Platform Engineer - GitOps, CI/CD & Developer Experience

Julius Baer; Zürich; On-site; CHF 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Julius Baer in Zürich seeks a Platform Engineer to advance our internal DevOps platform. You will design, build, and operate CI/CD services, enabling cloud and on‑prem environments. The role focuses on GitOps, release orchestration, and improving developer experience across IT teams.

You will collaborate with security, architecture, and infrastructure stakeholders to automate platform operations, implement IaC and policy as code, and ensure secure, scalable software delivery.

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a Software Developer, Platform Engineer, CI/CD Engineer, or Cloud Engineer.
• Proficiency in at least one programming language or technology stack such as Go, Java, .NET, or JavaScript.
• Practical experience with Kubernetes; Azure experience is an advantage.
• Familiarity with infrastructure-as-code practices and tools like Ansible and Terraform.
• Experience automating lifecycle activities of various CI/CD platforms is a plus.
• Full-stack development experience is an advantage.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, and operate platform services, automation, APIs, reusable pipeline components, and integrations that improve the developer experience.
• Collaborate with development teams, providing expert guidance and hands‑on support during platform onboarding.
• Build and maintain CI/CD platform, enabling teams to develop, test, deploy, and release software.
• Enable the GitOps transition by improving delivery processes and implementing platform capabilities.
• Automate platform operations through infrastructure as code, policy as code, and tooling.
• Work with security, compliance, architecture, and infrastructure to integrate controls into software delivery workflows.
• Manage lifecycle of CI/CD tools across cloud and on‑prem environments (Azure, Kubernetes, VMs).
• Ensure platform and tools remain secure, available, scalable and maintainable.

Skills

Go

Java

.NET

JavaScript

Kubernetes

Ansible

Terraform

Azure

Tools

Kubernetes

Ansible

Terraform

Azure

Job description

Julius Baer in Zürich seeks a Platform Engineer to advance our internal DevOps platform. You will design, build, and operate CI/CD services, enabling cloud and on‑prem environments. The role focuses on GitOps, release orchestration, and improving developer experience across IT teams.

You will collaborate with security, architecture, and infrastructure stakeholders to automate platform operations, implement IaC and policy as code, and ensure secure, scalable software delivery.