Senior Platform Engineer (Kubernetes, Python)

Impact: As a Senior Platform Engineer, you’ll own and evolve the infrastructure and services behind Dive’s cloud-native simulation platform. You’ll work on a multi-tenant Kubernetes environment handling large volumes of simulation data, ensuring our platform remains scalable, reliable, secure, and performant as we grow.

• Design, implement and maintain cloud infrastructure, building a scalable, redundant, and secure foundation to our product
• Manage database and storage solutions to ensure terabytes of data are stored, retrieved, and maintained effectively
• Improve observability of our platform by extending metrics, logging, and tracing in collaboration with other team members
• You will develop and extend Python web services, with a strong emphasis on crafting efficient and robust business logic
• You will build durable workflows using Temporal (temporal.io) to orchestrate and manage complex processes and interactions within our application
• You will aid in the design of service architectures, ensuring that they are scalable, reliable, and performant

• You have 4+ years of industry experience in platform and/or backend development
• You have successfully completed a bachelor’s degree in computer science, applied science, or a similar educational background
• You approach complex technical challenges with critical thinking, make well-reasoned architectural decisions, and effectively prioritize work to deliver reliable, maintainable solutions
• You demonstrate proficiency with infrastructure technologies like Kubernetes, Helm, Docker, ArgoCD, and Terraform
• You have experience developing python applications
• You have used and ideally implemented the Grafana monitoring stack in a project
• You communicate and collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams, take ownership of your work, continuously learn and adapt to new technologies
• You thrive in an agile software development environment and embrace DevOps principles and practices

We know that great candidates don’t always meet every requirement. If you’re excited about the opportunity and believe you can make an impact, we’d love to hear from you. Our Offer

• A unique opportunity to shape the future of hardware engineering
• Backing of leading investors who share our ambition to build a category-defining business
• A commitment to transparency in how we communicate, collaborate, and approach career development and compensation
• A highly motivated and ambitious team, with regular company events, celebrations, and offsites
• An unlimited employment contract from day one with a mutual three-month notice period and 30 vacation days
• An office culture with flexible working hours and the option to work remotely on selected days
• A modern office in the heart of Berlin near Alexanderplatz, featuring panoramic views from the 20th floor
• A comprehensive benefits package, including virtual shares, mobility and fitness budgets, complimentary drinks and snacks, and more
• A signing bonus for candidates joining us directly from another employment

At Dive, we’re committed to creating an environment built on mutual respect, where everyone has an equal opportunity to contribute and grow. We welcome applicants regardless of age, ethnic origin, gender or gender identity, disability, religion or belief, sexual identity or orientation, or background. We especially encourage applications from women and people from underrepresented groups. The Process

Dive CAE is a Berlin-based deep-tech company building advanced simulation software for engineering teams. Our technology includes Mesh-Particle Multiphysics, a cloud-native SPDM platform, and AI-agent functionality for simulation workflows. We work with engineering teams across industries such as automotive, aerospace, machinery, electronics, and process industries.

Our workplace is ambitious, friendly and interactive - where challenges are embraced with the mantra ‘It’s sometimes hard, but it’s always fun.’ - Johannes, CTO.Your Mission

At Dive, we are building a cloud-native, agent-native simulation platform that makes advanced heat and fluid simulation accessible to every mechanical engineer. You’ll collaborate with expert engineers across disciplines on technically demanding problems across our product stack, from developing and enhancing solvers and algorithms in C++ and Python, to building scalable cloud systems and interactive 3D experiences that help engineers explore and understand complex simulation results.