# (Senior) Platform Engineer (all genders) at Kaufland e-commerce

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- **Company:** Kaufland e-commerce (https://jobs.trythestack.co/companies/kaufland-e-commerce)
- **Location:** Germany
- **Work arrangement:** On-site
- **Employment type:** Permanent
- **Experience level:** 2–5 years
- **Visa sponsorship:** Offered, according to the listing
- **Key skills:** Go, Typescript, Distributed systems design, Terraform, Ansible, Helm, Kubernetes, CI/CD, GitLab, Vault, Datadog, Backstage, Infrastructure as code, Software development, System observability
- **Posted by employer:** 2026-06-25
- **Added to The Stack:** 2026-08-14
- **Status:** May no longer be active (posted more than 60 days ago)
- **Apply:** https://real-digital.jobs.personio.com/job/2557817/apply (the employer's own application page)
- **Human page:** https://jobs.trythestack.co/jobs/senior-platform-engineer-all-genders-kaufland-e-commerce

## About the role

Responsibilities:
- Act as a proactive partner to development teams: gather needs and deliver value-driven platform solutions.
- Operate and maintain critical platform services (GitLab, Vault, Datadog) ensuring security, uptime and upgrades.
- Deliver Backstage as a developer entry point and expose platform capabilities clearly.
- Implement custom features and integrations in Go and TypeScript; participate in code reviews and delivery.
- Improve observability, provide runbooks and training, and reduce Mean Time To Detect (MTTD).
- Maintain and evolve infrastructure (Terraform, Ansible, Helm, Kubernetes) and CI/CD pipelines.
- Favor simple, high-impact solutions and drive pragmatic automation to improve developer efficiency.

Requirements:
- Strong application development experience in Go; TypeScript knowledge is a plus.
- Solid understanding of distributed systems and cloud-native infrastructure patterns.
- Hands-on experience with Terraform, Ansible, Helm, Kubernetes and CI/CD (e.g., GitLab).
- Experience operating monitoring and secrets tooling (Datadog, Vault or equivalents).
- Pragmatic problem-solver who avoids overengineering and delivers incremental value.
- Fluent English (C1) and comfortable working in an international, remote-friendly environment.

## Responsibilities

You will act as a proactive partner to development teams by delivering value-driven solutions and maintaining critical platform services like GitLab, Vault, and Datadog. Additionally, you will contribute to custom feature implementation and improve system observability to enhance developer efficiency.

## Requirements

You should have strong experience in application development with Go or Typescript and a solid understanding of infrastructure components like Kubernetes and Terraform. The role requires the ability to maintain critical systems, a focus on simple high-impact solutions, and fluency in English.

## FAQ

- **Is this (Senior) Platform Engineer (all genders) role still open?** It was posted on 2026-06-25. Listings more than 30 days old may no longer be active, so check Kaufland e-commerce's site before applying.
- **Does Kaufland e-commerce offer visa sponsorship?** This listing is marked as offering visa sponsorship. Eligibility rules are set by the employer, so check the details on Kaufland e-commerce's site.
- **Where is this role located?** The listing gives the location as Germany. It is marked on-site.
- **What skills does this role ask for?** The listing names: Go, Typescript, Distributed systems design, Terraform, Ansible, Helm, Kubernetes, CI/CD, GitLab, Vault, Datadog, Backstage, Infrastructure as code, Software development, System observability.

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