Platform Engineer, FACEIT

• Advanced experience with AWS and GCP cloud platforms
• Experience implementing cloud orchestration solutions
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code tools (Terraform preferred)
• Experience managing containerised applications using Docker and Kubernetes
• Experience supporting backend services (Go, Java, Node.js)
• Understanding of frontend deployment environments (React, Next.js)
• Experience designing scalable distributed systems
• Experience working with databases such as MongoDB, MySQL and PostgreSQL
• Knowledge of CI/CD tooling (GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins etc.)
• Experience with monitoring tools (Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog or similar)
• Understanding of networking concepts (VPCs, load balancing, DNS, firewalls)
• Advanced Linux system administration knowledge
• Adept understanding of platform architecture and security patterns
• Knowledge of logging, monitoring and alerting tools and strategies
• Awareness of IAM, secrets management (Vault preferred), encryption and network segmentation
• Understanding of FinOps principles and cloud cost optimisation strategies
• Ability to design platforms balancing performance, resilience, security
• Familiarity with AI-assisted development tools and intelligent automation agents
• Strong communication skills with ability to explain complex concepts clearly
• Strong platform design and architectural thinking
• Good awareness of FinOps principles and cost-efficient design
• Ability to collaborate effectively across engineering teams
• Good documentation discipline including architecture diagrams
• Ability to influence engineering standards and best practices
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively

Desirable

• The Platform Engineer is responsible for designing, building and maintaining scalable, secure and reliable cloud infrastructure across AWS and GCP to support company applications, backend services, databases and game/server platforms
• This role ensures our cloud environment is highly available, cost-efficient and aligned with modern DevOps and platform engineering practices
• The engineer will work closely with backend and frontend engineers to support reliable deployment, orchestration and operation of distributed systems
• The role also supports adoption of modern AI-powered engineering tooling and intelligent agents to improve development speed, automation and operational efficiency
• Design, build and maintain cloud infrastructure in AWS and GCP
• Advise and support backend and frontend engineering teams to build scalable software
• Collaborate with software engineers to improve reliability and developer experience