Lead Platform Architect
⚲ Katowice
19 000 - 26 500 zł gross
Opis stanowiska
Wymagania:
- Completed university degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a comparable field.
- Extensive experience in Platform Engineering, DevOps, SRE, or architecture roles within complex environments.
- Proven track record of leading platform initiatives and influencing multiple engineering teams.
- Strong expertise in AWS, cloud-native architectures, and Infrastructure as Code using Terraform or similar tools.
- Deep experience designing and operating Kubernetes platforms and containerized workloads in production.
- Strong understanding of CI/CD, GitOps (e.g. ArgoCD, Flux), and modern software delivery practices.
- Solid knowledge of distributed systems, observability, event-driven architectures, and backend technologies (e.g. Java or Node.js), combined with excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
- Strong communication skills in English and Polish, with readiness to work in a hybrid model in Katowice.
Mile widziane:
- Experience with event streaming and integration tools such as Kafka, Debezium, or Kafka Connect.
- Familiarity with Change Data Capture (CDC) and asynchronous communication patterns.
- Experience with feature management and progressive delivery tools such as Unleash.
- Experience working in large-scale enterprise or platform enablement organizations.
O firmie:
- WHO ARE WE:
- We are a joint venture between OBI and Reply Group, responsible for co-designing, building and operating mission-critical digital platforms for commerce, customer service, and omnichannel retail.
- OUR MISSION:
- "We unite technology leadership with deep retail vision to implement standardized processes and scalable digital products that drive efficient support for one of Europe’s largest DIY retailers. Leveraging proven best practices, we advance the internationalization of products and the digital mindset of our partners, delivering consistent and business-critical solutions to support the targets of our customer."
Zakres obowiązków:
- Define and drive the platform architecture vision, strategy, and roadmap across the organization.
- Lead and coordinate the Platform Engineering team, ensuring delivery of scalable platform capabilities and measurable impact.
- Design and establish cloud-native platform standards across AWS, including Infrastructure as Code, Kubernetes, and deployment patterns.
- Drive adoption of CI/CD, GitOps, and developer self-service capabilities to improve software delivery efficiency.
- Provide architectural guidance to product teams on distributed systems, event-driven architectures, and platform integration.
- Establish observability, reliability, and security-by-design principles across the technology landscape.
- Act as a technical leader and advisor, aligning engineering practices with business goals while fostering a culture of automation, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
Oferujemy:
- Motivizer Benefits Platform to choose and manage all your benefits in one place. You receive a budget (550 PLN monthly). You can choose medical care package, meal tickets, sports cards (we have Multisport and on preferential terms, we have membership cards to one of the most popular Gyms), cinema tickets, shop vouchers, discounts and many more.
- Language Courses – you'll have access to a multi-language learning platform enabling you to practice you language skills and learn new ones!
- Regular and systematic further training opportunities - both internally and from external providers. We support your ongoing learning and development.
- Cooperation within an internal community is our everyday reality. We have networking events, coding challenges, and company parties for different occasions.
- Completed university degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a comparable field.
- Extensive experience in Platform Engineering, DevOps, SRE, or architecture roles within complex environments.
- Proven track record of leading platform initiatives and influencing multiple engineering teams.
- Strong expertise in AWS, cloud-native architectures, and Infrastructure as Code using Terraform or similar tools.
- Deep experience designing and operating Kubernetes platforms and containerized workloads in production.
- Strong understanding of CI/CD, GitOps (e.g. ArgoCD, Flux), and modern software delivery practices.
- Solid knowledge of distributed systems, observability, event-driven architectures, and backend technologies (e.g. Java or Node.js), combined with excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
- Strong communication skills in English and Polish, with readiness to work in a hybrid model in Katowice.
Mile widziane:
- Experience with event streaming and integration tools such as Kafka, Debezium, or Kafka Connect.
- Familiarity with Change Data Capture (CDC) and asynchronous communication patterns.
- Experience with feature management and progressive delivery tools such as Unleash.
- Experience working in large-scale enterprise or platform enablement organizations.
O firmie:
- WHO ARE WE:
- We are a joint venture between OBI and Reply Group, responsible for co-designing, building and operating mission-critical digital platforms for commerce, customer service, and omnichannel retail.
- OUR MISSION:
- "We unite technology leadership with deep retail vision to implement standardized processes and scalable digital products that drive efficient support for one of Europe’s largest DIY retailers. Leveraging proven best practices, we advance the internationalization of products and the digital mindset of our partners, delivering consistent and business-critical solutions to support the targets of our customer."
Zakres obowiązków:
- Define and drive the platform architecture vision, strategy, and roadmap across the organization.
- Lead and coordinate the Platform Engineering team, ensuring delivery of scalable platform capabilities and measurable impact.
- Design and establish cloud-native platform standards across AWS, including Infrastructure as Code, Kubernetes, and deployment patterns.
- Drive adoption of CI/CD, GitOps, and developer self-service capabilities to improve software delivery efficiency.
- Provide architectural guidance to product teams on distributed systems, event-driven architectures, and platform integration.
- Establish observability, reliability, and security-by-design principles across the technology landscape.
- Act as a technical leader and advisor, aligning engineering practices with business goals while fostering a culture of automation, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
Oferujemy:
- Motivizer Benefits Platform to choose and manage all your benefits in one place. You receive a budget (550 PLN monthly). You can choose medical care package, meal tickets, sports cards (we have Multisport and on preferential terms, we have membership cards to one of the most popular Gyms), cinema tickets, shop vouchers, discounts and many more.
- Language Courses – you'll have access to a multi-language learning platform enabling you to practice you language skills and learn new ones!
- Regular and systematic further training opportunities - both internally and from external providers. We support your ongoing learning and development.
- Cooperation within an internal community is our everyday reality. We have networking events, coding challenges, and company parties for different occasions.
🔍 Dekoder Ogłoszenia
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leading platform initiatives and influencing multiple engineering teams
Oczekuje się, że będziesz nie tylko technicznie prowadzić, ale także zarządzać ludźmi i projektami, co może wykraczać poza typowe obowiązki architekta.
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complex environments
Może oznaczać dużą liczbę zależności, przestarzałe systemy lub trudności w zarządzaniu infrastrukturą.
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mission-critical digital platforms
Oznacza, że systemy są kluczowe dla biznesu, co może wiązać się z wysoką presją i koniecznością natychmiastowego reagowania na problemy.
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co-designing, building and operating
Chociaż brzmi to jak pełne zaangażowanie, może oznaczać, że będziesz musiał pracować nad wszystkimi etapami cyklu życia platformy, od koncepcji po utrzymanie.
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backend technologies (e.g. Java or Node.js)
Podanie konkretnych technologii jako przykładów może sugerować, że oczekiwana jest praktyczna znajomość tych języków, a nie tylko teoretyczne zrozumienie.