Platform Engineer - Developer experience L4 (f/m/d)

Requirements

• This role requires 2 days per week in the office and is based in Munich or Dublin.
• 3+ years of experience in platform engineering and/or backend development
• Strong programming skills in a JVM language (e.g., Kotlin, Java, Scala); Kotlin is a bonus
• Experience building production-grade backend systems with attention to reliability, performance, and maintainability
• A strong engineering mindset for enabling other teams
• Experience with modern engineering practices for high-availability platforms

Nice to Have

• Experience building developer tooling / Developer Experience initiatives
• Experience with gRPC and GraphQL, particularly in building middleware or gateway layers
• Experience working with Kafka
• Strong Gradle experience

What You'll Do

• Design and support platform solutions that empower 300+ developers across 40+ product teams
• Build and evolve our gRPC-GraphQL gateway
• Create internal tools and libraries/SDKs to enhance developer productivity and platform adoption
• Analyse and optimise platform systems for scale, performance, reliability, and developer experience
• Work hand-in-hand with product teams to ensure seamless platform integration
• Document platform capabilities and run internal training sessions
• Collaborate with other platform teams to create a coherent developer platform
• Drive technical excellence by simplifying platform architecture

Perks and Benefits

• Receive a competitive reward package including salary, benefits, and pre-IPO equity
• Enjoy 28 days of paid vacation, plus additional days with tenure
• Impact the environment and society with 1 fully paid Impact Day
• Generous family leave, child support, mental health support, and sabbatical opportunities
• Participate in cultural initiatives and events like Summer Sessions and year-end celebrations