> Markdown version of [/jobs/ext/3411228-senior-platform-engineer](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/jobs/ext/3411228-senior-platform-engineer). Every page supports `.md` or `Accept: text/markdown`. Links point to the HTML versions so they work for humans too. Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Senior Platform Engineer - **Company:** Getnet Platforms - **Location:** Madrid, Spain - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Amazon Web Services, Software as a Service, Cloud Computing, Cloud Engineering, Relational Databases, DevOps, Disaster Recovery, Distributed Systems, Elasticsearch, Fault Tolerance, Fraud Prevention and Detection, IBM WebSphere MQ, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, MySQL, NoSQL, Payment Service Provider, RabbitMQ, Redis, Site Reliability Engineering Practices, Prometheus, Datadog, System Availability, Grafana, Software Troubleshooting, Kubernetes, Infrastructure Automation Frameworks, Apache Kafka, Cloud Optimization, Terraform, Confluent - **Published:** September 28, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=b9838557fa1b04b3 ## About the Role * Strong experience working with AWS in production environments, designing and operating scalable cloud infrastructure. (Required) * Significant hands-on experience managing Kubernetes environments, with experience in Amazon EKS. (Required) * Experience operating distributed systems and stateful services at scale in high-availability or mission-critical environments. (Required) * Experience with Infrastructure as Code, with Terraform preferred. (Required) * Experience with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices. (Required) * Experience operating messaging, event-driven and shared platform services such as Confluent Kafka, RabbitMQ, IBM MQ, Redis, Elasticsearch, relational databases and NoSQL databases. (Required) * Experience defining and improving platform reliability through observability, monitoring, incident response, SLIs and SLOs. (Required) * Experience with platform engineering models, internal developer platforms, SRE practices, regulated environments or cloud cost optimization. (Preferred) Languages * Fluent English. (Required) * Fluent Spanish. (Required) Hard Skills Required * AWS, including production cloud infrastructure and cloud-native architectures. * Kubernetes, with Amazon EKS experience. * Infrastructure as Code, with Terraform preferred. * Cloud networking and security fundamentals. * Confluent Kafka, RabbitMQ and IBM MQ. * Relational and NoSQL databases, including PostgreSQL and MongoDB. * Observability and monitoring, including tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, ELK or Datadog. Preferred * Platform engineering and internal developer platform practices. * Security best practices and compliance frameworks. * Cloud cost optimization techniques. * Incident management and SRE practices. Soft Skills Required * Strong troubleshooting, analytical thinking and problem-solving skills. * Strong communication and collaboration skills. * Ownership and accountability. * Proactive mindset and ability to challenge the status quo constructively. * Ability to balance operational stability with innovation. Preferred * Mentorship mindset and ability to support and elevate other engineers. * Product mindset focused on enabling engineering teams through reliable internal platforms. ## Description Getnet Platforms is part of Santander Payment Solutions and brings together a set of key platforms within Santander's global payments technology ecosystem. It includes software-as-a-service capabilities across the entire payments value chain, such as account-to-account processing, FX, SWIFT connectivity, fraud management and card processing infrastructure. It enables financial institutions, non-bank financial institutions (NBFIs) and payment service providers (PSPs) to operate, scale and evolve their payment capabilities across multiple rails, markets and regulatory environments, without the need to rebuild their core systems. Proven at scale, including within Santander itself, these platforms provide a modular foundation that complements Getnet's global payment capabilities to support client growth through payments., As a Senior Platform Engineer, these will be some of the key activities in your day-to-day role: * Design, implement and operate scalable, secure and resilient AWS-based infrastructure that powers our engineering organization. * Manage and evolve Kubernetes clusters, including EKS, to ensure high availability, performance and operational reliability. * Automate infrastructure and standardize provisioning and lifecycle management through Infrastructure as Code and platform engineering practices. * Operate and optimize shared platform services, including RDS, PostgreSQL/MySQL, MongoDB, Confluent Kafka, Redis, RabbitMQ, IBM MQ and Elasticsearch. * Lead improvements in observability, monitoring, alerting, incident response and platform resilience, including root cause analysis and preventive actions. * Define and track SLIs and SLOs for platform services while driving improvements in availability, performance, fault tolerance and disaster recovery readiness. * Build self-service capabilities and improve the developer experience by reducing friction in infrastructure provisioning and operations. * Contribute to platform architecture, technical strategy and roadmap decisions while collaborating closely with product engineering teams and mentoring other engineers. ## Related Videos - [Leveraging Real time data in FSIs](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/806-leveraging-real-time-data-in-fsis) - [Reducing LLM Calls with Vector Search Patterns - Raphael De Lio (Redis)](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1714-reducing-llm-calls-with-vector-search-patterns-raphael-de-lio-redis) - [MySQL Protocol Features You Should Be Aware Of](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100267-mysql-protocol-features-you-should-be-aware-of) - [Platform Engineering vs. DevOps Why not both?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/885-platform-engineering-vs-devops-why-not-both) - [Branch your database like your code: How schema changes and pull requests go hand in hand](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/350-branch-your-database-like-your-code-how-schema-changes-and-pull-requests-go-hand-in-hand) - [Tomorrow's cloud data platforms - fully managed database-as-a-service (DBaaS)](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/254-tomorrow-s-cloud-data-platforms-fully-managed-database-as-a-service-dbaas) ## Related Articles - [Where To Find Software Engineering Jobs](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/396-where-to-find-software-engineering-jobs) - [Fully Remote Software Engineer Jobs](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/447-fully-remote-software-engineer-jobs) - [Find a Developer Job: 12 Best Job Sites For Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/165-find-a-developer-job-12-best-job-sites-for-developers) - [7 Most Popular Web Developer Jobs in Europe](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/163-7-most-popular-web-developer-jobs-in-europe) - [Where to Find Entry-Level Software Engineering Jobs](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/397-where-to-find-entry-level-software-engineering-jobs) - [The Best Job Search Websites of 2025](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/368-the-best-job-search-websites-of-2025)