Platform Engineer

finmid.com; United States; Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

30 days PTO

Equity participation

Home office stipend

Hardware and tooling budget

Office access in Berlin

Job summary

finmid.com is building core platform infrastructure to power regulated financial services with modern software tooling. You will own production systems end-to-end, design cloud foundations, and drive security, observability, and reliability across teams.

This distributed-first role offers a Berlin office option, hardware budget, and a home office stipend, plus meaningful equity participation and generous PTO as you help scale fintech software delivery.

Qualifications

• Strong problem-solving mindset focused on simple, effective solutions.
• Hands-on experience with containers, orchestration, and cloud platforms (Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, AWS).
• Proficient in Kotlin and TypeScript; able to write clean, maintainable code.
• Strong collaboration, able to explain technical decisions to non-technical audiences.
• Willingness to grow and tackle unfamiliar challenges.

Responsibilities

• Architect and operate cloud infrastructure on AWS and Kubernetes, including container orchestration and infrastructure-as-code.
• Build, refine, and maintain CI/CD pipelines, internal developer platforms, and shared tooling.
• Evaluate, integrate, and roll out new tools and services that improve how software gets built.
• Partner with product and business stakeholders to remove delivery bottlenecks and accelerate shipping.
• Own production systems end-to-end, from architectural decisions through incident response.
• Strengthen security posture, observability coverage, and overall engineering quality bar.

Skills

Problem solving

Communication

Collaboration

Continuous learning

Kotlin

TypeScript

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Terraform

AWS

CI/CD pipelines

Job description

Role overview

A Platform Engineer is needed to own the core infrastructure that powers a fintech operation bridging regulated financial services with modern software engineering. The position focuses on building and running the internal systems, tooling, and cloud foundations that every product team depends on. It is a hands-on, design-oriented role rather than a passive maintenance job, with direct influence on engineering standards.

Responsibilities

• Architect and operate cloud infrastructure on AWS and Kubernetes, including container orchestration and infrastructure-as-code.
• Build, refine, and maintain CI/CD pipelines, internal developer platforms, and shared tooling.
• Evaluate, integrate, and roll out new tools and services that improve how software gets built.
• Partner with product and business stakeholders to remove delivery bottlenecks and accelerate shipping.
• Own production systems end-to-end, from architectural decisions through incident response.
• Strengthen security posture, observability coverage, and overall engineering quality bar.

Requirements

• Pragmatic problem-solving mindset that favors the simplest working solution over complexity for its own sake.
• Hands-on experience with containers, orchestration, and cloud platforms such as Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, or AWS.
• Ability to write clean, maintainable code, with willingness to work primarily in Kotlin and TypeScript.
• Strong collaboration abilities, including the skill to explain technical decisions to non-technical audiences.
• Drive to grow continuously and take on unfamiliar challenges rather than repeat the same work.

Nice to have

• Background in financial services, payments, or other regulated environments.
• Familiarity with managing JVM-based micro-services.
• Track record of taking projects from initial idea through production launch.
• Experience operating effectively in distributed or remote-first teams.

Benefits and work setup

• Distributed-first working model with access to a physical office space in Berlin.
• Hardware and tooling budget covering productivity needs such as a modern operating system and IDE licenses.
• Home office stipend to support a productive remote setup.
• 30 days of paid time off.
• Meaningful equity participation.
• Transparent culture featuring regular company-wide gatherings, brown bag sessions, and team offsites.