Platform Engineer (Golang)

TL;DR

Platform Engineer (Golang): Designing, developing, and optimizing platform services and developer tooling to enable seamless software delivery at scale with an accent on CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure automation, and developer experience. Focus on building robust APIs, integrating testing and deployment frameworks, and driving standardization of CI/CD practices across teams.

Location: Hybrid in Porto, Portugal

Company

hirify.global is a payment and software service provider, helping small, local businesses across Europe accept payments and boost business performance.

What you will do

• Design and develop platform services and tooling in Golang to support CI/CD pipelines, developer workflows, and infrastructure automation.
• Integrate pipelines, testing frameworks, and deployment automation into the broader platform ecosystem.
• Build APIs and services that streamline code delivery, artifact management, and release processes.
• Enhance developer experience by implementing self-service capabilities for build, test, and deployment.
• Drive standardization of CI/CD practices across teams, ensuring secure, scalable, and maintainable pipelines.
• Contribute to incident response and post-mortems.

Requirements

• Strong proficiency in Golang (3+ years of production experience).
• Hands-on experience with CI/CD platforms (e.g., GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins, Argo Workflows, Tekton).
• Experience with Kubernetes, containerized workloads, and cloud environments (AWS, GCP, or Azure).
• Proficiency with infrastructure as code (Terraform, Pulumi).
• Solid understanding of API design, distributed systems, and microservices.
• Experience with observability tools and strong problem-solving and communication skills.

Nice to have

• Background in security and compliance automation within pipelines.
• Experience contributing to or building internal developer platforms.
• Open source contributions in the Go ecosystem.

Culture & Benefits

• Flexible working hours.
• Health Insurance and Meal Allowance.
• 25 days of Annual leave (+ Bank holidays) and Public Transportation Card.
• Frequent team events, activities, and office snacks.
• Friendly, comfortable, and informal office environment.
• Commitment to creating an inclusive environment.