Senior Platform Engineer - Site Reliability

Scout24 is seeking a Senior Site Reliability Engineer to lead their reliability program across the organization and drive a culture where reliability is embedded in engineering practices. You'll work within the Application Platform team to shape Scout24's engineering culture and drive organizational-level reliability initiatives.

What you'll do

• Design and implement comprehensive reliability strategies that align with business outcomes
• Research, engineer and experiment with new ways to improve observability platform and tooling
• Lead definition of reliability targets (SLOs) that enable data-driven decision making
• Guide technical roadmap for reliability and observability across Scout24
• Own and continuously improve incident handling processes and automation
• Foster blameless culture of learning from incidents across the company
• Lead definition and implementation of disaster recovery framework in the cloud
• Partner with Platform teams to build observability and reliability tooling
• Provide technical leadership on reliability to engineers, managers, and product managers
• Report key reliability KPIs and metrics to leadership with actionable insights
• Lead larger projects with uncertainty and risk, guiding other engineers
• Work with vendors to develop business and technical relationships

What you'll need

• Senior-level experience in site reliability engineering and platform engineering
• Strong background in observability, monitoring, and reliability tooling
• Experience with incident management processes and disaster recovery frameworks
• Proven ability to lead technical initiatives at organizational level
• Experience working with cloud platforms and modern engineering practices
• Strong collaboration skills to work across engineering, product, and other departments
• Ability to mentor and guide other engineers on reliability practices

What they offer

• Competitive salary package with bonus
• Hybrid work model with 3 days on-site, 30 vacation days, 10 work-from-abroad days
• Relocation support with visa assistance and attractive package
• Dedicated monthly learning time, ScoutAcademy courses, and individual career paths
• Company pension scheme with attractive subsidy
• Modern Berlin office with gym, rooftop terrace, and wellness amenities