Lead Platform Engineer

TL;DR

Lead Platform Engineer (Kubernetes/DevOps): Own the operational backbone of the PaaS platform, managing cluster lifecycle, GitOps pipelines, CI/CD, and infrastructure as code with an accent on platform reliability and scalability. Focus on designing multi-cluster management, etcd operations, autoscaling, and deployment standards to ensure deployable, testable, and maintainable systems at scale.

Location: Warsaw, hybrid

Company

hirify.global builds and operates cloud computing platforms supporting Europe’s space industry, scientists, and climate researchers, storing and analyzing petabytes of Earth observation data for clients like ESA, EUMETSAT, and ECMWF.

What you will do

• Manage full Kubernetes cluster lifecycle: provisioning, upgrades, scaling, and decommissioning using Cluster API and custom controllers.
• Operate and maintain etcd, including backup/restore, monitoring, and disaster recovery.
• Design, standardize, and maintain platform-wide GitOps architecture.
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines with integration testing on ephemeral environments and release management.
• Manage node pools, autoscaling mechanisms, deployment, and rollback standards.
• Participate in on-call rotations and support critical platform incidents.

Requirements

• Strong experience as DevOps, SRE, or Platform Engineer operating Kubernetes in production.
• Deep understanding of GitOps tools like ArgoCD or Flux for multi-product platforms.
• Hands-on with Cluster API and multi-cluster management.
• Experience building CI/CD pipelines, integration testing, and release processes.
• Proficiency in Go and good knowledge of Python.
• Comfortable using AI-assisted development tools like Claude Code or GitHub Copilot.

Nice to have

• Experience with etcd operations, disaster recovery, and monitoring.
• Knowledge of Kubernetes upgrade strategies, certificate rotation, and rolling upgrades.
• Experience with IaC tools like Terraform or Ansible.
• Experience deploying and operating Harbor with S3-backed storage.
• Familiarity with Kamaji, k3s, or vCluster.
• Experience with multi-cluster solutions like Rancher or Gardener.
• CKA or CKS certification.
• Experience with bare-metal Kubernetes and chaos engineering.

Culture & Benefits

• Autonomous team with startup-level ownership in a stable organization.
• Work with CNCF technologies like Kubernetes, Knative, Cilium, ArgoCD, Kubeflow.
• AI-native engineering environment with tools like Claude Code.
• High autonomy, flexible work, stable employment.
• Private healthcare, Multisport, life insurance, language classes, continuous learning.