Senior Platform Engineer

About us

At GotPhoto, we are freeing photographers to be more successful.

Through our platforms GotPhoto.com and fotograf.de, we help professional photographers simplify and transform the way they work — from photo management and client communication to ordering and payment processing. Our end-to-end workflow and e-commerce solution gives photographers more time to focus on what matters most: being behind the lens.

Since 2012, we’ve built a sustainable and profitable business driven by entrepreneurial spirit, innovation, and a deep understanding of photographers’ everyday challenges. Today, thousands of photographers trust our software , creating their own success stories along the way.

As the leading e-commerce engine for professional volume photographers and a business backed by EQT, one of the world’s leading private equity firms, we’re powered by a team of 150+ talented and international people building technology that simplifies photographers’ everyday work and helps them focus on capturing meaningful moments.

Join us on our journey to empower photographers like never before.

Your role

Do you want to build the platform that helps engineering teams move faster, ship safer, and scale smarter?

You'll work at the intersection of Platform Engineering, SRE, Developer Experience, and AI Enablement—building the infrastructure, tooling, and guardrails that power a global SaaS platform.

What You'll Do

Build and Evolve Our Platform

• Design, build, and operate the cloud-native platform that supports our engineering organization.

• Create reusable platform services, self-service capabilities, and infrastructure standards that help product teams deliver software faster and more reliably.

Elevate Developer Experience

• Reduce friction across the software development lifecycle.

• Build and improve CI/CD pipelines, internal tooling, automation, and developer workflows that increase productivity and accelerate delivery.

• Partner with engineering teams to continuously improve the developer experience.

Drive Reliability & Observability

• Improve the reliability and performance of our systems.

• Define and maintain SLAs, SLOs, and observability standards using metrics, logs, tracing, and monitoring.

• Support incident response, root-cause analysis, and continuous platform improvements.

Enable AI-Native Engineering

• Help shape the next generation of developer platforms.

• Build infrastructure and workflows that support:

  • AI coding assistants such as GitHub Copilot, Cursor, and future AI development tools

  • Agentic AI infrastructure including MCP servers, tool-calling backends, and secure execution environments

  • AI workload observability including LLM tracing, latency, usage, and cost monitoring

  • Safe AI deployment workflows with model versioning, experimentation, rollbacks, and policy-driven guardrails

Champion Security & Platform Excellence

• Embed security, compliance, and Infrastructure-as-Code best practices into engineering workflows.

• Design scalable AWS architectures and automation that keep our platform secure, reliable, and ready for growth.

Lead Through Influence

• Share knowledge, mentor engineers, and drive cross-functional platform initiatives.

• Help establish engineering best practices and foster a culture of continuous improvement.

What You Bring

Experience

• 5+ years in Platform Engineering, SRE, Developer Experience, or a similar field

• Experience building and operating production systems in AWS

• Strong Infrastructure-as-Code and automation background

Technical Skills

• Cloud & Platform Technologies: You are experienced with AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform, Helm, and modern cloud-native infrastructure patterns.

• Observability & Reliability: You know how to design systems that are observable, measurable, and resilient using tools such as OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, and Grafana.

• Architecture & Systems Thinking: You understand distributed systems, event-driven architectures, authentication and authorization models, infrastructure automation, and modern deployment strategies.

• Developer Enablement: You enjoy building tools and platforms that help other engineers be more productive.

What Makes You Successful

• Platform-as-a-Product Mindset: You think of internal platforms as products and care deeply about the developer experience.

• Incremental Builder: You prefer iterative improvements, automation, and sustainable scaling over big-bang solutions.

• Collaborative Partner: You enjoy working across teams, building alignment, and enabling others to succeed.

• Humble Expert: You bring expertise, curiosity, and a willingness to learn from others.

Bonus Points

• Experience building Internal Developer Platforms (IDPs)

• Experience with AI-assisted software development

• Experience with MCP (Model Context Protocol)

• Experience supporting AI/ML workloads in production

• Experience in high-growth SaaS environments

Why You’ll Love Life at GotPhoto

• Best of Both Worlds: We live and breathe a flexible hybrid model. Our beautiful office at Hausvogteiplatz is our vibrant Berlin hub for collaboration, but you have the freedom to leverage the setup that works best for you.

• Work from (Almost) Anywhere: We believe in flexibility that respects your lifestyle. Once you have completed your probation, you have the option to work remotely from within Europe for up to 40 days per year. Whether you are visiting family or simply seeking a change of scenery, we support a work-from-anywhere culture that helps you stay inspired.

• Recharge & Unwind: We value your downtime. You start with 26 days of leave, plus we love to top that up with additional discretionary "X-days" to make sure you’re truly rested.

• Multicultural & Inclusive Team: We thrive on diverse perspectives. Our international team fosters a culture of mutual respect and professional exchange, ensuring that fresh ideas and tolerance are at the heart of everything we build together.

• Fuel Your Growth: We’re big on learning. You’ll get a dedicated education budget to explore new ideas and grow professionally.

• Exclusive Employee Discounts: Get more for your money with access to the "Benefits at Work" platform, offering significant discounts on top global brands.

• Your Benefits, Your Choice: Through Probonio, you get a monthly budget to spend on what matters to you—whether that’s your public transport pass or other flexible perks that fit your lifestyle.

What Matters to Us

Research shows that candidates from underrepresented backgrounds may refrain from applying for positions if they feel they don't meet all qualifications. We strongly encourage you to apply if you’re interested: we're excited to discover how your distinctive experience can enhance our team!

We work as one team. Wherever you come from. However, you identify. We believe in equal opportunities.