Senior Platform Engineer - Tradebyte

ABOUT TRADEBYTE

At Tradebyte, we work with the biggest players in e-commerce - from trendsetting fashion brands to major online retailers. Our goal is to create a workplace where everyone feels valued, supported, and empowered.

We offer flexible work schedules, professional development opportunities, and a real commitment to work-life balance. We embrace diverse perspectives and ensure that every voice is heard and respected, because you’re unique and that matters to us.

As we continue to grow, we’re looking for new colleagues who share our passion. Love what you do - do what you love. Join Tradebyte, an independent company within the Zalando Group!

THE ROLE AND THE TEAM

In this role, we are looking for a DevOps-focused engineer with strong expertise in modern cloud and automation practices, including AWS, CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code, and configuration management. The ideal candidate combines deep technical knowledge with a software engineering mindset, understanding developers' needs, challenges, and workflows. A strong security focus is essential, with experience applying operational security principles, tools, and methodologies to build and maintain secure, scalable, and resilient platforms.

WHAT WE’D LOVE YOU TO DO (AND LOVE DOING)

• As part of the Digital Foundation, you’ll join a professional agile team helping to shape the future direction of TRADEBYTE’s global engineering platform.

• Design, develop and maintain solutions that optimize our global engineering platform to maximize value for our users.

• Push our global engineering platform to be reliable, robust, and state of the art.

• Work with engineering teams to find the balance between operational excellence and new initiatives which bring value to our users.

• Help with questions and inquiries around our global engineering platforms which includes our CI/CD tools, AWS landscape, and other systems.

• Facilitate engineering teams in the adoption of DevOps practices and pushing a “you built it, you run it” culture.

WE'D LOVE TO MEET YOU IF

• Experienced (3+ years) and highly collaborative engineer with a strong growth mindset and a track record in independently driving X-as-a-Service solutions.

• Experience working as a Platform Engineer / DevOps Engineer within an agile organization and demonstrated ability to use tools like AWS, Kubernetes, Docker, CI/CD, Python, Go, Chef, and Terraform to build robust, scalable, and user-focused solutions.

• Profound understanding of the DevOps practices and development productivity topics.

• You take ownership of your work – from understanding the requirements, to implementation, testing, and maintenance.

• You strive for continuous improvement, standards, and best practices.

• Knowledge in any of the following areas is a plus: software development, quality assurance, or product management.

• You speak English fluently. German skills would be appreciated, but are not required.

OUR OFFER

Tradebyte provides a range of benefits, here’s an overview of what you can expect. Ask your Talent Acquisition Partner to learn more about what we offer.

• Employee shares program

• 40% off fashion and beauty products sold and shipped by Zalando, 30% off Lounge by Zalando, discounts from external partners

• 2 paid volunteering days a year

• Hybrid working model - work where it works for you within Germany or the UK, with occasional office attendance required for moments that matter. 

• Work from abroad for up to 30 working days a year

• 27 days of vacation a year to start for full-time employees

• Relocation assistance available (subject to prior agreement)

• Family services, including counseling and support

• Health and wellbeing options (including Wellhub, formerly Gympass)

• Mental health support and coaching available

• Drive your development with our training offerings and biannual peer-to-peer review