Platform Engineer (Kubernetes, AWS)

TL;DR

Platform Engineer (Kubernetes, AWS): Building and scaling infrastructure foundations for engineering velocity and system reliability with an accent on Kubernetes, GitOps, and CI/CD platform strategies. Focus on optimizing compute platforms, automating deployments, and ensuring high performance of critical infrastructure.

Location: This role requires relocation to Barcelona, Spain. The work format is hybrid (3 days in office, 2 days remote).

Company

hirify.global is a fast-growing multi-category app connecting millions of users with businesses and couriers, offering on-demand services from more than 170,000 local restaurants, grocers, and supermarkets across 22 countries.

What you will do

• Support and evolve Kubernetes-based compute platform on AWS focusing on reliability, scalability, and developer productivity.
• Iterate on GitOps workflows using Argo CD and Argo Rollouts for safe, automated, and progressive deployments.
• Maintain and improve CI/CD best practices by building and maintaining scalable GitHub Actions pipelines.
• Work with secure, multi-tenant infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code (Terraform).
• Troubleshoot challenging problems in distributed systems, service discovery, container orchestration, and platform observability.
• Take ownership of critical compute and networking infrastructure to ensure high performance, availability, and cost efficiency.

Requirements

• 2+ years of relevant infrastructure experience, ideally in a platform team.
• Experience working with Kubernetes internals, observability, and cloud-native architecture (EKS a plus).
• Familiarity with Golang and/or Python programming.
• Hands-on experience with AWS services (EC2, S3, IAM, VPC, etc.) and Terraform.
• Understanding GitOps principles and tooling (Argo CD, Argo Rollouts, or similar) and CI/CD systems (GitHub Actions or similar).
• Basic networking and security knowledge (VPCs, DNS, ingress, TLS, etc.).
• Strong written and verbal communication skills in English are required.
• Work authorization for Spain or ability to obtain necessary immigration support from hirify.global is required.

Culture & Benefits

• Enticing equity plan and top-notch private health insurance.
• Monthly hirify.global credit and Cobee discounts on transportation, food, and kindergarten expenses.
• Discounted gym memberships and enhanced parental leave.
• Online therapy and wellbeing benefits.
• Hybrid work model (3 days in office, 2 days remote) and opportunity to work from anywhere for up to three weeks a year.