Senior Platform Engineer — Architecture & Reliability Lead

Aptiv PLC; Kraków; Hybrid; PLN 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private health care

Life insurance

Well‑Being Program

Hybrid work

Pension plan

Multisport card

Job summary

Aptiv plc in Kraków is seeking a Senior Platform Engineer to drive the design, evolution, and reliability of our platform ecosystem. You will own technical decisions, guide architectural direction, and coordinate work across engineering teams to deliver scalable, secure, and efficient solutions.

This role blends hands-on engineering with technical leadership, partnering with product and operations to ensure high availability, observability, and robust IaC, CI/CD, and cloud infrastructure.

Qualifications

• 5–10+ years of experience in platform engineering, DevOps, or infrastructure
• Proven experience making and owning architectural decisions
• Strong cloud platform proficiency (Azure, AWS, or GCP)
• Experience with containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes)
• Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Bicep, CloudFormation, etc.)
• CI/CD tools (Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, etc.)
• Strong scripting or programming skills (Python, Go, Bash, etc.)
• Experience in Agile/DevOps environments

Responsibilities

• Own and drive architecture and design decisions for platform services and infrastructure.
• Define and enforce engineering standards, best practices, and design patterns.
• Evaluate and select technologies, tools, and frameworks aligned with business goals.
• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to engineers across the team.
• Lead design reviews and ensure scalability, performance, and reliability.
• Coordinate technical tasks across multiple engineers and teams.
• Break down high‑level initiatives into actionable engineering work items.
• Act as a technical point of contact for cross‑team initiatives and dependencies.
• Facilitate collaboration between development, QA, DevOps, and product teams.
• Support delivery planning and help remove technical blockers.
• Design and maintain platform infrastructure (cloud, on‑prem, hybrid).
• Build and improve CI/CD pipelines and automation frameworks.
• Ensure high availability, observability, and performance of platform services.
• Drive infrastructure‑as‑code (IaC) adoption.
• Implement monitoring, alerting, and incident response processes.
• Lead root cause analyses and continuous improvement after incidents.

Skills

Architectural decisions

Hands-on engineering

Leadership

Agile/DevOps

Cloud platforms

Scripting (Python/Go/Bash)

Cross-team coordination

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in CS/Engineering

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Terraform

Bicep

CloudFormation

Azure DevOps

GitHub Actions

Jenkins

Job description

Aptiv plc in Kraków is seeking a Senior Platform Engineer to drive the design, evolution, and reliability of our platform ecosystem. You will own technical decisions, guide architectural direction, and coordinate work across engineering teams to deliver scalable, secure, and efficient solutions.

This role blends hands-on engineering with technical leadership, partnering with product and operations to ensure high availability, observability, and robust IaC, CI/CD, and cloud infrastructure.