Staff/Senior Platform Engineer - Team Platform (d/f/m)

Bettermile; Berlin; Híbrido; EUR 90.000 - 130.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Remote work flexibility

30 vacation days (or equivalent)

Kindergarten grant

Company pension

Regular team breakfasts

Fitness & wellness classes

Company runs & events

Snacks, fruits, coffee

Descripción de la vacante

Bettermile in Berlin is seeking a Platform Engineer to join our Platform Team. You will balance hands-on technical work (about 60%) with strategic mentoring and stakeholder engagement (about 40%), building scalable infrastructure for a fast-growing last-mile logistics SaaS.

Our stack includes AWS, Pulumi, Kotlin, New Relic, Snowflake, PagerDuty, GitHub, and more. We value security-minded engineers who can lead migrations and mentor others while collaborating across product teams.

Formación

• Deep proficiency operating within AWS environment.
• Experience leading multi-team infrastructure migrations.
• Experience with AI workloads and AWS Bedrock, Snowflake Cortex or similar tools.
• Experience mentoring engineers.
• Security-minded platform engineering approach.
• Ability to constructively challenge viewpoints while aligning with organizational interests.
• Strong preference for a hybrid setup with 2 days on-site in Kreuzberg.

Responsabilidades

• Balance hands-on technical execution (~60%) with strategic stakeholder engagement and mentorship (~40%).
• Build and maintain platform infrastructure using AWS, Pulumi, and related tooling.
• Collaborate with product teams to enable fast delivery, reliability and security.
• Mentor engineers and foster a learning culture across teams.
• Lead security, monitoring, and reliability initiatives within the platform.

Conocimientos

AWS proficiency

Infrastructure migration

AI workloads / MLOps

Mentoring engineers

Security-minded

Critical thinking

Hybrid work preference

Herramientas

AWS CDK

EC2

ECS

S3

EventBridge

SQS

Location Services

API Gateway

Pulumi

Kotlin

New Relic

Snowflake

PagerDuty

GitHub

GitHub Actions

GitHub Copilot

Claude Code

Descripción del empleo

• We mean it when we say “cutting edge” and have a high level of creative freedom in our everyday work
• You will be surrounded by like-minded, driven, skilled, and highly motivated people who are keen to contribute to successful solutions
• We mean diversity, and we put it in numbers: 130+ people, 40 languages, 40% female (vs. ø26% in the tech industry), ø33 years of age, and yes, we do have Schlager-Fans among us
• We have a very supportive and appreciative working environment with a lot of autonomy, a flat hierarchy, and professional growth possibilities
• We work in a hybrid mode, with weekly team days for better collaboration and nurturing interpersonal connections. When onsite, we work in a modern, kid- and pet-friendly Better Space in the heart of Berlin-Kreuzberg
• Remote work from anywhere for up to 12 weeks in total per year
• 30 vacation days in a 5-day/week working model
• Kindergarten grant and a Company Pension scheme
• Regular team breakfasts, fitness & wellness classes, company runs, and other events. Fruits, snacks, drinks, and coffee with a variety of milk are a given - but yes, we have them
• Outstanding flexibility we are proud of – and, of course, the best colleagues in the world!

About the Platform Team

Every product team's ability to move fast depends on what's running underneath it. The Platform team builds that foundation for Bettermile, from shared infrastructure and authentication to observability, alerting, and developer tooling, so product teams can build, deploy, operate, and secure their products with confidence. The Platform Team's mission is to empower product teams by minimizing their cognitive load, so they can move faster and deliver more business value to our customers.

You will be joining a highly impactful role where you will balance hands-on technical execution (approx. 60%) with strategic stakeholder engagement and mentorship (approx. 40%).

Our current tech stack: AWS(CDK, EC2, ECS, S3, EventBridge, SQS, Location Services, API Gateway), Pulumi, Kotlin, New Relic, Snowflake, PagerDuty, GitHub, GitHub Actions, GitHub Copilot and Claude Code.

You check these boxes

• Deep proficiency and hands-on experience operating within AWS environment
• Proven experience leading infrastructure migration projects spanning multiple teams
• Experience with AI workloads, MLOps, AWS Bedrock, Agentcore, Snowflake Cortex or similar tools
• Experience actively mentoring other engineers
• Security-minded approach to platform engineering
• A proven ability to constructively challenge viewpoints while consistently aligning with the best interests of the organization
• A strong preference for a hybrid setup that blends remote flexibility with 2 days of on-site collaboration in our Kreuzberg office

It is awesome if you also have

• Proven experience leading large-scale infrastructure migration projects spanning multiple teams
• Strong background in system operations, specifically with Linux/Unix
• Fluency in a programming language such as Python or similar
• AWS certifications

Take your chance

Be a part of shaping a fast-growing industry and make an impact from day one. You’ll have the chance to take on responsibility early, with guidance and support from experienced mentors. We foster a learning culture, collaboration on equal footing, and quick decision-making that moves things forward.

Currently, we’re proceeding only with candidates authorized to work in Germany or who already hold a Job Seeker Visa.

About us

At Bettermile, we believe delivery shouldn’t be business as usual. We’re transforming last-mile logistics to drive efficiency and create a better delivery experience for everyone.

Our geo-based, AI-powered SaaS product handles complex address processing, dynamic routing, and navigation. It is built to manage many stops and multiple constraints.

We’re setting a new standard for the last mile and pushing the industry forward, powered by a skilled, international team of tech enthusiasts, logistics experts, and a product suite designed to keep evolving.