Senior Platform Engineer

Job Description
A senior role for an experienced Platform Engineer, join our team to work on exciting infrastructure projects and help advance our service offering.

Key Responsibilities
Team Leadership & Development

• Support and guide platform engineering team members
• Mentor junior engineers and facilitate knowledge sharing
• Prioritise team tasks and coordinate project activities

Technical Ownership

• Design, build, and maintain cloud architectures and SaaS products
• Continuously improve operational metrics and system reliability
• Define and monitor Service Level Objectives (SLO) and Service Level Indicators (SLI)
• Lead incident response and post-mortem analysis
• Shape product definitions and service offerings for internal and external stakeholders

Required Knowledge, Skills, And Experience
Technical Skills

• Security Operations (SecOps) and security best practices
• Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) principles and practices
• Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
• Cloud-native architecture and container orchestration (Kubernetes, Docker)
• CI/CD pipelines and automation frameworks
• Drupal CMS platform management and optimization
• CDN/WAF configuration and management (VCL, edge computing)
• Observability and monitoring (metrics, logging, tracing)
• Network architecture and troubleshooting
• Linux system administration and containerization technologies

Soft Skills

• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities
• Team leadership and mentoring experience
• Ownership mindset and proactive approach
• Excellent communication skills in cross-functional teams
• English proficiency at B2 level or higher

Experience

• 3+ years as a Platform Engineer
• OR 5+ years in DevOps or Site Reliability Engineering (SRE)

What We Offer

• A full-time position with a competitive salary.
• Employees are encouraged to attend industry events and conferences for networking, learning, and personal growth.
• Quality time for yourself is a must We care about work/life balance. That's why we stick to 40 hours a week and offer flexible working hours and home office schemes.
• Work with brilliant colleagues in flat hierarchies on exciting and challenging projects.
• Smart offices and a creative working environment.
• An environment in which independent work and the contribution of new ideas is welcomed and valued.
• Great training and personal development opportunities with a comprehensive career track.
• A yearly company retreat and team building events in our office locations throughout the year.
• An apartment in sunny Conil (Spain) that you can use during the year.

Work location
This is a remote position within Europe (+/- 2 hours from CET). However, our teams work closely together and we encourage employees to visit our offices in Frankfurt, Berlin or Conil whenever possible.

About Us
We're a digital agency built on technical excellence. For over a decade, 1xINTERNET has been building sophisticated web platforms and digital experiences for clients across Europe, with a reputation for tackling the complex challenges others shy away from. We specialise in enterprise Drupal solutions, native apps, hosting services and cloud infrastructure – the kind of work where engineering excellence isn't optional, it's the baseline. Headquartered in Germany with a distributed team across Europe of 85+ people, we combine German engineering rigor with the flexibility and autonomy of a modern tech company.