Platform Engineer

apreel; United States; A distancia; USD 120.000 - 180.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Apreel is seeking an experienced Senior Platform Engineer to design and maintain cloud-native platform solutions across distributed systems and containerized environments. You will work with Kubernetes, Terraform, Keycloak, and Kafka, contributing to backend development with Java and Spring Boot where applicable, and ensuring scalable, secure platforms.

This role emphasizes automation, reliability, and collaboration with cross-functional teams to deliver robust platform capabilities in a

Formación

• Hands-on experience with Kubernetes in production.
• Practical experience with Terraform, Keycloak, Kafka.
• Solid understanding of cloud-native architectures and distributed systems.
• Background in platform engineering, infrastructure engineering, or backend development.
• Good command of English.
• Experience with n8n is a plus.

Responsabilidades

• Design, develop, and maintain cloud-native platform solutions.
• Deploy, manage, and optimize containerized applications with Kubernetes.
• Automate infrastructure using Terraform.
• Support authentication and identity management with Keycloak.
• Work with Kafka-based messaging and event-driven architectures.
• Contribute to backend development and system integration with Java/Spring Boot (advantage).
• Ensure the reliability, scalability, and performance of distributed systems.
• Collaborate with technical teams to deliver robust platform solutions.

Conocimientos

Kubernetes

Terraform

Keycloak

Kafka

Java

Spring Boot

n8n

Descripción del empleo

About the Role:

We are looking for an experienced Senior Platform Engineer with a strong background in cloud-native platforms, infrastructure automation, and backend technologies. The successful candidate will contribute to the development and maintenance of scalable, reliable, and secure platform solutions, working with modern distributed systems and containerized environments.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and maintain cloud-native platform solutions.
• Work with Kubernetes to deploy, manage, and optimize containerized applications.
• Implement and maintain infrastructure automation using Terraform.
• Support authentication and identity management solutions using Keycloak.
• Work with Kafka-based messaging and event-driven architectures.
• Contribute to backend development and system integration, with Java and Spring Boot experience being an advantage.
• Ensure the reliability, scalability, and performance of distributed systems.
• Collaborate with technical teams to deliver robust and efficient platform solutions.

Kogo poszukujemy?

Requirements:

• Strong hands-on experience with Kubernetes.
• Practical experience with Terraform, Keycloak, and Kafka.
• Solid understanding of cloud-native architectures, distributed systems, and containerized environments.
• Background in platform engineering, infrastructure engineering, or backend development.
• Good command of English.
• Practical experience with n8n is a plus.

Nice to Have:

• Experience with Java and Spring Boot.
• Experience with workflow automation and integration tools such as n8n.