Staff Platform Engineer (Kubernetes/AWS)

Location: Hybrid in Belgrade, Serbia

Company

hirify.global develops casino, betting, payment, and other regulated gaming experiences delivered across more than 100 jurisdictions.

What you will do

• Design and evolve platform architectures that improve developer productivity, reliability, security, and operational efficiency.
• Build internal developer platform capabilities, reusable services, golden paths, and self-service engineering workflows.
• Architect and implement cloud-native solutions using Kubernetes, GitOps, Infrastructure as Code, and modern software delivery practices.
• Own SDLC platforms and tooling, including source control, CI/CD pipelines, artifact management, deployment automation, security validation, and developer workflows.
• Establish deployment patterns with Argo CD and Helm, and automate infrastructure with Terraform, Ansible, and AWS services.
• Define platform standards, resolve complex infrastructure challenges, mentor engineers, and influence technical direction.

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience in distributed systems, cloud platforms, DevOps, SRE, platform engineering, or related disciplines.
• Deep expertise in Kubernetes, AWS, Infrastructure as Code, and modern software delivery platforms.
• Strong experience with Terraform, Ansible, Argo CD, Helm, GitHub, Jenkins, and GitOps-based deployment models.
• Experience operating large-scale distributed systems and cloud-native platforms, including networking fundamentals such as DNS, TLS, ingress, load balancing, and cloud networking.
• Strong scripting and automation skills with Python, Bash, PowerShell, or similar languages.
• Ability to make architecture decisions, balance technical trade-offs, and communicate complex technical concepts to different audiences.

Nice to have

• Experience building Internal Developer Platforms, Backstage, or developer portals.
• Experience with service mesh technologies such as Istio.
• Experience with Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry, OpenSearch, security automation, policy enforcement, or DevSecOps.
• Experience supporting highly available, regulated, or enterprise-scale software environments.

Culture & Benefits

• Work within a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace.
• Collaborate across software, DevOps, QA, and operations teams.
• Contribute to platforms used by multiple product engineering teams at global scale.
• Drive practical improvements that reduce operational complexity and accelerate software delivery.