Cloud Platform Engineer — Kubernetes, CI/CD & APIs

Polarise SARL; Germany (OH); On-site; USD 104,000 - 162,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work model

Welcome package with company merch

MacBook Pro or ThinkPad hardware

Job summary

Polarise SARL in Germany seeks a Platform Engineer to design and operate production‑grade cloud and container platforms, emphasizing Kubernetes and Docker. You will implement infrastructure as code and automate deployment pipelines to enable rapid, secure software delivery.

You will collaborate with engineering teams, advance API infrastructure, and apply modern security concepts such as OAuth2, OIDC, and mTLS while improving developer experience across services.

Qualifications

• Proficient in at least one backend language (Go, Python, or Rust).
• Experience building/operating production cloud/container platforms (Kubernetes/Docker).
• Strong familiarity with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform).
• Experience with API gateways and API standards (REST, gRPC, GraphQL, OpenAPI).
• Knowledge of modern auth protocols (OAuth2, OIDC, JWT, mTLS).
• Experience with CI/CD and automation (GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, ArgoCD).
• Observability tooling (Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry).
• Understanding of SRE concepts, availability, scalability, and performance.

Responsibilities

• Develop and operate production cloud/container platforms.
• Automate infrastructure and deployment processes (IaC, CI/CD).
• Design and optimize API infrastructure including gateways and auth concepts.
• Implement monitoring, logging, tracing, and performance improvements.

Skills

Go

Python

Rust

Tools

Kubernetes

Docker

Terraform

GitHub Actions

GitLab CI

ArgoCD

Job description

Polarise SARL in Germany seeks a Platform Engineer to design and operate production‑grade cloud and container platforms, emphasizing Kubernetes and Docker. You will implement infrastructure as code and automate deployment pipelines to enable rapid, secure software delivery.

You will collaborate with engineering teams, advance API infrastructure, and apply modern security concepts such as OAuth2, OIDC, and mTLS while improving developer experience across services.