Senior Platform Engineer (f/m/d)

Starting date: as soon as possible
Compensation package: €70,000 - €75,000 in yearly salary, €20,000 - €40,000 in equity. Additionally, up to €5,000 p.a. in company benefits
Work model: Hybrid in Munich or remote in Germany

Your role

As a Senior Platform Engineer (m/f/d), you will build and maintain a robust platform that drives efficient software delivery, leveraging state-of-the-art practices and tools.


In this role, you will directly impact Orbem’s core operations by enabling various teams, such as Data, Machine Learning, and Software, to perform at their best. You'll create a scalable and resilient infrastructure that facilitates their workflows while also maintaining Orbem’s complex production environment—a crucial element in solving some of the world's toughest challenges.


You'll collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, pushing the boundaries of automation, security, and efficiency across the entire company.

Your day-to-day

On a typical day, you will:

• Communicate with different teams to understand and bring their delivery and automation needs to life.
  
• Manage and automate our cloud, on-prem, and edge infrastructure with Infrastructure as Code.
  
• Ensure our Cloud services are available to our customers and our Edge devices.
  
• Ensure the provision and operation of applications in the Cloud via Dev Sec Ops and take responsibility for going live.
  
• Enable suitable infrastructure to monitor our product reliably.
  
• Improve CI/CD pipelines and tools to accelerate, automate, and optimize our software development processes.
  

Your experiences and skills

Fit to our values

• We own every challenge: we enjoy complexity and thrive under uncertainty.
  
• We strive for better: we seize any opportunity for growth and challenge the status quo. We are constantly learning and improving.
  
• We imagine new frontiers: we think beyond ‘doable’ and ‘reasonable’. We design a sustainable and healthy future together.
  

Coding and tool knowledge

• You know GCP inside out.
  
• Terraform is a native language to you.
  
• You have extensive Kubernetes knowledge.
  
• You work fluently in Linux-based systems.
  
• You are fluent in at least one programming language.
  
• You have applied Continuous Delivery practices. Working with Git Ops tools like Argo CD is a plus.
  
• Git Lab CI/CD.
  

What makes you stand out from other candidates

Technical expertise

• You understand the development process and how to build scalable infrastructure.
  
• You know how to build data pipelines or understand how data generally works.
  
• You have experience in coding automation tools with Python, Go Lang, or Typescript.
  
• You know Terraform very well, and you prefer Terraform Cloud.
  
• You understand how to build microservice architectures.
  
• You have profound Cloud experience. AWS or GCP
  
• Deep understanding of monitoring concepts and tools such as Prometheus and Grafna
  
• You have made use of CI/CD tools to streamline your workflows
  
• You are passionate and knowledgeable about network concepts, VPN tunnels, DNS, and routing.
  
• You worked with logging systems such as Loki or Elasticsearch.
  
• You think Kubernetes.
  

Behavioral competencies

• You manage to solve problems on your own and bring a level of seniority to the table.
  
• You are a holistic thinker, structuring new demands into defined Dev Ops approaches.
  
• You are a team player, prosocially and intrinsically connecting team members.
  
• You turn thoughts into action, implementing demands efficiently but with a focus on detail.
  

Innovating the status quo

• You enjoy bringing together perspectives from all team members and departments.
  
• You have a practical approach to product building and road mapping.
  
• You iterate fast, ensuring up-to-date knowledge integration.
  

What we offer

• International environment: 5 different continents, 30+ different nationalities driven by the same purpose: shedding light on the world’s toughest challenges.
  
• Attractive package: Participate in Orbem’s success through stock options, which you receive on top of your salary. We offer visa and relocation support, a yearly Learning & Development budget of €1,750, Fitness club membership (USC, Wellpass), Kita/Kindergarten fee reimbursement, Deutschland ticket coverage, and more.
  
• Work-life balance: We commit to creating an environment where our employees can find the necessary balance. In addition to flexible working hours, a home office, 30 days per year of paid leave, and sick child leave, you can also work from abroad (up to 60 days every year) while experiencing new cultures and environments.
  
• Make a difference: You’ll work in a scale-up environment with the freedom to drive your projects and make a visible impact.
  
• You join an ambitious team working on breakthrough technology. We offer you a plain playing field to explore and design. During your time with Orbem, we support you in discovering your strengths and defining a vision for your professional future. We hope to teach you some things, but more importantly, we also want to learn from you.
  
  

Your team

As a Senior Platform Engineer, you become part of our diverse and international Infrastructure team. Learn more about the team members, their work, and their challenges here: www.orbem.ai


At Orbem, we're committed to building a smart, diverse team, and we recognize that self-doubt can prevent talented individuals from applying. If you feel you don't meet every requirement, we'd love to hear from you anyway!