Senior Platform Engineer

The role focuses on designing, building, and operating secure and scalable cloud platforms using Google Cloud Platform (GCP) for the retail/e-commerce industry.

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• Proven experience as a Platform Engineer, DevOps Engineer, Site Reliability Engineer, or similar role.
• Strong experience with Python development.
• Hands-on experience with FastAPI or similar backend frameworks.
• Strong knowledge of PostgreSQL administration, performance tuning, and integrations.
• Extensive experience working with Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
• Solid experience with Terraform and Infrastructure as Code practices.
• Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions.
• Strong understanding of DevOps, SRE, and platform engineering principles.
• Experience designing secure, scalable, and maintainable cloud architectures.
• Strong troubleshooting, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.

Nice to have:

• Kubernetes experience and operating applications on Kubernetes.
• Experience with metadata and data governance platforms such as OpenMetadata.
• Knowledge of GCP Networking components: Load Balancers, DNS, TLS/SSL Certificates, Identity-Aware Proxy (IAP).
• Cloud security and networking fundamentals.
• Observability and monitoring tooling.

• Design, build, and maintain scalable platform services and cloud infrastructure in GCP.
• Develop and manage Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform.
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions.
• Develop and maintain platform services and APIs using Python and FastAPI.
• Manage and optimize PostgreSQL environments and platform integrations.
• Ensure high availability, observability, reliability, and security of platform services.
• Collaborate with engineers and product teams to improve developer experience and platform adoption.
• Implement and maintain cloud governance, access controls, and security best practices.
• Monitor, troubleshoot, and resolve platform and infrastructure issues.
• Drive automation initiatives to reduce operational overhead and improve service quality.
• Support networking, connectivity, and identity management across cloud environments.