Senior Platform Engineer

TL;DR

Senior Platform Engineer (Infrastructure/DevOps): Designing, building, and operating scalable infrastructure to support over 1 billion monthly requests with an accent on cloud-native reliability and platform availability. Focus on building modular components with Terraform, scaling Kubernetes environments, and optimizing system performance for high-traffic ticketing services.

Location: Remote (Germany) or Hybrid

Company

hirify.global is a global leader in event ticketing technology, powering major international entertainment brands through a highly customizable, data-driven platform.

What you will do

• Design, build, and operate scalable cloud infrastructure to handle massive traffic spikes and high-load requests.
• Manage containerized applications using Kubernetes and improve cloud-native orchestration tooling.
• Collaborate with engineering teams to enhance system reliability, deployment velocity, and observability.
• Build and maintain modular, reusable infrastructure components using Terraform.
• Monitor and test systems to meet rapid operational growth demands.
• Mentor engineering peers and contribute to elevating the overall technical culture.

Requirements

• 5+ years of hands-on experience in Platform Engineering, DevOps, or SRE roles in high-scale environments.
• Proven expertise in cloud-based systems and infrastructure scaling, ideally within GCP.
• Strong background in managing Kubernetes workloads and debugging complex production issues.
• Proficiency in infrastructure as code, specifically Terraform, with experience managing state files.
• Ability to read and comprehend existing codebases in Go or Typescript.
• Proactive mindset with a strong commitment to mentoring and technical knowledge sharing.

Culture & Benefits

• Role involves critical mission-work for major global entertainment brands and sports events.
• Environment of sustainable growth in a profitable, VC-backed organization.
• Collaboration with a diverse, 160+ person team featuring industry leaders from Google, Slack, and Salesforce.
• Strong culture of merit-driven impact and professional development.
• Flexible work environment with a focus on both remote and hybrid collaboration options.