Senior Platform Engineer
Talon.One
Seniority
Senior
Model
In-Office
Sector
Salary
Undisclosed
Contract
Full-Time
About the role
We're looking for a Senior Platform Engineer to lead the development of our Internal Developer Platform and shared tooling. You'll combine technical leadership with product thinking to drive platform initiatives from idea to production, working with engineering teams to improve developer experience and delivery speed.
What you'll do
- Lead platform initiatives from scratch to production, owning problem definition, technical design, implementation, and rollout
- Build on top of our existing Internal Developer Platform (Backstage) by developing plugins, templates, workflows, and integrations
- Engage with internal users to understand needs, validate assumptions, and translate feedback into platform improvements
- Design and maintain reusable tools, services, and abstractions for safe deployment and scaling
- Make architectural decisions and articulate trade-offs among reliability, security, scalability, and developer experience
- Partner with infrastructure and security teams to align platform capabilities with operational requirements
- Raise platform quality standards through documentation, standards, and mentoring
What you'll need
- 5+ years of software engineering experience with focus on platform, backend, or infrastructure work
- Proven ability to lead technical initiatives independently and deliver production-grade systems
- Hands-on experience with Kubernetes and cloud-native architectures in production
- Experience with Internal Developer Platforms, developer tooling, or enabling infrastructure (Backstage experience preferred)
- Understanding of CI/CD, GitOps concepts, and modern deployment workflows
- Experience with cloud providers (preferably GCP) and infrastructure as code tools like Terraform
- Strong product mindset with ability to talk to users and prioritize based on impact
- High ownership, autonomy, and curiosity about improving developer experience at scale
What they offer
- €1,000 annual learning budget plus LinkedIn Learning access and free German courses
- 30 days annual leave plus extra paid days for birthday and moving
- Home office setup budget and monthly allowance
- Work from abroad for up to 90 days worldwide
- Mental health support and discounted Urban Sports Club membership
- 20% company subsidy on pension contributions and subsidized BVG transport