Platform Engineer

Ebury; Madrid; Híbrido; EUR 40.000 - 80.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

An innovative fintech company seeks a skilled Platform Engineer to enhance their platform's reliability and scalability. In this exciting role, you'll collaborate with cross-functional teams to design and implement robust systems, ensuring high availability and performance. You'll leverage your expertise in distributed systems and cloud architecture, primarily using Python, to drive improvements and automation. This dynamic environment fosters continuous professional growth and embraces open-source principles, making it a perfect fit for tech enthusiasts eager to make a significant impact in the fintech space.

Servicios

Competitive salary and benefits package

Continuous professional growth

Discretionary bonus based on performance

Personal development through training and certification

Open Source friendly environment

Formación

• Experience in building and working with distributed systems.
• Understanding of cloud architecture and application deployment models.
• Enthusiasm for writing code, primarily using Python.

Responsabilidades

• Collaborate within a Platform Engineering team to ensure platform reliability.
• Design and implement automation tools and processes to enhance efficiency.
• Participate in on-call rotation to address critical incidents.

Conocimientos

Distributed Systems

Cloud Architecture

Kubernetes

Python

Incident Management

Automation

Observability Tools

Communication Skills

Educación

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Herramientas

GCP

AWS

Amazon Container Services

Descripción del empleo

Ebury is a leading global fintech company that empowers businesses to trade and grow internationally. It offers a comprehensive suite of products, including international payments and collections, FX risk management, trade finance, and API integrations. Founded in 2009 by Juan Lobato and Salvador García, Ebury is one of the fastest-growing global fintechs, with over 1,700 employees and 38 offices in more than 25 countries.

Ebury Madrid Office - Hybrid : 4 days in the office, 1 day working from home

We are looking for an experienced Platform Engineer to join our team. In this role, you will be working within one of our platform engineering teams to ensure that our platform meets the needs of our customers and business objectives.

What we offer :

• Competitive salary and benefits package
• You’ll have continuous professional growth thanks to our career progression framework with regular reviews
• Discretionary bonus based on performance
• Continued personal development through training and certification
• We are Open Source friendly, following Open Source principles in our internal projects and encouraging contributions to external projects

Responsibilities :

• Collaborate within a Platform Engineering team to guarantee high availability and reliability of our platform.
• Partner with development teams to ensure applications are designed for scalability and reliability.
• Contribute to the design and implementation of new systems and services, ensuring they meet reliability and scalability standards.
• Develop and maintain infrastructure and application monitoring, incident management, and troubleshooting procedures.
• Leverage observability tools to gain insights into system performance and health, and drive improvement decisions.
• Design and implement automation tools and processes to enhance efficiency and minimize downtime.
• Participate in on-call rotation to address critical incidents and ensure system availability.
• Stay current with emerging technologies, tools, and practices in Platform Engineering and infrastructure.

About You :

• Experience building and working with distributed systems.
• Understanding of cloud architecture and application deployment models, ideally on GCP or AWS.
• Experience in operating web-scale deployments of containerized systems using Kubernetes and Amazon Container Services.
• Understanding of programming languages and the systems you have worked on.
• Enthusiasm for writing code, primarily using Python. Prior experience is beneficial, and a willingness to learn is essential.
• Passion for designing large systems with scalable and elegant interfaces.
• Proactive approach to identifying and resolving root causes, and collaborating with code owners to prevent recurrence.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English and a commitment to upholding Ebury's values.
• Experience in the FinTech industry would be good.
• Bachelor's degree in computer science or a related field is nice to have.
• Familiarity with security and compliance requirements (e.g., HIPAA, SOC 2, GDPR, DORA) is a plus.
• Proficiency in Spanish or Portuguese is advantageous.

If you’re excited about this job opportunity but your background doesn’t match exactly the requirements in the job description, we strongly encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other positions we have.