Staff Platform Engineer - WunderGraph Cosmo Platform

EMEA, European (CET) business hoursFull-TimeStaff
Salary100000 - 130000 EUR per year
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Job Details

Required Skills
AWSGCPKubernetesAzureClickhouseGoGrafanaPrometheusCI/CDTerraform

Requirements

  • Proven experience architecting and operating scalable, highly available, and secure cloud-native platforms in production.
  • Strong proficiency in Go.
  • Deep expertise in Kubernetes.
  • Thrive in the dynamic environment of a scaling, remote-first company.
  • Deep expertise in a major cloud provider (AWS, GCP, Azure).
  • Proficiency with Infrastructure as Code tools (e.g., Terraform, Pulumi).
  • Strong understanding of system architecture and distributed systems.
  • Understanding of the challenges of running high-performance API gateways.
  • Familiarity with GraphQL Federation is a significant plus.
  • Experience building or managing modern observability stacks (e.g., OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, Grafana, ClickHouse).
  • A self-starter attitude and a leader’s mindset, comfortable with ambiguity.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with ability to articulate complex technical concepts clearly.

Responsibilities

  • Ensure reliability, performance, and scalability of the WunderGraph Cosmo platform by defining and meeting stringent SLOs.
  • Architect internal systems for scale and build/operate key product infrastructure including the customer-facing telemetry pipeline and AI pipeline.
  • Enable engineering teams to ship features for WunderGraph Cosmo fast, reliably, and with confidence through a world-class Internal Developer Platform (IDP).
  • Take full ownership of core platform infrastructure and services, from architecture to operation.
  • Drive the architectural vision for the platform, making key decisions on technologies like Kubernetes, Infrastructure as Code, and observability stack.
  • Level up the entire team through mentorship, architectural guidance, and championing best practices.
  • Architect, build, and operate the core cloud-native infrastructure for WunderGraph Cosmo and Hub, primarily using Go and Kubernetes.
  • Own and evolve the observability stack (OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, ClickHouse) and infrastructure supporting AI-driven features.
  • Build and optimize CI/CD pipelines to improve build times, automate quality and security gates, and create a seamless path to production.
  • Champion and implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) best practices using tools like Terraform, building reusable and maintainable modules.
  • Embed security best practices into the platform by designing and implementing network policies, RBAC, and automated checks to meet enterprise and SOC 2 compliance standards.
  • Mentor other engineers, provide insightful code and design reviews, and document platform features and architectural decisions.
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