Platform Engineering Lead, Distributed Systems & Automation

Jobtailor; Luzern; Vor Ort; CHF 120.000 - 160.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Jobtailor in Luzern, Switzerland seeks a Platform Engineer to design and evolve the software platform used to deploy and operate distributed computing environments. You will build automation for reproducible deployment, configuration, and lifecycle management across environments.

The role emphasizes platform reliability, observability, and collaboration with software, hardware, and product teams to integrate new technologies. You will mentor engineers and work with customers during deployments.

Qualifikationen

• Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Technology, or a related technical discipline.
• Several years of experience designing and operating production infrastructure or platform environments.
• Strong Linux systems engineering background.
• Hands-on experience with automation and Infrastructure as Code tools (Ansible, Terraform, or similar).
• Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines and automated operational workflows.
• Familiarity with containerized environments and orchestration technologies such as Kubernetes.
• Solid understanding of networking, distributed systems, and infrastructure security principles.
• Experience operating physical or hybrid infrastructure environments.
• Ability to troubleshoot complex cross-layer issues spanning hardware, operating systems, networking, and applications.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to collaborate across multidisciplinary teams.
• Comfortable working in a fast-moving startup environment.
• Nice to have: Experience with high-performance computing, AI infrastructure, or accelerated computing platforms.
• Familiarity with GPUs, FPGAs, or other specialized compute architectures.
• Experience with edge computing or distributed systems.
• Exposure to data center operations, infrastructure monitoring, or hardware integration.
• Cloud certifications or experience with public cloud environments.

Aufgaben

• Design and evolve the software platform used to deploy and operate distributed computing environments.
• Develop automation frameworks for reproducible deployment, configuration, and lifecycle management of infrastructure and services.
• Define engineering standards, workflows, and operational practices across environments.
• Build and maintain provisioning pipelines for physical and virtual systems.
• Drive platform reliability, observability, and operational excellence across the stack.
• Collaborate with software, hardware, and product teams to integrate new technologies.
• Evaluate and introduce tooling to improve scalability and developer productivity.
• Contribute to reference architectures for distributed and heterogeneous computing systems.
• Lead technical investigations, proofs-of-concept, and platform validation activities.
• Mentor engineers and foster engineering best practices.
• Work closely with customers and partners during deployments and integrations.

Kenntnisse

Linux systems engineering

CI/CD pipelines

Communication

Troubleshooting

Startup adaptability

Distributed systems

Edge computing

AI infrastructure

Ausbildung

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Engineering/IT

Tools

Ansible

Terraform

Kubernetes

Jobbeschreibung

Jobtailor in Luzern, Switzerland seeks a Platform Engineer to design and evolve the software platform used to deploy and operate distributed computing environments. You will build automation for reproducible deployment, configuration, and lifecycle management across environments.

The role emphasizes platform reliability, observability, and collaboration with software, hardware, and product teams to integrate new technologies. You will mentor engineers and work with customers during deployments.