About the Opportunity

We are looking for someone who enjoys building platforms, solving complex infrastructure challenges, and working hands-on with distributed systems in production.

You'll join a large-scale cloud transformation programme focused on modernising critical platform capabilities across a integral organisation

- Hybrid | Madrid or UK
- Senior / Staff level (+5 years of experience)
- Up to 85k (higher salaries can be considered according profile)

What You'll Work On

- Building and evolving cloud-native platform capabilities on AWS
- Developing and operating event-driven systems using Kafka
- Provisioning infrastructure through Terraform and Infrastructure as Code
- Improving platform reliability, scalability, and observability
- Debugging complex production issues across distributed systems
- Automating platform operations and deployment workflows
- Enabling engineering teams through platform tooling and self-service capabilities
- Working closely with engineering teams to improve developer experience and delivery velocity

Tech Stack

- Cloud & Infrastructure: AWS, Terraform, Kubernetes
- Streaming & Messaging: Kafka, Confluent Platform, Confluent Cloud
- Programming: Python,



SQL
- AWS Services: EKS, Lambda, Fargate, DynamoDB, MemoryDB

What We're Looking For

- Strong AWS experience in production environments
- Hands-on experience with Kafka and event-driven architectures
- Experience provisioning infrastructure with Terraform
- Strong Python skills
- Experience building and operating distributed systems
- Strong debugging and troubleshooting capabilities
- Platform Engineering mindset
- Experience improving reliability, observability, and operational excellence
- Ability to work autonomously and take ownership of technical delivery

Additional Information

- Enterprise-scale platform challenges
- Modern cloud-native environment
- High-impact engineering role with real ownership
- Strong engineering culture
- International and collaborative team
- Opportunity to work on systems used across multiple business-critical services

Open to Platform Engineers, Staff Engineers, Senior Software Engineers, and Data Platform Engineers who enjoy building, operating, and improving large-scale cloud platforms.

📌 Senior Platform Engineer | Data Platforms | Up To 85k | Hybrid - €85.000 A Year (Madrid)
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