Senior Platform Engineer
- Praha
- Trvalý pracovní poměr
- Plný úvazek
- Participate in defining the standards and architecture patterns predominantly for data quality and observability platform.
- Author, review, and maintain Terraform modules and state management for multi-account/multi-environment deployments.
- Implement reusable and repeatable environment provisioning and configuration.
- Create and maintain clear documentation: platform design, Infrastructure as Code patterns, operational runbooks, best practices regarding coding, security, and compliance.
- Develop, verify, test, document, amend, and refactor CI/CD pipelines and the platform configurations for deployment in collaboration with cross-disciplinary teams.
- Integrate platform with data governance tooling (catalogs, lineage, access controls).
- Utilize system life cycle working practices for platform components delivery. Deploy automation to achieve well-engineered and secure outcomes.
- Contribute to the development of solution architectures in specific business, infrastructure, or functional areas. Participate in the evaluation of alternative solutions and approaches to the current architecture and the trade-offs in cost, performance, and scalability.
- Work within a matrix organizational structure, reporting to both the functional manager and the Product manager.
- Participate in planning, execution, and delivery of the platform ensuring alignment with both functional, product, and company goals.
- Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or any Technology stream.
- 7+ years of hands-on experience working with Python, SQL and databases, Analytics platforms, DevOps tools, and REST API.
- Very good Cloud knowledge, ideally AWS certified with a good understanding of AWS core services like EC2, EKS, S3, RDS, VPC networking, Security Groups, subnets, IAM roles/policies, Route 53, Transit Gateways, Load Balancing, Lambda, KMS.
- Deep knowledge of DevOps tools and practices (like GitHub, GitHub Actions) for code versioning and deployment.
- Understanding modern product development principles – Agile, test-driven development, UX, design thinking.
- Knowledge of development practices such as infrastructure observability, continuous integration/continuous deployment - CI/CD, containerization.
- Proficiency with other programming languages (Scala, R, Java).
- Experience with Databricks, Grafana, and Data Quality tools.
- Exciting work in a great team, global projects, international environment
- Opportunity to learn and grow professionally within the company globally
- Hybrid working model, flexible role pattern
- Competitive salary & incentive pay
- Pension and health insurance contributions
- Internal reward system and referral scheme
- 5 weeks annual leave, 5 sick days, 15 days of certified sick leave paid above statutory requirements annually, 40 paid hours annually for volunteering activities, 12 weeks of parental contribution
- Cafeteria for tax-free benefits according to your choice (meal vouchers, sport, culture, health, travel, etc.), Multisport Card
- Vodafone, Raiffeisen Bank, Foodora, and discount programmes
- Up-to-date laptop and iPhone
- Parking in the garage, showers, refreshments, massage chairs, library, music corner
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