Software Engineer - Platform / Core Infrastructure

This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Software Engineer - Platform / Core Infrastructure based in Germany.

This is an exciting opportunity to build the distributed infrastructure powering next-generation AI-driven security technology. In this role, you will design and scale highly reliable platform systems that support complex cloud-native workloads across multiple deployment environments. Working closely with software engineers, AI specialists, and security researchers, you will help create resilient, high-performance infrastructure that directly impacts product capabilities and developer experience. The position offers significant ownership, technical autonomy, and the chance to solve challenging engineering problems in a fast-moving environment where innovation and continuous learning are highly valued.

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable, secure, and reliable platform infrastructure capable of supporting deployments across multiple cloud providers and environments, including SaaS and on-premises.
• Build and enhance core platform services while contributing to distributed systems, event-driven architectures, and cloud-native infrastructure.
• Optimize cloud resources, networking, storage, compute, and observability to improve system performance, scalability, reliability, and maintainability.
• Own projects throughout the full development lifecycle, from architecture and implementation to deployment, monitoring, and production support.
• Collaborate closely with engineering, AI, and security teams to enable efficient product development and deliver high-quality platform capabilities.
• Design resilient systems by implementing disaster recovery, business continuity, monitoring, and operational best practices.
• Continuously improve internal infrastructure, deployment processes, automation, and developer experience while helping shape technical direction.

Requirements

• Proven experience building and operating scalable distributed systems on cloud platforms such as AWS or similar environments.
• Strong expertise with containerization and orchestration technologies, including Docker and Kubernetes.
• Experience using Infrastructure as Code solutions such as Terraform, CDK, or equivalent.
• Solid understanding of event-driven architectures, asynchronous systems, and messaging technologies such as Kafka.
• Demonstrated ability to optimize performance across cloud services, databases, networking, and compute infrastructure.
• Comfortable learning new programming languages and technologies, including TypeScript, Kotlin, and Go.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities with the confidence to navigate ambiguity and evolving technical challenges.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with a practical mindset and willingness to work across multiple layers of the technology stack.
• Experience designing resilient systems with disaster recovery and business continuity strategies is highly valued.
• Additional experience with multi-environment deployments, observability platforms, developer tooling, security products, OpenSearch/Elasticsearch, or startup environments would be considered an advantage.

Benefits

• Competitive salary package.
• Generous equity program.
• Fully remote position within Romania.
• Opportunity to work on cutting-edge AI and cybersecurity technologies.
• High level of ownership and autonomy with meaningful technical impact.
• Career growth opportunities in a rapidly scaling environment.
• Collaborative, highly skilled engineering culture focused on innovation and continuous learning.
• Regular opportunities to meet and collaborate with teammates in person through company-supported travel.
• Full-time employment.