Platform Engineer at Catawiki

About the role

Responsibilities:
- Build and enhance a self-service developer platform that hides infrastructure complexity and improves developer velocity.
- Manage and operate Kubernetes clusters and cloud resources with a focus on performance, scalability, and cost control (FinOps).
- Create and maintain CI/CD pipelines, GitOps workflows, and reusable deployment templates to speed releases.
- Improve observability and monitoring to proactively surface platform health and reduce incident mean-time-to-repair.
- Implement reliability practices: fault tolerance, DR planning, scaling strategies, and runbooks.
- Collaborate with product teams to deliver simple, effective platform solutions and share best practices across the organisation.

Requirements:
- At least 5 years of production experience with Kubernetes and cloud-native tooling.
- Strong experience with major cloud platforms (GCP/AWS/Azure) and IaC tools (Terraform, Ansible, or similar).
- Practical knowledge of CI/CD, GitOps, and automation to reduce manual work and increase consistency.
- Familiarity with observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, OpenTelemetry) and incident management.
- Good scripting/automation skills and experience creating developer-focused platform abstractions.
- Collaborative communication style and experience working with distributed engineering teams.

Responsibilities

You will build and maintain a self-service developer platform to abstract infrastructure complexity and improve developer productivity. Additionally, you will orchestrate cloud-native infrastructure and enhance observability to ensure system reliability, scalability, and performance.

Requirements

Candidates must have at least 5 years of production experience with Kubernetes, container orchestration, and major cloud platforms. You should also possess strong skills in automation, infrastructure-as-code tools, and observability practices.

Key skills

• Kubernetes — in 534 other listings on The Stack
• Cloud platforms — in 63 other listings on The Stack
• GCP — in 151 other listings on The Stack
• AWS — in 738 other listings on The Stack
• Azure — in 124 other listings on The Stack
• Terraform — in 447 other listings on The Stack
• Ansible — in 50 other listings on The Stack
• CI/CD pipelines — in 52 other listings on The Stack
• GitOps
• Infrastructure-as-code
• Prometheus
• Grafana
• ELK
• OpenTelemetry
• Observability
• FinOps

On The Stack (as of 2026-10-22)

• Catawiki has 9 other listings on The Stack, 7 of them marked as offering visa sponsorship.
• 18 visa-sponsored jobs in Portugal on The Stack, posted in the last 60 days.
• 61 visa-sponsored platform engineer jobs in Europe on The Stack, posted in the last 60 days.

Frequently asked questions about Catawiki

Is this Platform Engineer role still open?

It was posted on 2026-10-19 and is listed as active on The Stack. Confirm on Catawiki's application page before applying.

Does Catawiki offer visa sponsorship?

This listing is marked as offering visa sponsorship. Eligibility rules are set by the employer, so check the details on Catawiki's site.

Where is this role located?

The listing gives the location as Lisbon, Portugal. It is marked on-site.

What skills does this role ask for?

The listing names: Kubernetes, Cloud platforms, GCP, AWS, Azure, Terraform, Ansible, CI/CD pipelines, GitOps, Infrastructure-as-code, Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, OpenTelemetry, Observability, FinOps.