DevOps/System Engineer (Platform Kubernetes) – Senior

SOFTSWISS is seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer / Platform Engineer to join the Infrastructure Development Department. This role involves building and evolving a reliable internal platform based on Kubernetes, focusing on infrastructure automation, CI/CD tooling, and internal platform standards. The engineer will enable product teams to efficiently and safely deploy and operate applications, improve developer experience, and support application teams during onboarding and migration to Kubernetes.

Must Have

• Design and maintain infrastructure automation for internal Kubernetes-based application platforms.
• Develop and maintain reusable Helm charts for application teams.
• Build and operate CI/CD components (GitLab CI templates, shared pipelines, pipeline scripts).
• Develop internal standards in infrastructure.
• Participate in application onboarding and migration to k8s.
• Provide documentation and guardrails for developers.
• Good understanding of Linux-like operating systems.
• High experience with Kubernetes.
• High experience with own Helm-chart preparation.
• Good knowledge and experience in CI/CD process (Gitlab CI).
• Experience with configuration management systems (Puppet / Chef / Ansible / Saltstack).
• Experience in shell-scripting.
• Development experience with Python/Golang language.
• Experience with relational and NoSQL databases.
• Intermediate or higher English (B1+).

Good to Have

• Experience with Werf.
• Architectural ability to participate in the design of complex, scalable systems and the readiness to argue decisions.

Perks & Benefits

• Full-time remote work opportunities and flexible working hours
• Private insurance
• Additional 1 Day Off per calendar year
• Sports program compensation
• Comprehensive Mental Health Programme
• Free online English lessons with a native speaker
• Generous referral program
• Training, internal workshops, and participation in international professional conferences and corporate events.

Overview:

We are looking for a Senior DevOps Engineer / Platform Engineer to join SOFTSWISS as part of the Infrastructure Development Department and help us build and evolve a reliable internal platform based on Kubernetes.

Purpose of the role:

In this role, you will work on infrastructure automation, CI/CD tooling, and internal platform standards that enable product teams to deploy and operate their applications efficiently and safely. You will play a key role in shaping our Kubernetes ecosystem, improving developer experience, and supporting application teams throughout onboarding and migration to Kubernetes.

Key responsibilities:

• Design and maintain infrastructure automation for internal Kubernetes-based application platforms.
• Develop and maintain reusable Helm charts for application teams.
• Build and operate CI/CD components (GitLab CI templates, shared pipelines, pipeline scripts).
• Develop internal standards in infrastructure.
• Participate in application onboarding and migration to k8s.
• Provide documentation, and guardrails for developers.

Required Experience:

• Good understanding of Linux-like operating systems.
• High experience with Kubernetes.
• High experience with own Helm-chart preparation.
• Good knowledge and experience in CI/CD process (Gitlab CI).
• Experience with configuration management systems (Puppet / Chef / Ansible / Saltstack). Experience in shell-scripting.
• Development experience with Python/Golang language.
• Experience with relational and NoSQL databases.
• Intermediate or higher English (B1+).

Nice to have:

• Experience with Werf.
• Architectural ability to participate in the design of complex, scalable systems and the readiness to argue decisions.

Technology stack:

• Kubernetes
• Helm
• Gitlab-CI
• Terraform
• Kube Prometheus stack
• Python
• Postgresql
• Kafka
• Saltstack
• Python

Our Benefits:

• Full-time remote work opportunities and flexible working hours
• Private insurance
• Additional 1 Day Off per calendar year
• Sports program compensation
• Comprehensive Mental Health Programme
• Free online English lessons with a native speaker
• Generous referral program
• Training, internal workshops, and participation in international professional conferences and corporate events.

Learn more about our hiring process here (link)_ – what to expect, how to prepare, and what makes SOFTSWISS different.

Department

DevOps

Role

Systems Engineer

Locations

Poznan, Poland, Belgrade, Serbia, Warsaw, Poland, T'bilisi, Georgia, Lithuania

Remote status

Fully Remote

Employment type

Full-time

Employment level

Executive/Senior Level