Platform Engineer

Key Technical Requirements and Skills: - Deep understanding of DevOps principles and cloud infrastructure, especially Azure services and Kubernetes - Expertise in designing scalable, resilient, and fault-tolerant architectures - Hands-on experience with infrastructure as code tools like Terraform, Pulumi, and CloudFormation - Strong coding skills in Python and understanding of software engineering best practices Team/Project Information: - You'll be part of a client team building innovative products at YLD, a fast-paced, open-source, and Linux-focused environment. - Experience working in an agile methodology and comfortable with code reviews and pairing is required. Unique or Notable: - The role emphasizes the importance of cloud-native principles, patterns, and technologies, as well as establishing and measuring key reliability metrics. - There is a strong focus on cloud security best practices and compliance requirements. Salary/Benefits: -

As a Senior Software Engineer at YLD, you'll be part of a client team building innovative products. We're looking for someone curious, passionate, driven, and enthusiastic. You should be skilled in problem-solving and experienced in designing scalable, resilient, and fault-tolerant architectures.

Requirements

• Deep understanding of DevOps principles, practices, and tooling with proven experience implementing them in complex organisations
• Strong expertise in cloud infrastructure, particularly Azure services and architecture patterns
• Deep understanding of Kubernetes architecture, operations, and best practices, including experience deploying and managing multi-cluster environments
• Experience running stateful workloads on Kubernetes, including databases and persistent storage solutions
• Strong understanding of cloud-native principles, patterns, and technologies (12-factor apps, service mesh, GitOps, etc.)
• Experience establishing and measuring key reliability metrics (SLOs, MTTR, MTTI, Error Budgets)
• Knowledge of modern CI/CD pipelines and deployment strategies (Blue/Green, Canary, etc.)
• Hands-on experience developing infrastructure-as-code with tools such as Terraform, OpenTofu, Terragrunt, Pulumi, CloudFormation, or CDK following GitOps practices
• Strong understanding of cloud security best practices, compliance requirements, and security compliance frameworks
• Experience implementing automated testing strategies for infrastructure and deployment pipelines
• Strong experience coding, working with APIs, and automating tasks in Python
• Good knowledge of routing protocols (e.g., BGP, OSPF) and high-availability design patterns
• Hands-on experience working with virtual cloud firewall appliances such as CheckPoint or Cisco
• Hands-on experience with software engineering best practices: unit testing, code reviews, design documentation, and excellent debugging and troubleshooting skills
• Good understanding of technology stacks from networks through to applications
• Strong experience working in a fast-paced, open-source, Linux-focused environment
• Experience working in an agile methodology; comfortable with code reviews and pairing
• Ability to adapt, change, and grow quickly as the organisation scales

Benefits

• Company Private Health Care
• Enhanced fully paid maternity and paternity leave for up to 6 months
• 25 days annual holiday (excluding Public Holidays)
• €2000 annual allowance for Training/Conferences
• €300 annual allowance for additional hardware
• Mental Health support: access to Spill app
• Meditation/Sleep support: Headspace or Calm app subscription
• Bonus (depending on Company performance and results)
• Company laptop
• Generous referral schemes

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