Lead Platform Engineer

You thrive in building the backbone of modern software development and internal developer platforms. You create smooth, automated, and scalable developer experiences by designing robust platforms, streamlining pipelines, and optimizing delivery processes. If you love solving infrastructure challenges, enabling development teams, and shaping the way software is delivered—this is for you.

• Architecture & Design: Define and implement scalable, secure, and innovative platform solutions.
• Technical Leadership: Guide engineering teams in designing, deploying, and operating cloud-native platforms.
• Customer Consulting: Lead customer workshops and architecture discussions, driving best practices and modern approaches.
• Platform Automation: Design and implement advanced automation strategies for multi-team environments.
• Security & Reliability: Ensure compliance, security, and high availability for enterprise-scale platforms.
• Community Engagement: Drive thought leadership by contributing to meetups, conferences, or internal knowledge-sharing initiatives.

• Advanced Kubernetes: Ability to design and manage complex Kubernetes or Openshift clusters in enterprise environments.
• GitOps: Deep understanding of GitOps principles and the ability to design and implement robust, version-controlled infrastructure workflows.
• Infrastructure as Code: Proven hands-on experience with Terraform to build scalable, reusable, and maintainable infrastructure components.
• CI/CD & Security: Expertise in secure, automated deployment pipelines and modern security best practices.
• Nice-To-Have: Multi-Cloud Experience (AWS, GCP, Azure or hybrid environments) and programming skills (Phyton, Golang or Rust)
• Leadership & Mentorship: Ability to coach and mentor engineers, fostering a collaborative and innovative environment.
• Strategic Thinking: You anticipate technical challenges and proactively drive solutions.
• Communication: Ability to break down complex topics and explain them in a way that makes sense to both engineers and customers.
• Languages: Fluent in English; German is a plus.

Why You'll Love Working at SQUER:

• Ownership & Responsibility: at SQUER, we believe in empowering our team. In our flat hierarchies, your ideas and actions matter more than titles. Take the reins, make an impact and grow with us.
• Learn & Grow: Tap into a € 5.000 annual training budget to sharpen your skills and take advantage of our in-house Leadership Academy. Join and be part of our active tech community through meetups, hackathons and training sessions. Get up to 40h/year additional time off for your personal education.
• Exciting Challenges & Real Impact: Dive into diverse projects where your work truly makes a difference – for our clients and for SQUER.
• Flexibility for Performance: Benefit from hybrid work options, flexible hours, workations within the EU, and additional vacation days – giving you the freedom to perform at your best.
• Tailored Tools for Success: Choose your preferred hardware configuration to suit your working style.
• We Value You: Beyond perks and benefits, we offer a competitive annual salary to recognize your exceptional contributions.
• Be Part of a Thriving Team Culture: At SQUER, collaboration and connection are at the heart of what we do. Through open communication, shared successes, and meaningful team events – including our annual SQUER offsite – we cultivate a culture where everyone feels valued and inspired to grow together.
• A Perks-Packed Workplace: Work in a central office with a spacious terrace and BBQ, enjoy free lunch in the office, MyClubs sports membership, and either a free “Wiener Linien” ticket or a partial contribution to the “Klimaticket”. Plus, benefit from free massages, referral bonuses, Corporate Benefits, and JobRad. Annual employee presents and a monthly team breakfast add extra value to your work experience.

We are dedicated to creating a supportive workplace where everyone can thrive and be proud to be part of the team. We encourage our colleagues to ask questions, try new things, pursue ongoing professional development, and take calculated risks.

Are you ready to learn and collaborate in independent agile teams? We are looking forward to meeting you.

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