Senior Platform Engineer - Solutions

Help us use technology to make a big green dent in the universe! Kraken powers some of the most innovative global developments in energy. We’re a technology company focused on creating a smart, sustainable energy system. From optimising renewable generation, creating a more intelligent grid and enabling utilities to provide excellent customer experiences, our operating system for energy is transforming the industry around the world in a way that benefits everyone. It’s a really exciting time in energy. Help us make a real impact on shaping a better, more sustainable future.

Our Global Platform Engineering Solutions team builds custom integration solutions with our clients and automates the build of the main Kraken Customer application. As an engineer on this team you’ll design, build and maintain the build process for new client environments as well as providing custom solutions to clients to ensure networking, regulatory, data safety, and other requirements are met.

What you'll do:

• Build platform tooling and automation primarily in Python to help support new client infrastructure builds
• Collaborate with clients and product teams to support client use cases and integrations
• Provide production support for highly-available, internet-facing systems
• Improve CI/CD pipelines (we use CircleCI), and deployment tooling
• Implement and maintain GitOps workflows using ArgoCD
• Manage and operate Kubernetes-based environments - we use EKS
• Collaborate with a global, remote-first team using asynchronous communication
• Contribute to code reviews, troubleshooting, and technology evaluations

What you'll have:

• Proficient using AWS; we use a lot of different AWS services and not just the standard few
• Docker and Kubernetes; we use Amazon EKS in production
• Terraform, or a similar infrastructure-as-code tool
• Software development experience in Python and Django (or equiv. Web framework)
• Experience with using Linux
• Previous experience working in small, highly-autonomous teams
• Good communication, with a focus on doing this asynchronously across multiple timezones and countries

What will help:

• Experience with event driven systems (e.g. AWS EventBridge)
• Experience working on SaaS platforms, including engaging product teams to ensure up-skilling and knowledge sharing across teams
• Proactive, problem-solving orientation with an interest in continual improvement
• Prior experience in globally distributed, follow-the-sun teams

Kraken is a certified Great Place to Work in France, Germany, Spain, Japan and Australia. In the UK we are one of the Best Workplaces on Glassdoor with a score of 4.5 and in Germany we rate 4.7 on Kununu as a Top Company.

Are you ready for a career with us? We want to ensure you have all the tools and environment you need to unleash your potential. If you have any specific accommodations or a unique preference, please contact us at inclusion@kraken.tech and we'll do what we can to customise your interview process for comfort and maximum magic!

Studies have shown that some groups of people, like women, are less likely to apply to a role unless they meet 100% of the job requirements. Whoever you are, if you like one of our jobs, we encourage you to apply as you might just be the candidate we hire. Across Kraken, we're looking for genuinely decent people who are honest and empathetic. Our people are our strongest asset and the unique skills and perspectives people bring to the team are the driving force of our success.

As an equal opportunity employer, we do not discriminate on the basis of any protected attribute. We consider all applicants without regard to race, colour, religion, national origin, age, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital or veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status.