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Lead Platform Engineer

SQUER

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In this role, you design scalable platform solutions, optimize automation strategies, and lead architecture workshops to support teams in utilizing cloud-native technologies while ensuring security and compliance.

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Your role in the team

  • You thrive in building the backbone of modern software development and internal developer platforms.
  • You create smooth, automated, and scalable developer experiences by designing robust platforms, streamlining pipelines, and optimizing delivery processes.
  • If you love solving infrastructure challenges, enabling development teams, and shaping the way software is delivered—this is for you.
  • Architecture & Design: End-to-end ownership of design, implementation, and security of scalable platform solutions.
  • Technical Leadership: Define reference architectures, module catalogs, and paved-road templates, guiding engineering teams in deploying and operating cloud-native platforms.
  • Client Consulting: Lead client workshops and architecture discussions, driving best practices and state-of-the-art approaches.
  • Platform Automation: Design and implement advanced automation strategies for multi-team and multi-cloud environments.
  • Security & Reliability: Ensure compliance, security, and high availability for enterprise-scale platforms.
  • Community Engagement: Drive thought leadership by contributing to meetups, conferences, and internal knowledge-sharing initiatives.
  • Ownership: Manage platform domains across multiple teams, supporting the entire product organization.

Our expectations of you

Qualifications

  • Advanced Kubernetes: Ability to design and manage complex Kubernetes or OpenShift clusters in enterprise environments.
  • GitOps: Deep understanding of GitOps principles and the ability to design and implement robust, version-controlled infrastructure workflows utilizing tools such as ArgoCD and Flux.
  • CI/CD & Security: Expertise in supply-chain hardening, and securing automated deployment pipelines.
  • Leadership & Mentorship: Ability to coach and mentor engineers, fostering a collaborative and innovative environment.
  • Strategic Thinking: Outcome-oriented, client-focused, hands-on, and always anticipating technical challenges that jeopardize project outcomes.
  • AI-native: You actively use AI-powered tools (e.g., code assistants, LLM-based workflows) to amplify your productivity and quality, or you're eager to start.
  • Communication: Ability to break down complex topics and explain them in a clear and easy-to-understand way that makes sense to both engineers and clients.
  • Languages: Fluent in English and German is a must

Experience

  • Praktische Erfahrung mit verschiedenen Kubernetes Operators.
  • Infrastructure as Code: Proven hands-on experience with multiple IaC frameworks, such as Terraform, Pulumi or Crossplane to build scalable, reusable, and maintainable infrastructure components.
  • Nice-to-Have: Multi-Cloud Experience (AWS, GCP, Azure or hybrid environments), programming skills (Python, Golang or Rust), FinOps experience (cost allocation and optimization, Karpenter).

What we offer

  • Ownership & Responsibility: at SQUER, we believe in empowering our team.
  • In our flat hierarchies, your ideas and actions matter more than titles.
  • Take the reins, make an impact and grow with us.
  • Learn & Grow: Tap into a € 5,000 annual training budget to sharpen your skills and take advantage of our in-house Leadership Academy.
  • Join and be part of our active tech community through meetups, hackathons and training sessions.
  • Get up to 40 hours per year of additional time off for your personal education.
  • Exciting Challenges & Real Impact: Dive into diverse projects where your work truly makes a difference – for our clients and for SQUER.
  • Flexibility for Performance: Benefit from hybrid work options, flexible hours, workations within the EU, and additional vacation days – giving you the freedom to perform at your best.
  • Tailored Tools for Success: Choose your preferred hardware configuration and leverage our suite of AI tools and licenses (Anthropic, OpenAI, and more) to suit your working style.
  • We Value You: Beyond perks and benefits, we offer a competitive annual salary to recognize your exceptional contributions.
  • Be Part of a Thriving Team Culture: At SQUER, collaboration and connection are at the heart of what we do.
  • Through open communication, shared successes, and meaningful team events – including our annual SQUER offsite – we cultivate a culture where everyone feels valued and inspired to grow together.
  • A Perks-Packed Workplace: Work in a central office near Ostbahnhof and enjoy meal vouchers, EGYM Wellpass membership, a free Deutschland-Ticket, JobRad, referral bonuses, Corporate Benefits, and Pluxee employee gifts for special occasions.
  • We believe in transparent and fair compensation.
  • For this role, the annual gross salary ranges between € 81,000 and € 103,000 – the exact placement depends on the seniority level we assess together during the process.

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  • Location Munich
    August-Everding-Straße 25, 81671 München, Germany

About your employer

SQUER

Wien, München

We are a full-service provider that thinks agile and solves complex problems with technology. The result is efficient software solutions, successful product developments, and a precise agile evolution of our partner businesses.

Company size
50-249 Employees
Founding year
2019
Language
German, English
Company type
Digital Agency
Work model
Hybrid
Industry
Consulting · Internet, IT, Telecommunication

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Lead Platform Engineer

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