Lead Platform Engineer

Upwork; France; Hybride; EUR 80 000 - 100 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

A leading online freelance platform in France seeks a Lead Platform Engineer to lead modernization initiatives for their Kubernetes infrastructure. This role involves driving transitions from legacy systems, implementing observability practices, and enhancing developer tools. Ideal candidates will have a strong background in managing Kubernetes at scale and a proactive developer-first mindset. Comprehensive benefits and a focus on diversity and inclusion are part of the company culture.

Prestations

Medical coverage

Unlimited PTO

401(k) plan

Qualifications

• Proven success managing Kubernetes infrastructure at scale.
• Experience leading migration and modernization efforts across large-scale systems.
• Strong knowledge of observability tooling and practices.

Responsabilités

• Lead modernization efforts across Kubernetes environments.
• Drive the transition from legacy infrastructure.
• Enhance and expand the Backstage developer portal.

Connaissances

Kubernetes management

Service mesh technologies

GitOps workflows

Observability tooling

Distributed tracing

SLOs knowledge

Description du poste

Upwork ($UPWK) is the world’s largest work marketplace, connecting businesses with highly skilled professionals worldwide. From entrepreneurs to Fortune 100 enterprises, companies trust Upwork’s platform to access expert talent, leverage AI-powered work solutions, and drive meaningful business outcomes.

Upwork’s AI-powered platform has facilitated over $20 billion in economic opportunity for professionals worldwide. With professionals spanning 10,000+ skills, including AI and machine learning, software development, sales and marketing, customer support, finance and accounting, and more, Upwork empowers businesses of all sizes to scale, innovate, and build agile teams.

As a Lead Platform Engineer on the Platform Infrastructure team, you’ll lead initiatives that modernize our foundational infrastructure and elevate the daily experience of hundreds of developers across Upwork. This role offers an exciting opportunity to build scalable Kubernetes-based systems, streamline our service deployments, and directly influence the future of our microservices and AI/ML environments. You'll collaborate with peers across Developer Experience, Reliability, and ML Platform teams to deliver innovative platform capabilities that improve reliability, observability, and operational simplicity.

Responsibilities

• Lead modernization efforts across Kubernetes environments to improve scalability, reliability, and developer productivity
• Drive the transition from legacy infrastructure, reducing operational complexity and aligning with standardized deployment practices
• Enhance and expand the Backstage developer portal to unify CI/CD pipelines, observability, and service management tools
• Define and implement observability practices including metrics, logging, and tracing that reduce incident response times and improve system insights
• Partner with AI/ML teams to ensure infrastructure readiness for scalable model deployment and reproducibility of pipelines
• Design and maintain self-service templates, infrastructure blueprints, and rollout guides to promote engineering best practices
• Collaborate across platform teams to troubleshoot systemic issues and continuously improve service health and performance

Qualifications

• Proven success managing Kubernetes infrastructure at scale, including use of service mesh technologies and GitOps workflows
• Experience leading migration and modernization efforts across complex, large-scale systems
• Strong knowledge of observability tooling and practices, including distributed tracing and SLOs
• Familiarity with machine learning infrastructure patterns, including model serving and monitoring
• A proactive, developer-first mindset focused on enabling teams through documentation, tooling, and streamlined workflows

Our Culture and Benefits

At Upwork, you’ll shape the future of work for a global, remote-first workforce, creating economic opportunities for professionals worldwide. Our culture is built on trust, risk-taking, customer focus, and excellence, all in service of our core mission: to create economic opportunities so people have better lives. We offer comprehensive benefits, including medical coverage, unlimited PTO, 401(k) plan, and more.

Upwork is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse and inclusive workforce. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, genetic information, or other legally protected characteristics under federal, state, or local law.