Platform Engineer

OBI Smart Technologies is a joint venture between OBI and Reply Group, responsible for co-designing, building, and operating mission-critical digital platforms for commerce, customer service, and omnichannel retail. The company focuses on implementing standardized processes and scalable digital products to support one of Europe’s largest DIY retailers, advancing internationalization and digital mindset of partners.

• Completed university degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a comparable field.
• Several years of experience in DevOps, Platform Engineering, SRE, or Cloud Engineering roles.
• Strong hands-on experience with AWS and cloud-native architectures.
• Proven experience with Infrastructure as Code using Terraform and managing scalable cloud environments.
• Strong experience operating Kubernetes and containerized workloads in production environments, including Helm usage.
• Experience designing CI/CD pipelines and working with GitOps tools such as ArgoCD or Flux.
• Ability to work with backend code (e.g., Java or Node.js) combined with strong understanding of observability, event-driven architectures, and distributed systems.
• Strong communication skills in English and Polish, with readiness to work in a hybrid model in Katowice.

Nice to have:

• Experience with event streaming and integration tools such as Kafka, Debezium, or Kafka Connect.
• Understanding of Change Data Capture (CDC) and asynchronous communication patterns.
• Experience working in platform enablement or developer experience teams.
• Strong problem-solving mindset and ability to collaborate across multiple engineering teams.

• Design, implement, and maintain cloud infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code principles within AWS environments.
• Develop reusable Terraform modules, deployment blueprints, and platform standards to enable scalable engineering practices.
• Operate, automate, and improve Kubernetes-based platforms running production workloads.
• Design and optimize CI/CD pipelines using GitLab and modern software delivery practices, including GitOps approaches.
• Build and maintain developer enablement tooling that improves productivity, reliability, and operational excellence.
• Collaborate with product teams to identify engineering challenges and deliver practical platform solutions.
• Drive observability and security initiatives by implementing monitoring, alerting, and secure-by-design principles across infrastructure and pipelines.