Lead/Staff Platform Engineer

Company Description

YOU ARE THE CORE OF SCAYLE .

We take responsibility for creating an inclusive and exceptional environment where all genders, nationalities and ethnicities feel welcomed and accepted exactly as they are. We believe that a diverse workforce essentially contributes to the SCAYLE  culture. In order to maintain talent and diversity, we emphasize the care for physical health, mental health and overall well-being. Our values and work ethics essentially contribute to our brand mission: empower acceptance and shape an inclusive, fair and circular fashion culture.
We are looking forward to receiving your application – preferably via our online application portal Thus, we can ensure a faster process and for you it is very easy to upload your application documents.

Job Description

We are looking for a Lead/Staff Platform Engineer who will join our Cloud Platform Team at SCAYLE (onsite Hamburg/Berlin) and have a transformative influence on the way we build, operate and run our platform.

The Cloud Platform team is responsible for managing our global SaaS headless e-commerce multi-tenant platform. The platform occasionally sees traffic peaks that require several hundred nodes, to serve customer traffic demand. The team's charter is to ensure uninterrupted 24/7 availability of the platform, as well as proactively help advance it, by adding additional capabilities or improving existing ones.

Our team has a big impact on the entire organization with their contributions to automation and helping us run as efficiently as possible.
 

What will you do

• Lead and contribute to internal architectural decisions

• Conduct regular 1:1s

• Maintain and continuously improve our AWS or Kubernetes infrastructure through code

• Automate workflows using tools like GitlabCI, Terraform or others

• Maintain documentation of infrastructure and operational processes.

• Continuously improve our monitoring solutions spanning hundreds of environments.

• Stay updated on industry trends, evaluate new technologies to enhance platform performance and reliability, and implement security best practices to ensure compliance with relevant standards and regulations.

• You know how to safely leverage AI tooling to enhance and speed-up delivery.

Qualifications

​​​​​​​Who you are

• At least 6+ years of experience as a Platform Engineer
• Experience maintaining Unix/Linux servers.
• Experience running Kubernetes at scale and the tooling ecosystem around it
• Feels comfortable with Helm, Terraform, Go and AWS
• Knowledge of security best practices.
• Know how to use Gitlab in your daily routine.
• Strong problem-solving skills.
• "Automation" is how you do everything.
• Experience with Agile methodologies and a proactive approach.
• Fluent in English both spoken and written.

Additional Information

Benefits

• Grow together with one of the fastest growing eCommerce companies in Europe
• Flexible working times (10 AM - 16 PM German Time Zone as core working-time)
• 40% discount on our online shop
• Fresh fruits + drinks everywhere
• Language courses (German & English)
• Free sports courses & reduced price for gym membership
• Subsidized public transportation ticket
• Free choice of hardware and operating system (Mac, Windows, Linux) also for private usage
• State-of-the-art tech stack running on AWS
• Modern office in the city center of Hamburgs
• International working environment and English as company language
• Agile work environment (MOVE) and cross-functional teams
• Free access to Germany's greatest developer conference
• Free access to online learning platforms like Laracast, Egghead and A Cloud Guru
• Help in relocation and VISA process