Senior Platform Engineer

Full Time
Sveavägen 25, 111 34 Stockholm, Sweden
11 months ago

Since 2018, Voi has been on a mission to create safe, sustainable and reliable micromobility for everyone.Today we are the #1 e-scooter service in Europe, operating in 100+ cities with over 200 MILLION rides to date. . It has been an amazing journey and we have no intention of stopping now! We’re now looking for a Senior Platform Engineer.

Want to learn more about the Cloud Platform Team? Check out what another Platform Engineer of ours Jesper Roth has to say!

YOUR MISSION AT VOI

This is a unique position that combines the responsibilities of Platform Engineering and Developer Experience. As a Senior Platform Engineer in Voi’s Cloud Platform team you will have the opportunity to greatly impact the productivity of all engineering teams across the company. The Cloud Platform team builds and operates our GCP based cloud infrastructure. The team also builds and provides internal tools and documentation that power our “Coral paths”: Guides with automations and best practices for creating and operating backend services and other components. The technologies we use include: Kubernetes, Terraform, GCP Cloud Functions, Golang, Grafana, Prometheus, Backstage. In this role you will: 

  • Challenge the status quo and lead hands-on efforts to improve our cloud platform infrastructure in areas such as: simplification, reliability, security, cost optimization and future architecture
  • Evolve our Developer Experience in a direction that improves the productivity and satisfaction of all R&D teams
  • Solve cross-domain problems by working closely with engineers across backend, data, machine learning, web, mobile and IoT
  • Automate processes within Infrastructure Operations, Security configuration and monitoring and Cloud Identity Access Management
  • Drive new ideas and initiatives regarding Platform & Developer Experience vision

WHAT YOU NEED TO EMBARK

You bring solid experience and skills in Software Engineering, DevOps and cloud infrastructure. At the same time we don’t expect you to know everything. We promote a culture of learning and sharing and we expect all team members to help each other grow professionally. In addition to having strong communication skills, we believe the right person has:

  • You have several years of professional experience as a Platform Engineer, Software Engineer with DevOps responsibilities, or similar role
  • You work hands on and lead by example
  • You are inclusive and open minded when you lead work and interact with team members and stakeholders
  • You have extensive experience of programming in Golang, Java, C#, Python or other similar languages (We use Golang)
  • You have experience of managing Cloud based infrastructure (GCP or equivalent) using IaC tools (we use Terraform)
  • You have experience of setting up CI/CD tools for multiple teams and services (we use Argo CD and Github)
  • You have an understanding of database operations (We use PostgreSQL)
  • You are familiar with Logging, Monitoring and Alerting Infrastructure (we use Grafana, Prometheus, Google Cloud Monitoring)

WHY VOI?

Working at Voi is more than just a job; Our People Promise includes a personal Voiage where you will grow as a professional and be a part of a team and culture that builds something meaningful for society. In addition to this you’ll have the opportunity to:

  • Join Europes #1 micromobility company
  • Get “skin in the game” through our employee options program and be a part of building a world class organisation and a scalable platform.
  • Have a direct impact on our continued success and the development of the micromobility industry.
  • Work with inspiring, motivated and fun colleagues towards a common goal
  • Join the micromobility-revolution and be a part of creating sustainable cities made for living, free from noise and pollution