Staff Platform Engineer - Cloud Platform (all genders)

ABOUT YOU; Hamburg; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

SCAYLE is seeking an experienced Platform/Site Reliability Engineer in Hamburg to maintain and evolve our AWS infrastructure with Infrastructure as Code, building a secure, cost-efficient platform.

You will own Kubernetes-based services, design scalable scaling strategies, manage secrets, and improve CI/CD pipelines with GitLab CI and Terraform for reliable production deployments. You will collaborate closely with agile development teams to drive operational excellence.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience as a Platform or Site Reliability Engineer.
• Strong experience with AWS and Infrastructure as Code (IaC).
• Proficient with containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Go programming language (basic to intermediate).
• Strong collaboration with agile development teams and stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Architect and evolve our AWS infrastructure with IaC to be secure and cost-efficient.
• Automate and enhance CI/CD pipelines and deployment workflows (GitLab CI, Terraform).
• Own Kubernetes-based platform components including scaling and secrets management.
• Design and maintain observability (Datadog, OpenSearch, Fluentd) for 24/7 uptime.
• Partner with internal development teams to drive operational excellence.

Skills

Site Reliability Engineer

AWS

Go

Collaboration

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

GitLab CI

Terraform

Job description

Company Description

SCAYLE is one of the fastest-growing enterprise commerce platforms in the world, enabling brands and retailers to realize their D2C ambitions. SCAYLE stands for innovation, international collaboration, and a strong focus on data. We believe that stepping outside of our comfort zone and making bold decisions is key to growing both professionally and personally. Instead of seeing problems as obstacles, we approach them as opportunities to find better solutions. We work in an environment that encourages flexibility, creativity, and continuous development. What drives us is the shared motivation to make an impact and actively shape the future of eCommerce.

Job Description

• Architect and evolve: Maintain and continuously improve our AWS infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code (IaC), focusing on engineering a robust, secure, and cost-efficient environment
• Drive automation: Automate and advance our CI/CD pipelines and deployment workflows (GitLab CI, Terraform) to ensure a smooth, reliable, and secure path to production for all services
• Ownership: Take full ownership of critical platform components running on Kubernetes, including scaling strategies, secrets management, and core networking (VPC, ingress)
• Ensure availability: Design, implement and maintain comprehensive observability solutions (monitoring, alerting, and logging using Datadog, Opensearch, and fluentd) to guarantee the platform's flawless, uninterrupted 24/7 availability
• Partner and enable: Act as an autonomous partner and expert consultant to internal development teams, treating them as key customers and collaboratively driving operational excellence across the organization

Qualifications

• At least 7+ years of experience as a Platform or Site Reliability Engineer
• You have strong experience with AWS and Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
• You are confident working with containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes)
• You bring a solid background in CI/CD tools (e.g. GitLab CI)Terraform is more than a science fiction term for you
• You can Go (basic to intermediate level)
• You are a strong collaborator, working closely with agile development teams and internal stakeholders

Additional Information

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(Please note that benefits may vary depending on the location)

A Place Where You Can Be You

We take it as our responsibility to create an environment where everyone feels welcome, exactly as they are.

Different backgrounds and perspectives make us stronger and shape our culture in ways that matter.

What we stand for internally, we stand for as a brand: acceptance, inclusion, and fairness.