Senior Platform Engineer (d/f/m)

emnify; United States; Remote; USD 100,000 - 145,000; Full time

Job summary

EMnify GmbH in Germany is seeking a Platform Engineer to join the Engineering department. You will own Kubernetes-based infrastructure, guide CI/CD practices, and collaborate with security to harden our cloud stack.

You will design and maintain AWS and Kubernetes solutions, help improve developer experience, and support teams across the platform with hands-on guidance and best practices.

Qualifications

• Extensive hands-on experience designing and managing Kubernetes solutions and AWS infrastructure.
• Strong Kubernetes troubleshooting skills across control plane, drivers, and networking.
• Solid experience with CI/CD pipelines, especially Jenkins, GitHub Actions, and Argo.
• Networking, security, monitoring, and Linux system administration expertise.
• CKA certification is required, CKS certification is a plus.
• Strong verbal and written communication to convey technical topics to non-technical staff.
• Experience in telecom/connectivity domains is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain Kubernetes-based solutions and AWS infra for reliable apps.
• Collaborate with security to improve Emnify's security posture.
• Continuously improve CI/CD systems enabling safe deployments on AWS and Kubernetes.
• Partner with product teams to implement new infrastructure and services with guidance.
• Rotate into internal teams to support day-to-day operations and challenges.

Skills

Kubernetes design

AWS infrastructure

K8s troubleshooting

CI/CD pipelines

Networking & security

CKA Certification

CKS Certification

Communication skills

Tools

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

Argo

Job description

Location: Germany

Your Role:

As a part of the larger Engineering department, the Platform team plays a crucial role in enhancing emnify competitive edge by improving developer experience to increase development efficiency and scale productivity.

You will join a growing team, fostering empathy and a collaboration mindset to ensure continuous improvement of development experience at emnify. The Platform team provides, in addition to the centrally managed infrastructure used by all the teams for observability and CI/CD, consultation, SME services, and hands‑on support to the engineering teams.

As the authority on K8s and CI/CD, you will guide infrastructure engineers in best practices for K8s, Jenkins, and GitHub Actions, collaborate with the security team to enhance our cloud infrastructure security, and research and implement new features, tools, and services in the emnify infrastructure and tooling landscape. Your experience and advice will help teams deliver impactful projects successfully.

Emnify technology radar

Your Impact:

• You’ll design, implement, and maintain K8s‑based solutions, clusters, and supporting AWS infrastructure that help other engineering teams run their applications reliably on Kubernetes. You’ll elevate how we deliver our business‑critical applications on Kubernetes

• You’ll work closely with the security team to maintain and increase emnify's security posture.

• You’ll continuously improve our CI/CD systems and concepts, enabling product teams to safely and efficiently deploy their applications on AWS‑managed services and Kubernetes.

• You’ll collaborate with the product teams and take an active part in implementing new infrastructure and services, providing valuable insights and implementation recommendations to ensure the successful and timely delivery of projects.

• As part of the internal team rotation, take part in supporting the teams in their day‑to‑day operations and challenges they are facing.

Your Skills:

• Extensive hands‑on experience designing and managing Kubernetes solutions and supporting AWS infrastructure, balancing cost, performance, usability, and maintainability.

• Extraordinary K8s and infrastructure troubleshooting skills. You should be comfortable with digging into the K8s control plane, drivers, and networking components to locate a bit out of place.

• Solid experience with CI/CD tools and pipelines. Ideally with Jenkins, GitHub Actions, and the Argo suite.

• Solid knowledge of networking, security, monitoring, and Linux system administration. Experience in telecom/connectivity domains is a plus

• Valid Kubernetes CKA certification is required, CKS certification is a big plus.

• Strong verbal and written communication skills and the ability to convey a technical topic to non‑technical personnel.