Platform Engineer - Python/Golang, AWS & Kafka (Remote)

X-Team International; United States; Remote; USD 83,000 - 165,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Gamified community

Flexible schedules

Wellness stipends

Job summary

X-Team International is seeking an exceptional Platform/Infrastructure Engineer to join a highly autonomous, fast-moving client's team supporting infrastructure tooling for game development and publishing platforms. This is above senior level and you will lead engineering best practices.

You will work on internal deployment tooling, drive Kafka migrations, and shape the architectural evolution of deployment automation while collaborating with engineers worldwide in a fully remote setup.

Qualifications

• Expertise in Python (Golang is a plus) for backend development.
• Deep knowledge of cloud infrastructure (AWS preferred; GCP or Azure transferable).
• Strong experience with containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Proficient with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform or equivalent).
• Solid understanding and hands-on experience with Kafka (clusters, streaming, migrations).
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and operational tooling (e.g., Datadog, Jenkins).
• Strong communication, problem-solving, and collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead architectural evolution of internal deployment automation.
• Drive a core Apache Kafka cluster migration.
• Establish best practices across the platform ecosystem.

Skills

Python backend

AWS cloud infra

Docker & Kubernetes

Terraform / IaC

Kafka

CI/CD tooling

Communication & collaboration

Job description

X-Team International is seeking an exceptional Platform/Infrastructure Engineer to join a highly autonomous, fast-moving client's team supporting infrastructure tooling for game development and publishing platforms. This is above senior level and you will lead engineering best practices.

You will work on internal deployment tooling, drive Kafka migrations, and shape the architectural evolution of deployment automation while collaborating with engineers worldwide in a fully remote setup.