify competitive edge by improving developer experience to increase development efficiency and scale productivity. You will join a growing team, fostering empathy and a collaboration mindset to ensure continuous improvement of development experience at emnify. The Platform team provides, in addition to the centrally managed infrastructure used by all the teams for observability and CI/CD, consultation, SME services, and hands-on support to the engineering teams. As the authority on K8s and CI/CD, you will guide infrastructure engineers in best practices for K8s, Jenkins, and GitHub Actions, collaborate with the security team to enhance our cloud infrastructure security, and research and implement new features, tools, and services in the emnify infrastructure and tooling landscape. Your experience and advice will help teams deliver impactful projects successfully. https://emnify.github.io/tech-radar/ Your Impact
You’ll design, implement, and maintain K8s-based solutions, clusters, and supporting AWS infrastructure that help other engineering teams run their applications reliably on Kubernetes. You’ll elevate how we deliver our business-critical applications on Kubernetes You’ll work closely with the security team to maintain and increase emnify's security posture. You’ll continuously improve our CI/CD systems and concepts, enabling product teams to safely and efficiently deploy their applications on AWS-managed services and Kubernetes. You’ll collaborate with the product teams and take an active part in implementing new infrastructure and services, providing valuable insights and implementation recommendations to ensure the successful and timely delivery of projects. As part of the internal team rotation, take part in supporting the teams in their day-to-day operations and challenges they are facing. What you’ll work on You’ll tackle complex technical challenges across distributed systems, connectivity, and APIs—building scalable solutions and shipping features that have real-world impact at global scale. What you’ll work on You’ll work on forecasting, budgeting, and commercial analysis, partnering with teams across the business to understand performance, challenge assumptions, and help drive smarter decisions. What you’ll work on You’ll build relationships with both new and existing customers, develop a deep understanding of market needs, and help uncover opportunities that inform new product development. Your work will directly contribute to expanding our global footprint. What you’ll work on You’ll work on a broad range of legal challenges, from commercial contracts to regulatory initiatives and strategic projects. It’s a fast-paced, agile environment where no two problems are the same, shaped by the diversity of our customers and the global nature of our business. What you’ll work on You’ll shape hiring strategies, employee experience, and development programs across a globally distributed workforce—helping to build a cohesive culture while supporting teams in different regions to thrive. What you’ll work on You’ll lead product discovery, prioritisation, and delivery—working closely with customers and internal teams to identify opportunities, define solutions, and bring new features to market that solve real-world connectivity challenges at scale.
What we expect
- Extensive hands-on experience designing and managing Kubernetes solutions and supporting AWS infrastructure, balancing cost, performance, usability, and maintainability.
- Extraordinary K8s and infrastructure troubleshooting skills. You should be comfortable with digging into the K8s control plane, drivers, and networking components to locate a bit out of place.
- Solid experience with CI/CD tools and pipelines. Ideally with Jenkins, GitHub Actions, and the Argo suite.
- Solid knowledge of networking, security, monitoring, and Linux system administration. Experience in telecom/connectivity domains is a plus
- Valid Kubernetes CKA certification is required, CKS certification is a big plus.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills and the ability to convey a technical topic to non-technical personnel.
Why it might not be a fit
- Your Kubernetes experience is limited to deploying applications rather than building and operating production clusters.
- You don't have strong hands-on AWS infrastructure and CI/CD experience.
- You aren't comfortable troubleshooting Kubernetes internals, networking, and Linux.
Your benefits
- We're a globally distributed team, making flexibility essential. Our roles are designed as hybrid, remote, or include relocation opportunities. Time to recharge
- Enjoy a generous time-off policy starting at 30 days (location-based) to recharge and focus on what matters most. Learning support
- Ongoing professional development opportunities through access to courses, certifications, or conferences. Good vibes
- Join regular company events and team outings to connect with colleagues, celebrate, and have fun. Oh, and did we mention our dog-friendly offices?
- With our skills-first assessment, we focus on what you can do and the strengths you bring to the table, giving you a fair chance to shine based on your abilities, not just your resume.
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