Senior Platform Engineer

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At Mews, we are a Hotel Tech unicorn valued at $1.2b, propelling new-generation cloud technology within global hospitality. Our industry-leading property management solution enables revolutionary hospitality brands to accelerate digital transformation.

We seek ambitious, passionate individuals ready to disrupt the hospitality industry. Keep reading to learn more about this exciting opportunity.

About the role

First things first: You want to know what you’re applying for. While we can’t capture every nuance, this is a concise summary:

You will help build a modern cloud platform that allows Mews engineering teams to efficiently deliver products to customers by defining a streamlined pathway to production. The platform will incorporate security, CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure, logging, monitoring, and alerting.

Your mission, should you choose to accept it:

• Build an opinionated cloud platform to enable engineering teams to develop and deploy safely and efficiently without needing extensive knowledge of all cloud services.
• Promote a “you build it, you run it” culture, empowering teams rather than doing everything for them.
• Create and deploy reliable, scalable cloud resources using infrastructure as code.
• Ensure stability and resilience of production systems and support teams in maintaining these standards.
• Develop CI/CD pipelines to facilitate quick and safe software delivery.
• Partner with teams to migrate and modernize existing products onto the new platform.

Ideal candidate profile

Experience with cloud infrastructure and infrastructure as code is essential. Candidates should be proficient in at least two or three technical areas listed below and have some experience with others:

• Cloud infrastructure: Experience with Azure, AWS, or GCP, preferably with containerized workloads (not necessarily Kubernetes).
• Infrastructure as code: Familiarity with Terraform, Pulumi, or AWS CDK.
• Observability: Monitoring using logs, metrics, and traces.
• CI/CD: Designing or maintaining deployment pipelines.
• Incident response: Handling production issues and root cause analysis.
• Software development: Experience with C# or other languages like Python or Golang.
• Security: Knowledge of access control and secret management.
• Databases: Querying, optimization, troubleshooting, and migrations.
• Networking and DNS: Solid understanding of networking concepts and configurations.
• Events and messaging: Experience with systems like Azure Service Bus or Kafka.

Soft skills

• Clear and thoughtful communication tailored to the audience.
• Ownership, initiative, and follow-through.
• Problem-solving focus, leveraging technology for business impact.
• Open and respectful sharing of ideas, engaging in constructive debate.
• Curiosity and deep understanding of systems.
• Adaptability to change and ambiguity.
• Ability to simplify complex problems into actionable steps.

Inclusive environment

We value diversity and encourage applicants from all backgrounds. Your authentic self is welcome here. Even if you don’t meet 100% of the criteria, we encourage you to apply and let us know how we can support your application.

Additional details

Seniority level: Mid-Senior level

Employment type: Full-time

Job function: Hospitality

We look forward to your application!