Senior Platform Engineer with Azure

What awaits you

• Being a passionate Platform engineer, you care about defining tech stack for business applications together with our team of software architects
• Build and evolve a cloud-native platform running on Azure, serving multiple product teams
• Design and maintain Kubernetes-based infrastructure
• Develop and extend the platform operator - a custom Kubernetes operator that manages application lifecycle, status reporting, error handling, and reconciliation logic
• Author and maintain Helm charts and Terraform modules for provisioning Azure resources
• Work on the sidecar architecture - configure routing, CORS, proxy ports, path rewrites, external service integration, and direct responses
• Contribute and operate to the authentication and authorization layer
• Contribute and maintain the observability stack, Grafana-based
• Maintain and extend Azure resource modules and Azure Storage Account provisioning
• Develop and improve the App Catalog - an internal service registry with frontend and backend components, statistics, mail notifications, and automated update jobs
• Enable and maintain schema-driven configuration handbooks, onboarding automation, and application scaffolding
• Contribute to technical documentation, knowledge sharing sessions, and platform-wide improvements across multiple product teams
• Working in an Agile team using Scrum methodology and their derivatives (SaFE, LeSS)
  Participate in code reviews, sprint planning, and other Agile/Scrum ceremonies to ensure high-quality deliverables and on-time project completion
• End-to-end responsibility for application development
• Stay updated with emerging technologies, industry trends, and best practices to continuously improve skills and contribute to the team's success

What should you bring along

• University Degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Business or a related field
• Minimum of 7 years of experience in a similar role is required
• Advanced knowledge of OOP, Algorithms & Data Structures
• Solid experience with Kubernetes
• Hands-on experience with Azure cloud services, particularly:
• Azure PostgreSQL Flexible Server (including backup/restore strategies)
• Azure Storage Accounts
• Azure resource provisioning and management across multiple environments
• Strong proficiency in Terraform for Infrastructure as Code
• Experience with Helm charts
• Solid understanding of GitOps principles and deployment workflows (e.g., ArgoCD, Flux, or GitHub Actions-based GitOps)
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines, ideally GitHub Actions
• Good understanding of networking and proxy configuration
• Experience with authentication and authorization flows
• Familiarity with observability and telemetry*stacks: Grafana, Loki, Prometheus, Tempo
• Nice to have:
• Experience in development with Java SE 17+
• Experience with operator patterns in Kubernetes (custom controllers, reconciliation logic, error handling)
• Good understanding of software design principles, design patterns, and best practices
• Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail
• Excellent English verbal and written skills
• German communication skills will be a plus