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Posted 2026-05-22

Senior Platform Engineer

Description

As a Senior Platform Engineer, you will play a key role in crafting and optimizing our software solutions, collaborating with multiple teams, and contributing to the evolution of our industry-leading products. This position is ideal for an experienced engineer who enjoys building scalable systems and contributing to infrastructure automation using Platform Engineering practices.

Responsibilities
  • Contribute to the development lifecycle, from concept and design to implementation, testing, deployment and maintenance.
  • Write clean, efficient, and high-quality code, primarily in C# and .NET Core, following best practices for software engineering.
  • Conduct thorough code reviews, provide constructive feedback, and mentor junior engineers to help grow technical capabilities across the team.
  • Work closely with stakeholders to gather requirements, clarify specifications, and ensure technical solutions meet the needs of the business.
  • Build and improve platform infrastructure through software development, enabling scalable, reliable, and efficient systems to support engineering workflows and application delivery.
  • Apply GitOps practices to streamline deployment processes.
  • Manage Kubernetes-based infrastructure and automate application deployments using Helm Charts.
Requirements
  • 3+ years of professional software development experience, ideally with experience in C# and .NET Core.
  • Experience working with distributed systems and microservice architecture, building scalable and resilient solutions.
  • Strong troubleshooting skills for software applications, with an ability to diagnose and resolve issues in complex distributed environments.
  • Hands-on experience with Kubernetes and containerization.
  • Strong understanding of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and modern deployment strategies (e.g., canary and blue-green deployments).
  • Familiarity with cloud platforms such as AWS or GCP would be a strong asset.
  • Understanding of GitOps methodologies for managing and automating infrastructure and application deployments is highly desirable.
  • Familiarity with observability platforms such as DataDog and ELK stack.
  • Excellent communication skills and fluency in English.