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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Platform Engineer - **Company:** Appfire's Solutions Group - **Location:** Madrid, Spain (Remote available) - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Systems Engineering, Confluence, JIRA, Bash Shell, Cloud Computing, Code Review, Data Centers, DevOps, Python (Programming Language), Runbook, Scripting, Infrastructure Automation Frameworks, Atlassian Tools, Bitbucket, Docker - **Published:** September 26, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.adzuna.es/contact-us.html ## About the Role + 3+ years of hands-on experience in platform engineering, DevOps, or systems engineering, ideally supporting a sales engineering, solutions, or presales organization. + Hands-on experience administering and provisioning Atlassian Cloud and/or Data Center environments, including Jira, Confluence, and/or Bitbucket. + Experience building and operating self-service sandbox or demo environments, including environment lifecycle management and seeded or synthetic data. + Strong experience with infrastructure automation, scripting such as Python or Bash, and Infrastructure-as-Code practices. + Practical experience with containerization and orchestration technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes, and CI/CD tooling. + Experience taking ownership of existing tools or prototypes and preparing them for production, including code review, hosting, deployment, and support. + Strong written communication skills, with the ability to create clear technical documentation, runbooks, and knowledge bases for both technical and non-technical audiences. + Proven ability to collaborate effectively across Solutions, Sales Engineering, Product Engineering, and DevOps teams in a fast-moving environment. ## Description As a Solutions Platform Engineer, you'll build and run the technical infrastructure that supports Appfire's Solutions Group. You'll own our demo environments end to end, build self-service sandboxes for Solution Partners, and automate technical processes that enable Sales Engineers and Solutions Architects to spend more time with customers. You'll also help transition successful field-built prototypes into production by partnering with Engineering and DevOps on code ownership, hosting, and support models. This is a highly cross-functional role focused on reducing technical overhead, improving time-to-demo, and creating scalable solutions infrastructure. What you'll do: + Own the demo estate end to end, including Atlassian instance provisioning, realistic seeded datasets, multi-product reference environments, and environment teardown and refresh. + Build and maintain self-service sandbox environments that enable Solution Partners to demonstrate Appfire products independently. + Design and implement automation that reduces technical overhead for Sales Engineering and Solutions Architecture teams and improves time-to-demo. + Maintain the technical knowledge base supporting security questionnaires, RFPs, and trust center responses. + Run the Instance Optimization inventory extract and pricing pull supporting Appfire's consolidation assessment. + Take ownership of field-built prototypes that graduate to production, including code ownership, hosting, deployment, and ongoing support in partnership with Engineering and DevOps. + Define and enforce technical graduation criteria for prototypes moving from pilot to production, ensuring each solution has clear ownership, hosting, and support models. + Monitor demo environment health, provisioning performance, and capacity, proactively identifying and resolving technical bottlenecks. ## Related Videos - [Platform Engineering vs. DevOps Why not both?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/885-platform-engineering-vs-devops-why-not-both) - [Improving quality with Agentic AI with Rovo Dev and Xray](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/2005-improving-quality-with-agentic-ai-with-rovo-dev-and-xray) - [From DevOps to Scaled DevOps: How We’re Rebuilding Continuous Delivery as a Platform](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100018-from-devops-to-scaled-devops-how-we-re-rebuilding-continuous-delivery-as-a-platform) - [Docker Compose: Rediscovered](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1978-docker-compose-rediscovered) - [Backstage in Practice: Offloading Developer Operational Work Through Platform Self-Service](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1922-backstage-in-practice-offloading-developer-operational-work-through-platform-self-service) - [Collaboration Quantified: Lessons from Open Source Developer Networks](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1422-collaboration-quantified-lessons-from-open-source-developer-networks) ## Related Articles - [How We Built a Worry-Free System That Runs for 10+ Years – And What We’d Do Again](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/751-how-we-built-a-worry-free-system-that-runs-for-10-years-and-what-we-d-do-again) - [Fully Remote Software Engineer Jobs](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/447-fully-remote-software-engineer-jobs) - [Where To Find Software Engineering Jobs](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/396-where-to-find-software-engineering-jobs) - [Navigating the AI Shift](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/629-navigating-the-ai-shift) - [Dev Digest 121 - AI goes offline](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/456-dev-digest-121-ai-goes-offline) - [Top-Paying Tech Jobs (with Salaries)](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/372-top-paying-tech-jobs-with-salaries)