Agentic Platform Engineer

Meet DeepL. DeepL is a global communications platform powered by Language AI. Since 2017, we’ve been on a mission to break down language barriers. Our human-sounding translations and intelligent writing suggestions are designed with enterprise security in mind. Today, they enable over 100,000 businesses to transform communications, reach new markets, and improve productivity. Our goal is to become the global leader in Language AI, building products that drive better communication, foster connections, and make a real-life impact.

What Sets Us Apart: What sets us apart is our blend of modern technology, competitive benefits, and an open, welcoming work culture that enables our people to thrive. When we share what it’s like to work at DeepL, the reactions are overwhelmingly positive. This may be because of our products that have helped countless people worldwide or our shared mission to improve communication for individuals and businesses, bringing cultures closer together. Being part of DeepL means joining a team dedicated to innovation and employee well-being.

Meet the team behind this journey: Become part of a high-velocity, forward-thinking team that operates as a 'startup within a company,' where your ideas will directly influence product development. We seek proactive individuals who take ownership of their work and promote cross-role collaboration to get results. Our commitment leads us to foster close relationships with engaged early users—whether they are fellow DeepL employees or early external testers. We’re looking for someone who is focused on generating real value for users, beyond the AI hype.

Your Responsibilities:

• Design, maintain, and optimize complex distributed systems, ensuring high availability and performance.
• Act as the Kubernetes administrator for our team, managing and troubleshooting our environments.
• Develop and implement monitoring solutions to ensure system reliability and adherence to defined SLOs.
• Engage in on-call rotations, responding to incidents and contributing to post-mortem analyses.
• Foster a culture of continuous improvement by identifying and solving problems proactively.

What You Bring To The Table:

• Proven experience in maintaining and designing complex systems, with a strong foundation in distributed systems and low-level interactions.
• Hands-on expertise in Kubernetes, including a deep understanding of its abstractions and the ability to apply them effectively.
• Professional experience in Python or Go, combined with a solid background in Software Engineering and System Design.
• Demonstrated ability to build and implement monitoring solutions that ensure operational excellence.
• A self-motivated and adaptable mindset, with a knack for problem-solving across various domains.
• Excellent communication skills, allowing you to convey complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

You'd get bonus points for:

• Experience with public cloud platforms, preferably AWS, and proficiency in Terraform for infrastructure management.
• Familiarity with components of our tech stack, including Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, OpenTelemetry, PagerDuty, ArgoCD, FastAPI, Redis, RabbitMQ, and Postgres.
• Previous on-call experience, demonstrating your ability to handle incidents effectively and learn from them.

What We Offer:

• Diverse and internationally distributed team: joining our team means becoming part of a large, global community with people of more than 90 nationalities.
• Open communication, regular feedback: as a language-focused company, we value the importance of clear, honest communication.
• Hybrid work, flexible hours: we offer a hybrid work schedule, with team members coming into the office twice a week.
• Regular in-person team events: we bond over vibrant events that are as unique as our team.
• Monthly full-day hacking sessions: every month, we have Hack Fridays, where you can spend your time diving into a project you’re passionate about.
• 30 days of annual leave: we value your peace of mind.
• Virtual Shares - An ownership mindset in every role.
• Competitive benefits: we’ve crafted it to reflect the diversity of our team and tailored it to align with your unique location.

If this role and our mission resonate with you, but you’re hesitant because you don’t check all the boxes, don’t let that hold you back. At DeepL, it’s all about the value you bring and the growth we can foster together. Go ahead, apply—let’s discover your potential together. We can’t wait to meet you!

We are an equal opportunity employer. You are welcome at DeepL for who you are—we appreciate authenticity here. Our product is for everyone, and so is our workplace. The more voices we have represented and amplified in our business, the more we will all succeed, contribute, and think forward!