Senior Platform Engineer (m/f/d)

at  RatePAY GmbH

Ratepay is a dynamic and innovative fintech company dedicated to revolutionizing payment solutions in the online retail sector. We empower e-commerce businesses with flexible and secure payment options, allowing them to optimize their revenue streams. As a Senior Platform Engineer at Ratepay, you will play a crucial role in our mission to streamline and enhance our payment processing systems.
Ratepay is seeking an experienced Platform Engineer with a strong background in AWS and CI/CD practices, including expertise in various CI/CD tools. In this role, you will be responsible for optimizing and automating our development and deployment pipelines, ensuring the reliability, scalability, and performance of our systems.

Key Responsibilities:

• AWS Expertise: Leverage your strong AWS experience to design, deploy, and manage cloud infrastructure, ensuring high availability and security.
• CI/CD Implementation: Lead the implementation and improvement of CI/CD pipelines using tools such as TeamCity, Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, or Travis CI, enabling efficient and automated software delivery.
• Containerization and Orchestration: Work with Docker and ECS to containerize applications and manage orchestration.
• Documentation: Maintain comprehensive documentation of infrastructure and deployment processes.
• Coaching & Mentoring - You will have an ability to coach and mentor software engineerin teams
• Security and Compliance: Collaborate with security teams to implement best practices for securing AWS environments and ensuring compliance with industry standards.
• Infrastructure as Code (IAC): Utilize IAC tools like Terraform or AWS CloudFormation to manage infrastructure provisioning and configuration.(Nice to have )
• Monitoring and Alerting: Implement and maintain monitoring solutions for application and infrastructure performance using tools like Prometheus, Grafana, or CloudWatch.
• Collaboration: Work closely with development and operations teams to bridge the gap between software development and IT operations.
• Troubleshooting: Actively investigate and resolve issues related to deployment, performance, and infrastructure.
• Continuous Learning: Stay updated with industry trends and emerging technologies to propose and implement improvements to Ratepay’s infrastructure and processes.