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Senior Security Engineer – Platform Engineering (all genders)

Company profile

Our client is an innovative scale-up with solid growth specialising in e-commerce infrastructure and order management. The position is based in Witten, with a distributed team setup with asynchronous communication. This is a permanent, full-time position.

You will work on Platform Engineering, focusing on observability standards (logs, metrics and traces) and consistent incident and problem management. The team values structured planning, transparent prioritisation and pragmatic implementation, as well as an excellent developer experience.

Your responsibilities

  • You take responsibility in the area of platform engineering and deliver measurable results – from planning to stable operation.
  • They automate build, test and deployment (CI/CD) processes and continuously improve team delivery capability, release stability and time-to-market.
  • They take over end-to-end ownership for features or services – from requirements reception to design/implementation to stable transfer to productive operation.
  • They establish and live up to quality standards (code reviews, automated tests, definition of done) and provide comprehensible, maintainable and expandable solutions.
  • They contribute to architectural and technology decisions and bring in best practices to increase stability, security and scalability in the long term.
  • They create comprehensible documentation, promote knowledge exchange (pairing, reviews, brown bags) and support teammates in onboarding.
  • They optimize performance, costs and scaling, evaluate technical options and document architectural decisions in an understandable and audit-ready manner.

Your profile

  • They bring relevant experience for Platform Engineering and can lead complex projects into the implementation in a structured manner.
  • Very good understanding of software architecture, interfaces (API design) and data models as well as the ability to justify technical decisions in a comprehensible way.
  • Practice with modern toolchains (Git, CI/CD, Testing) as well as the willingness to set standards and improve the quality in the team measurably.
  • Team-oriented work in cross-functional setups; you provide constructive feedback, share knowledge and actively contribute to the development of the team.
  • Structured, self-responsible working method with an ownership mentality – you prioritize meaningfully, communicate risks early and deliver reliably.
  • Strong communication and moderation capability to clarify requirements, involve stakeholders and communicate technical topics in an understandable way.
  • Experience in cloud/container environments and a solid understanding of operations, monitoring and security fundamentals in distributed systems.

Your Benefits

  • Short decision-making processes, a high level of personal responsibility and the opportunity to design topics with real impact – instead of just working through tickets.
  • Flexible working hours and an environment that combines results orientation with sustainable work-life balance – including transparent goals and realistic planning.
  • 30 days of vacation (or comparable) as well as additional benefits around health, wellbeing and ergonomic work in the home office.
  • Further education budget for trainings, certifications and conferences so that you can continuously expand your role in terms of expertise and methodology.
  • Team events and exchange formats (remote or on site) to sustainably promote cooperation, culture and knowledge transfer.
  • Modern work processes (agile/lean), clean documentation and a team that consistently lives quality, stability and security-by-design.
  • Structured induction (onboarding plan, mentoring) and a clear development path with regular feedback cycles and training opportunities.

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