Senior Platform Engineer

Kevel is transforming the retail media space with its cutting-edge, AI-driven ad tech infrastructure APIs that power the Retail Media CloudTM.
This groundbreaking solution combines the power of AI insights with API-based technology, allowing multi-brand retailers to build dynamic, customizable ad platforms while maintaining full control of their first-party data.
With Kevel, retailers can deliver personalized shopper experiences, optimize ad targeting, and unlock predictive insights to stay ahead in an ever-evolving market.
JOB OVERVIEW:
Platform Engineers at Kevel play a crucial role in keeping Kevel running by building and operating the infrastructure, tooling, and services our engineering teams depend on.
Our Platform Engineers help teams deliver secure, reliable services as often as possible without compromising on quality and developer experience.
As our team continues to scale globally, we are looking for talented and driven Platform Engineers with a strong background in software engineering and hands-on experience running workloads in GCP to solve operations problems with software.
Come join a team that values continuous improvement above all else.
LOCATION:Remote - Portugal.
This position can be based out of our Porto office, remote, or hybrid.
Applicants located anywhere within Portugal are encouraged to apply.
Applicants must be legally eligible to work within Portugal.
PAY TRANSPARENCY:Kevel uses external, third-party market data to determine compensation for all open positions.
Our compensation philosophy is based on the candidate's specific working location and experience level.
This means that we will take ano negotiationapproach in our recruitment and offer processes.
We believe this is an important step in living our value of embracing diversity while underlining our commitment to fair, equitable and inclusive pay practices.
The pay range for this position is between €60,000 — €68,000 annually.
An exact offer for this position will be determined based on the candidate's working location and experience level, in relation to our existing team.
All compensation packages include the additional benefits as described in the 'Why you'll love working with us' section below.
We also have a transparent 'Total Rewards Philosophy' we'd be happy to share with you which describes our overall approach to compensation and benefits in full detail
Our recruitment team can share more about this with you in an initial phone interview and will be happy to answer any questions you have related to compensation at Kevel
WHAT YOU'LL ACCOMPLISH:
Build and evolve self-service platform capabilities that let product teams ship safely and independently
Own and improve developer tooling, CI/CD, and the golden paths engineers use every day
Work with engineering teams to define reliability targets for their services, solve security and reliability issues, and improve observability
Embed in engineering teams to solve acute operational issues
Evaluate services for production readiness
Automate away time-consuming manual tasks
Operate production infrastructure
Lead incident responses and ensure incidents are fully resolved
Lead by example to improve Kevel's platform and reliability practices
Administer shared vendored products and provide internal support
Take part in on-call rotations to deliver out-of-hours support for systems owned by the Platform Engineering team
SKILLS YOU'LL BRING WITH YOU:
Strong software engineering experience
Experience operating production systems at scale
Experience building internal developer platforms or developer tooling
At least 3 years of hands-on experience running production workloads in GCP (AWS experience a plus)
Container orchestration
Datadog (or similar logging/monitoring platform)
Infrastructure as Code
CI/CD pipelines
Strong written English
We highly encourage people of all backgrounds and perspectives to apply, even if your experiences don't meet every requirement in the job description.
We especially encourage members of traditionally underrepresented communities to apply, including women, people of color, LGBTQ+ people, veterans, and people with disabilities.
WHY YOU'LL LOVE WORKING WITH US:
Fully Remote Team:We are a 100% remote work environment with employees located around the world.
You are welcome to work from home, one of our offices, a WeWork office, or an equivalent co-working space.
Flexible Working Hours:We understand our employees have their own lives, responsibilities and working preferences.
We trust our employees to communicate with their managers, and work when they work best.
Comprehensive Health Benefits -Flexible benefit offerings provided through Coverflex, including 100% employer paid health insurance for you and your family, plus an additional 5% Coverflex cont