Senior Platform Engineer
SuperAwesomePortugal6 days ago
Full-timeEngineering, Information Technology
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About the RoleAt SuperAwesome, Platform Engineering exists to enable fast, safe, and reliable software delivery at scale.
We treat Platform as a product, aligned to the company's OKRs and continuously improving based on feedback from engineering teams. We operate with visibility across the production estate and act as the escalation point when systems degrade.
As a Senior Platform Engineer, you will work alongside other experienced engineers in a small, high-performing team. You will take ownership of significant initiatives and contribute to the ongoing evolution of our platform, delivering measurable improvements to reliability, responsiveness, and engineering effectiveness.
In this role, you will
Why SuperAwesome?
SuperAwesome powers the youth digital ecosystem, combining proprietary ad and gaming products, audience insights, and compliance capabilities to power a better internet for the next generation.
Working with us means:
We treat Platform as a product, aligned to the company's OKRs and continuously improving based on feedback from engineering teams. We operate with visibility across the production estate and act as the escalation point when systems degrade.
As a Senior Platform Engineer, you will work alongside other experienced engineers in a small, high-performing team. You will take ownership of significant initiatives and contribute to the ongoing evolution of our platform, delivering measurable improvements to reliability, responsiveness, and engineering effectiveness.
In this role, you will
- Design, evolve, and optimise our cloud-native infrastructure (AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform) to ensure reliability, scalability, and maintainability.
- Improve platform responsiveness and reduce friction for engineering teams through better tooling, automation, and guardrails.
- Drive operational excellence by strengthening observability, resilience, and cost-aware engineering practices.
- Work towards designing and implementing self-healing, reliable and scalable infrastructure in a cloud-native environment
- Actively participate in architectural decision-making, bringing thoughtful challenge and well-supported alternatives where appropriate.
- Contribute to intelligent automation and self-healing systems where it adds measurable value (experience with AI-assisted operations is a plus).
- Act as a senior escalation point for platform and infrastructure-related production incidents, contributing to resolution and meaningful post-mortems.
- Deep expertise and experience in AWS, Kubernetes and strong Terraform, with the ability to debug complex production issues beyond the application layer.
- Proven experience owning and delivering technical initiatives end-to-end in a production environment, supporting multiple B2B product engineering teams.
- Strong communication skills and the ability to work effectively across engineering and support teams.
- A high level of ownership, accountability, and alignment to business outcomes.
- A platform-as-a-product mindset, with a focus on reliability, developer enablement, and continuous improvement.
- Engineering optimisation awareness - designing for performance and scale while understanding cost implications.
- Excellent “bedside manner” - strong interpersonal skills and demonstrable ability to clearly communicate complex technical topics
- Some knowledge or experience of adtech, digital advertising or martech is a plus
Why SuperAwesome?
SuperAwesome powers the youth digital ecosystem, combining proprietary ad and gaming products, audience insights, and compliance capabilities to power a better internet for the next generation.
Working with us means:
- Making a real-world impact on half a billion users every month
- Shaping technology at the intersection of law, policy, and innovation
- Joining a team that values curiosity, creativity, and continuous learning
- Being part of the #SAFam, a supportive, inclusive, and diverse community
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