Responsibilities

At Aroundhome, we’re dedicated to enhancing the developer experience and empowering our product delivery teams. Our platform team is on a mission to create smarter tooling and robust processes within a secure cloud environment, enabling our product teams to focus on what they do best.

To drive this further, we are looking for a colleague who is eager to connect with developers, unafraid to tackle challenges head-on, and thrives in a collaborative environment. As Senior Platform Engineer, you will drive initiatives that enhance developer experience, reduce cognitive load, and facilitate efficient product delivery while working in a safe and compliant cloud environment. Your contributions will be vital in transforming our platform team into a proactive product delivery team that effectively supports our internal tech customers.

• Improve Developer Experience: Streamline processes to minimize cognitive load and make product delivery more efficient. Design and implement user-friendly tools that address developers’ needs and pain points
• Foster Platform Engineering: Help transition our platform team into a dynamic product delivery team focused on internal developer satisfaction
• Cloud Optimization: Leverage and maintain the advantages of our cloud infrastructure to support product delivery, security, and compliance
• Innovate Solutions: Continuously evaluate and adopt innovative approaches to enhance our platform capabilities

Skills

• You are a dedicated ❤️ Platform/Dev Ops/SRE lover or cloud-affine software developer with a strong focus on enhancing developer experience, agile practices who fosters a culture of experimentation
• You have a solid engineering background (preferably with Go, Ruby, or Type Script), enabling you to connect effectively with developers and understand their challenges
• You possess in-depth knowledge of cloud environments (AWS), container technologies (Kubernetes, Docker), and Infrastructure-as-Code solutions (Terraform)
• You are familiar with monitoring, logging, and alerting tools such as Data Dog and Linux/Unix systems
• You are passionate about equipping developers with the right tools, processes, and environments to maximize productivity and deliver exceptional business value

What we offer

Hybrid Work // Stay flexible: Decide freely, whether you want to work from our office in Berlin, from home throughout Germany, or fully remote from Portugal. Additionally, we offer you the possibility to work up to 30 days per year from selected EU countries.

Room to grow // Stay curious: In regular/annual feedback meetings, you design your own personal development path together with your team lead. In addition, we offer bi-weekly Tech Talks, an annual training budget, free access to Linked In Learning as well as great workshops to seek new input and specific training for your personal development.

Mental & physical health // Stay healthy & active: We care about your well-being and support your health with a discounted membership at Urban Sports Club. In addition, our cooperation partner Fürstenberg Institute is available to you and your family members with advice and support when it comes to mental health & coaching.

Taking responsibility // We #care: We care for our planet and the people who are living on it. To make our world a little bit better, our ESG Team (Environmental, Social & Governance) promotes our awareness for environmentally friendly behavior. In addition, we work with Job Rad, offer a discounted BVG ticket, and actively support social projects in Berlin at our annual Social Day to give something back.

Teamspirit // Stay connected: What drives us is our sense of community. That's why we celebrate our Company Day once a month in our office at Potsdamer Platz, where everyone gets together in person. In addition to a comprehensive update of our C-Board, the main focus is on togetherness and the exchange of ideas over lunch and dinner together.