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Hexa Consulting

Portugal / Global

Platform Engineer

Job Description

We are looking for a Senior Platform Engineer to join a highly skilled engineering organization building cutting-edge cloud-native solutions focused on real-time data processing, scalability, reliability, and platform evolution.

You will be part of a fast-paced and collaborative environment where engineers are empowered to influence architecture decisions, solve complex infrastructure challenges, and continuously improve platform capabilities at scale.

About the Role

The Platform Engineering Compute team is responsible for the cloud platform architecture that powers both customer-facing services and internal developer platforms. In this role, you will own critical areas of the platform, contribute to strategic technical decisions, and help drive large-scale modernization and migration initiatives.

We are looking for someone with strong engineering maturity, analytical thinking, and a problem-solving mindset — someone capable of understanding complex distributed systems, identifying root causes, and designing scalable long-term solutions.

Experience with infrastructure or platform migrations is highly valued, especially involving Kubernetes, cloud-native environments, CI/CD modernization, or legacy-to-cloud transitions.

Responsibilities

Design, build, and maintain Kubernetes Operators and platform services

Lead and support cloud infrastructure modernization and migration initiatives

Develop cloud-native systems using Go or similar programming languages

Improve platform scalability, reliability, automation, and operational efficiency

Automate infrastructure operations, incident response, and self-healing capabilities

Maintain and evolve CI/CD pipelines and GitOps workflows using tools such as FluxCD or Argo CD

Participate in incident response, troubleshooting, root cause analysis, and post-incident improvements

Maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) environments using tools such as Terraform or Crossplane

Support platform lifecycle management, including monitoring, backup, configuration, security, and cost optimization

Collaborate closely with engineering teams to improve developer experience and platform adoption

Work with AI-assisted development tools to accelerate development and operational workflows

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or equivalent practical experience

Strong experience in Platform Engineering, DevOps, SRE, or Cloud Infrastructure roles

Solid engineering fundamentals and strong logical/problem‑solving skills

Ability to understand complex technical problems and design scalable solutions

Proven experience working on infrastructure, cloud, or platform migration projects

Strong programming skills in Go, Java, or similar languages

Hands‑on experience with Docker and Kubernetes in production environments

Experience with CI/CD pipelines and GitOps methodologies

Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS or GCP

Knowledge of monitoring and observability tools such as Grafana and Prometheus

Experience with Infrastructure as Code and cloud automation practices

Strong ownership mindset, autonomy, and collaboration skills

Excellent communication and stakeholder management abilities

Nice to Have

Certifications in Kubernetes or Cloud technologies

Familiarity with AI‑augmented development tools and workflows

Experience with cloud‑native platform architecture and modernization strategies

What You’ll Find Here

Opportunity to work on highly scalable distributed systems

Modern cloud-native technology stack

Collaborative and innovation‑driven environment

Continuous learning and growth opportunities

Real ownership and impact on platform evolution

Join a team that is redefining how modern platforms are built, operated, and scaled.

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