Platform Engineer

• Deep understanding of DevOps principles, practices, and tooling with proven experience implementing them in complex organisations • Strong expertise in cloud infrastructure, particularly Azure services and architecture patterns • Deep understanding of Kubernetes architecture, operations, and best practices, including experience deploying and managing multi-cluster environments • Experience running stateful workloads on Kubernetes, including databases and persistent storage solutions • Strong understanding of cloud-native principles, patterns, and technologies (12-factor apps, service mesh, GitOps, etc.) • Experience establishing and measuring key reliability metrics (SLOs, MTTR, MTTI, Error Budgets) • Knowledge of modern CI/CD pipelines and deployment strategies (Blue/Green, Canary, etc.) • Hands-on experience developing infrastructure-as-code with tools such as Terraform, OpenTofu, Terragrunt, Pulumi, CloudFormation, or CDK following GitOps practices • Strong understanding of cloud security best practices, compliance requirements, and security compliance frameworks • Experience implementing automated testing strategies for infrastructure and deployment pipelines • Strong experience coding, working with APIs, and automating tasks in Python • Good knowledge of routing protocols (e.g., BGP, OSPF) and high-availability design patterns • Hands-on experience working with virtual cloud firewall appliances such as CheckPoint or Cisco • Hands-on experience with software engineering best practices: unit testing, code reviews, design documentation, and excellent debugging and troubleshooting skills • Good understanding of technology stacks from networks through to applications • Strong experience working in a fast-paced, open-source, Linux-focused environment • Experience working in an agile methodology; comfortable with code reviews and pairing • Ability to adapt, change, and grow quickly as the organisation scales • You should apply if you are: • Self-motivated, proactive and always looking for ways to improve and develop yourself; • A good communicator, both in writing and verbally. You’ll be able to explain technical ideas and concepts in business-friendly language; • Detail-oriented; • Problem-solving skills that balance innovation with pragmatic technology choices to solve business needs; • Used to working in a team-oriented, collaborative environment; • Analytical and problem-solving-oriented; • A genuine believer in diversity and fairness. • Company Private Health Care • Enhanced fully paid maternity and paternity leave for up to 6 months • 25 days annual holiday (excluding Public Holidays) • €2000 annual allowance for Training/Conferences • €300 annual allowance for additional hardware • Mental Health support: access to Spill app • Meditation/Sleep support: Headspace or Calm app subscription • Bonus (depending on Company performance and results) • Generous referral schemes • Our typical Recruitment Process looks like this: • 1st Interview with someone from the Talent team (30/45 mins) • Technical Interview with our Senior Developers (1h30) • Get a glimpse of what it's like working at YLD! 🤳 • Check out our LinkedIn page • We live and breathe our values, and know you will too: • Growing every day • Including everyone • Relationships built on honesty and ethics • Inspiring solutions • Winning together