Senior Platform Engineer - Hybrid (Kubernetes & Terraform)

HumanIT Digital Consulting; Porto; Híbrido; EUR 22 320 - 33 480; Tempo integral

Vantagens oferecidas por esta oferta de emprego

15th month salary

Health insurance covering your family

Birthday off

Mobility program for digital nomads

Real work-life balance

Resumo da oferta

HumanIT Digital Consulting seeks a Senior Platform Engineer to design and build self-service platform capabilities on top of Kubernetes for large organisations.

You will mentor junior engineers, work in a hybrid Porto environment with two office visits per month, and contribute to building production-grade platform APIs and automation.

Qualificações

• 3+ years of experience building self-service platforms consumed by other engineering teams.
• 4+ years as a software engineer (Java, JavaScript, Golang, or Python).
• 4+ years with a public cloud provider (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
• 4+ years of experience with containerization and container platforms.
• Hands-on with Kubernetes GitOps using ArgoCD or Flux, and Helm or Kustomize.
• Experience implementing monitoring/observability solutions (logging, metrics, distributed tracing).
• Strong DevOps background with CI/CD tooling (GitHub Actions, GitLab CI/CD).
• Proven track record building complex, production-grade platforms as self-service products.
• Expert-level knowledge of platform APIs, automation, system tooling, and internal developer platforms.
• Expert-level knowledge of Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CDK, Pulumi, Crossplane).
• Expert-level knowledge of container orchestration and Kubernetes.
• Expert-level knowledge of public cloud best practices (Well-Architected).
• Solid understanding of distributed systems and cloud-native design.

Responsabilidades

• Build self-service platform capabilities on top of cloud-native tech (Kubernetes).
• Design and build complex platforms and abstract complexity for other teams.
• Mentor junior platform engineers in a hybrid Porto setting.

Conhecimentos

Self-service platforms

Software engineering

Public cloud experience

Containerization

Kubernetes GitOps

Observability

CI/CD tooling

Platform APIs

Infrastructure as Code

Distributed systems

Ferramentas

ArgoCD

Flux

Helm

Kustomize

Loki

Prometheus

Grafana

CloudWatch

X-Ray

GitHub Actions

GitLab CI/CD

Descrição da oferta de emprego

Senior Platform Engineer (Kubernetes/Terraform) - Hybrid Porto (2 Office Visits/Month)

ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY

Join a well-established international software company known for delivering modern, cloud-native solutions across education, financial services, gaming, insurance, telecoms, and public sector clients. This organization combines deep business domain expertise with world-class engineering talent to solve real-world problems at scale. With a flat management structure and a genuinely relaxed yet professional culture, teams here work on dynamic, high-impact projects while being actively supported through a Continuous Learning Programme. This is a senior-level opportunity for a Platform Engineer who wants to shape how engineering teams build and ship software — not just maintain infrastructure.

PROJECT & CONTEXT

You'll join teams building self-service platform capabilities on top of cloud-native technologies, primarily Kubernetes, for large organisations. Your role is to design and build complex platforms, then abstract that complexity away so other engineering teams can consume platform capabilities easily and independently. Teams work in an agile setup with close cross-team interaction, enabling engineering squads to deliver business functionality faster. As a senior member, you'll also mentor and guide junior platform engineers as they grow.
This is a hybrid role based in Porto, with office visits twice a month.

WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR (Required)

• 3+ years of experience building self-service platforms and abstractions consumed by other engineering teams
• 4+ years as a software engineer (Java, JavaScript, Golang, or Python)
• 4+ years working with a public cloud provider (AWS, Azure, or GCP)
• 4+ years of experience with containerization and container platforms
• Hands-on experience with Kubernetes GitOps practices using ArgoCD or Flux, and Helm or Kustomize
• Experience implementing monitoring/observability solutions (logging, metrics, distributed tracing) using tools such as Loki, CloudWatch, Prometheus, Grafana, or X-Ray
• Strong DevOps background with CI/CD tooling (GitHub Actions, GitLab CI/CD, or similar)
• Proven track record building complex, production-grade platforms delivered as self-service products
• Expert-level knowledge of building platform APIs, automation, system-level tooling, and/or internal developer platforms
• Expert-level knowledge of Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CDK, Pulumi, or Crossplane)
• Expert-level knowledge of container orchestration principles and Kubernetes
• Expert-level knowledge of public cloud best practices (Well-Architected Frameworks)
• Solid understanding of distributed systems, service architectures, and cloud-native design trade-offs
• [Required language(s) not specified in source — please confirm]

NICE TO HAVE (Preferred)

• CKA (Certified Kubernetes Administrator) certification
• Public cloud certification (AWS/Azure/GCP)
• Experience mentoring junior engineers in a formal or informal capacity

Compensation: €2,000 – €3,000/month net, depending on experience and seniority level.

Why HumanIT people stay (4.4 Glassdoor, 89% recommend)

- 15th month salary
- Health insurance covering your family
- Birthday off
- Mobility program for digital nomads
- Real work-life balance

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