Lead Platform Engineer (GCP)

Are you passionate about Google Cloud, Kubernetes and building scalable cloud platforms? Would you like to help build a next-generation Data Platform from the ground up while working with modern cloud-native technologies?

We are looking for a Senior Platform Cloud Engineer / Tech Lead (m/f/d) to join a newly established Data Platform team. In this role, you will combine hands-on engineering with technical leadership , helping define the cloud strategy and architecture for a modern data platform running on Google Cloud Platform (GCP).

Working alongside Data Engineers, Software Engineers and Security teams, you will play a key role in building secure, scalable and automated cloud infrastructure that powers large-scale analytics and data-driven products.

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• Design, build and continuously improve a modern Data Platform on Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
• Develop and maintain the GCP Landing Zone, including organisation structures, IAM, networking and governance.
• Build scalable cloud infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code (Terraform / OpenTofu).
• Design and optimise CI/CD pipelines to automate deployments and platform operations.
• Manage containerised workloads using Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE), Docker and Cloud Run.
• Implement observability, monitoring and logging solutions to ensure platform reliability and performance.
• As Tech Lead, provide technical direction, mentor engineers and shape engineering standards without people management responsibilities.

• 5+ years of experience in Cloud Platform Engineering, DevOps or Site Reliability Engineering.
• Strong hands-on experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
• Expertise in Terraform or OpenTofu and Infrastructure as Code.
• Experience with Docker, Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) and Cloud Run.
• Strong understanding of CI/CD, automation and cloud-native engineering practices.
• Experience with BigQuery, Pub/Sub, Dataflow or other modern data platform technologies is highly desirable.
• Knowledge of observability, monitoring and FinOps principles.
• Scripting experience with Python or Bash.
• Strong communication skills and an agile, collaborative mindset.
• Fluent English is required; German is beneficial but not essential.

• Salary of up to €110,000 depending on experience
• The opportunity to build a brand-new Google Cloud Data Platform from the ground up
• 30 days’ holiday
• 25 days of workation within the EU
• Flexible working hours and a modern working environment
• 1 day homeoffice a week
• Exciting cloud-native technologies including GCP, Kubernetes, Terraform and Cloud Run
• Company pension scheme, bike leasing, Germany Ticket subsidy and attractive corporate discounts
• Regular Lunch & Learn sessions, language training and excellent professional development opportunities
• An international engineering team where English is the primary working language