About Catawiki
Catawiki is a marketplace for buying and selling special objects. Each week, more than 100,000 unique items are auctioned, carefully curated by in-house experts. It has sold over 25 million unique objects and aims to become the world's most popular destination for special objects.
Responsibilities
•Build and improve platform capabilities that enable engineering teams to develop, deploy, and operate applications at scale
•Build a self-service developer platform focused on developer experience, abstracting complexity and providing tools to deploy, monitor, and optimise applications
•Orchestrate cloud-native infrastructure and manage Kubernetes clusters and other cloud resources, focusing on performance, scalability, and cost efficiency through FinOps practices
•Build and enhance CI/CD pipelines, GitOps workflows, and reusable templates to accelerate development and deployment
•Apply fault-tolerance, disaster-recovery, and scaling practices to improve reliability and scalability
•Improve platform operations and observability to monitor platform health and resolve incidents proactively
•Partner with product teams to understand their needs, build simple and impactful solutions, and promote cloud-native best practices
•Measure relevant outcomes, introduce changes gradually, treat failure as part of learning, use tooling and automation to reduce toil, and share knowledge
Requirements
•At least 5 years of production experience with Kubernetes, container orchestration, and cloud platforms such as GCP, AWS, or Azure
•Experience automating workflows and CI/CD pipelines and using infrastructure-as-code tools such as Terraform or Ansible
•Hands-on experience using and maintaining observability tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, or OpenTelemetry
•Proactively address platform issues and work toward long-term scalability and resilience
•Work effectively with developers and cross-functional teams to align goals and deliver simple, impactful solutions
•Continuously develop knowledge of cloud-native tools, technologies, and practices in a fast-moving ecosystem
Conditions & Benefits
•Competitive annual gross base salary, depending on level, competencies, and overall experience
•Meal allowance card stipend per working day, in addition to salary
•Health insurance from day one, including dental coverage, with access to multiple hospitals, clinics, and a wellness network
•Work-from-home allowance for monthly household bills
•Commuting between home and the office is covered
•Visa sponsorship and relocation support may be provided to selected candidates, subject to eligibility and applicable restrictions
•€100 Catavoucher upon joining and €50 Catavoucher on birthdays
•One extra day off each year to pursue personal interests, plus additional leave for key work anniversaries and important life events (benefits may vary by location)
•Hybrid role based in Lisbon, with at least two days per week at the Lisbon Hub
