About the role
Job Description
* Design, build, and continuously improve our internal developer platform on AWS using Terraform, with a strong focus on scalability, reliability, and developer experience * Automate infrastructure delivery through CI/CD pipelines (e.g. Spacelift) and expand self-service capabilities for product teams * Own and evolve core platform components so teams can build, deploy, and operate services more autonomously * Review pull requests, share knowledge, and help maintain high engineering standards across the platform * Evaluate and introduce new AWS services, tools, and cloud-native patterns where they add clear value * Strengthen the platform’s security, compliance, and resilience through clear standards, guardrails, and robust platform design * Work closely with product teams to understand their needs, remove bottlenecks in developer workflows, and translate those needs into scalable platform solutions
Qualifications
* Strong hands-on experience operating critical large-scale AWS environments, with broad knowledge of AWS technologies across areas such as compute, storage, networking, backup and recovery, and cloud security best practices * Deep experience with Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, CI/CD and automation practices, agile software delivery, and Platform Engineering concepts, ideally including the development of internal developer platforms * A strong sense of end-to-end ownership and the ability to reliably drive topics forward, even in complex environments * Clear and respectful communication skills, openness to feedback, and a collaborative mindset that supports knowledge sharing and continuous learning * A systems and product mindset with a strong focus on internal users and their needs * The ability to challenge existing solutions thoughtfully and make sound engineering trade-offs that balance quality, speed, and maintainability * Curiosity, forward-looking thinking, and a structured approach to discussions that helps drive continuous improvement
Additional Information
* your personal growth is important to us: we offer trainings and learning lunches, tech conferences, a budget for workshops and much more to expand your knowledge and your skills * Employee offers that suit you and your life situation: Whether it's a discounted public transport ticket or JobRad leasing, a bicycle garage (incl. regular bicycle service), childcare facilities or two modern in-house kindergartens * 30 days vacation plus 10 days work from abroad * our free food offer: we offer free lunch in our canteens * we offer guidance on the administrative side of relocation and visa processes through our relocation agency * collaboration thrives on direct exchange - we rely on 80% office presence and 20% mobile working * from now a permanent full- or part-time position in a modern office in the heart of Berlin: http://www.axelspringer-neubau.de/
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