Senior Platform Engineer

<p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>HEY THERE!</strong></p><p style="min-height:1.5em">You've run Kubernetes in production long enough to know the difference between using a cluster and owning one. Maybe you're part of a large platform team where you only ever see your slice. Here, you'd see all of it: our Platform Engineering team is small and senior, building and running the infrastructure that Yazio's Backend and Data Engineering teams deploy to every day. We're hiring a Senior Platform Engineer to help us run that platform and push it further toward cloud-native.</p><p style="min-height:1.5em"></p><p style="min-height:1.5em">Let's shape the future of nutrition together and make Yazio the most successful nutrition app worldwide!</p><p style="min-height:1.5em"></p><p style="min-height:1.5em">This role is 100% remote and open to candidates based in Germany, Spain, Portugal or the UK.</p><div style="min-height:1.2em;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0"> </div><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>YOUR MISSION</strong></p><p style="min-height:1.5em">Think of our platform as an internal product, with Yazio's engineers as your users. You'll:</p><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Run and evolve our Kubernetes landscape (Amazon EKS, plus on-prem clusters via Rancher). Every deployment at Yazio lands on what you operate</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Automate deployment and scaling until releases are a non-event, and guide engineering teams in getting the most out of that automation</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Build out observability so you spot problems before users notice them: metrics, dashboards, alerting</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Dig into infrastructure-level incidents and turn what you find into fixes that stick</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Design the abstractions that let Backend and Data Engineers ship without opening a ticket</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Have a real say in our shift away from the remaining self-hosted infrastructure: what moves to the cloud, what stays and what gets automated away</p></li></ul><p style="min-height:1.5em"></p><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>YOUR PROFILE</strong></p><p style="min-height:1.5em">You'll thrive here if:</p><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">You've operated Kubernetes in production for years. Upgrades, capacity planning, debugging the cluster itself, not just the workloads running on it</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Observability, GitOps and deployment automation are how you work by default, not extras you bolt on later</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">You're at home on a Linux host, and the second time you touch something manual, you automate it</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">You know databases (relational and key-value) and networking well enough to reason through a production issue. You don't need to be a DBA or a network engineer; curiosity covers the rest</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Small team, changing priorities, nobody handing you a spec: that sounds like your kind of week</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">When you explain a complex technical trade-off, people leave the conversation clearer than they arrived</p></li></ul><p style="min-height:1.5em"></p><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>Bonus points for:</strong></p><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Go (a lot of our tooling is written in it, and so is the Kubernetes ecosystem) or Python beyond simple scripting</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Running self-hosted databases in production, replication and recovery included</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Deep networking knowledge (TLS, TCP/UDP internals)</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Operating on-prem Kubernetes with Rancher</p></li></ul><div style="min-height:1.2em;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0"> </div><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>OUR CORE TECH STACK</strong></p><p style="min-height:1.5em">Here's what we currently run in production:</p><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Infrastructure &amp; platform: Kubernetes (Amazon EKS and on-prem via Rancher), Docker, Linux-based systems, AWS</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">CI/CD &amp; automation: GitHub Actions, ArgoCD, Ansible, GitOps workflows</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Databases: MariaDB and PostgreSQL</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Monitoring &amp; observability: Prometheus, Grafana, InfluxDB, Elasticsearch, Graylog</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Programming: Go, Python, Bash</p></li></ul><p style="min-height:1.5em">If you've run Kubernetes on GKE or AKS rather than EKS, the patterns transfer.</p><div style="min-height:1.2em;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0"> </div><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>WHY US?</strong></p><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">An exciting product with millions of users in over 150 countries, driven by our mission to transform the world through healthy eating</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">A remote-first setup: work 100% from home, join a co-working space or work abroad for several weeks per year</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">30 vacation days to relax and recharge, plus 5 child sick days if your little one needs you</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">A focus-driven culture that values efficiency over long hours—no overtime expectations, and if it happens, you get that time back!</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">A high-impact environment where your work drives real change—short decision-making processes and no micromanagement</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">A team culture where ambition and balance go hand in hand, supported by strong connections—from our fully covered company retreat to team meetups and virtual coffee breaks</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Tools and support to do your best work: MacBook, monitor and €1,000 annual learning budget, plus regular feedback and career development</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">A truly international team with English as our company language and a shared commitment to growth and well-being—supported by Sunday Supplements and Nilo Health</p><p style="min-height:1.5em"></p></li></ul><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION</strong></p><p style="min-height:1.5em">At Yazio, we believe that diversity fuels innovation. We are committed to fostering an inclusive environment where everyone, regardless of gender identity, race, religion, age, sexual orientation or ability, feels valued and empowered. We celebrate different perspectives and actively encourage individuals from all backgrounds to apply.</p><div style="min-height:1.2em;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0"> </div><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>READY TO JOIN US?</strong></p><p style="min-height:1.5em">Excited to take Yazio to the next level and help people worldwide lead healthier lives? We’d love to hear from you! Please send us:</p><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Your CV in English</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Any additional materials that showcase your work (e.g., LinkedIn profile, portfolio)</p></li></ul><div style="min-height:1.2em;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0"> </div><p style="min-height:1.5em"></p><p>Find more <a href="https://www.arbeitnow.com/english-speaking-jobs">English Speaking Jobs in Germany</a> on Arbeitnow</a>