Senior Platform Engineer

HiveMQ; Germany (OH); Remote; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading IoT solutions provider is seeking an experienced Platform Engineer to bridge platform services for Cloud applications. Responsibilities include running global infrastructure and developing solutions with cloud technologies like Kubernetes and Terraform. The ideal candidate has strong problem-solving skills and excellent communication abilities, with experience in cloud operations. This role supports a remote-first work culture with diverse team dynamics.

Qualifications

• Experience operating at scale Cloud products and services.
• Proven record in building and operating cloud applications.
• Experience with metrics and monitoring solutions like Grafana and Prometheus.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with Cloud product teams to understand their requirements.
• Run global infrastructure and services using industry-standard tools.
• Provide training and support to product teams on platform tools.

Skills

Cloud operations

Kubernetes

Terraform

Docker

CI/CD

Observability tools

Problem-solving

Agile methodologies

English communication

Tools

AWS

GCP

Azure

Job description

Overview

HiveMQ empowers businesses to transform with the most trusted MQTT platform. Designed to connect, communicate, and control IoT data under real-world stress, the HiveMQ MQTT platform is the proven enterprise standard and powers use cases in automotive, energy, logistics, smart manufacturing, transportation, and more. Leading brands like Audi, BMW, Liberty Global, Mercedes-Benz, Siemens, and ZF choose HiveMQ to build smarter IoT projects, modernize factories, and create better customer experiences.

HiveMQ is a remote-first company headquartered in Landshut, Germany, with a US office in Boston, Massachusetts. The last time we counted, we spoke 32 languages within our diverse team at HiveMQ. We are looking for innovative, motivated, and passionate individuals to join our rapidly growing company.

The HiveMQ Cloud Organization builds and operates our managed service offering.

We are looking for an experienced Platform Engineer to help bridge and enable platform services to connect our Cloud Applications and our Cloud Operations and SRE worlds.

You will…

• Work closely with Cloud product teams to understand their requirements and develop solutions that meet their needs.
• Run our AWS, GCP, and Azure global infrastructure and services with Helm, Terraform, Kubernetes, ArgoCD and other industry-standard tools.
• Employ modernized software delivery methods such as infrastructure as code, distributed containerized service deployments to automate the delivery and deployment of customer-facing products and internal systems like observability and monitoring
• Build central services and platform systems that benefit multiple teams or stakeholders.
• Design, develop, and maintain the platform's tools and infrastructure, including project management, data analysis, automation, and software development tools.
• Provide training and support to product teams to help them effectively use the platform's tools and infrastructure.
• Measure and report on platform performance, identifying areas for improvement and making recommendations on how to optimize performance.
• Be on call on a rotational basis.
• Live a culture of teamwork, quality, growth, drive to action, and excellence.
• Contribute to the overall platform and engineering vision of HiveMQ.

You have…

• Experience operating at scale Cloud (SaaS, IaaS or PaaS) products and services in a Cloud environment with high degrees of automation.
• Proven experience in building and operating applications at production-quality in the cloud with Cloud native technologies like Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform, Helm, CI/CD and other IaC tools.
• Experience in provisioning and orchestrating infrastructure and services.
• Experience operating with at least one of the major 3 Cloud providers (Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform).
• Experience with metrics and monitoring solutions such as Grafana, Prometheus, Loki, Mimir or similar (like ElasticSearch, Kibana).
• High standards on building platform and infrastructure setups with automation, modular reusable infrastructure as code, GitOps, Test- and CI/CD-driven.
• The ability to solve problems independently and are driven towards execution.
• A highly pragmatic approach paired with a high sense of ownership and the ability to work as a team.
• A good understanding of how agile software engineering using Kanban works.
• Excellent English communication skills and able to work in a collaborative team environment.

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