Senior Platform Engineer AWS Team Platform (dfm)

What is working at Bettermile like

• We mean it when we say cutting edge and have a high level of creative freedom in our everyday work

• You will be surrounded by like-minded driven skilled and highly motivated people who are keen to contribute to successful solutions

• We mean diversity and we put it in numbers: 130 people 40 languages 40% female (vs. ø26% in the tech industry) ø33 years of age and yes we do have Schlager-Fans among us

• We have a very supportive and appreciative working environment with a lot of autonomy a flat hierarchy and professional growth possibilities

• We work in a hybrid mode with weekly team days for better collaboration and nurturing interpersonal connections. When onsite we work in a modern kid- and pet-friendly Better Space in the heart of Berlin-Kreuzberg

• Remote work from anywhere for up to 12 weeks in total per year

• 30 vacation days in a 5-day/week working model

• Kindergarten grant and a Company Pension scheme

• Regular team breakfasts fitness & wellness classes company runs and other events. Fruits snacks drinks and coffee with a variety of milk are a given - but yes we have them

• Outstanding flexibility we are proud of and of course the best colleagues in the world!

About the Platform Team

Every product teams ability to move fast depends on whats running underneath it. The Platform team builds that foundation for Bettermile from shared infrastructure and authentication to observability alerting and developer tooling so product teams can build deploy operate and secure their products with confidence. The Platform Teams mission is to empower product teams by minimizing their cognitive load so they can move faster and deliver more business value to our customers.

You will be joining a highly impactful role where you will balance hands-on technical execution (approx. 60%) with strategic stakeholder engagement and mentorship (approx. 40%).

Our current tech stack: AWS(CDK EC2 ECS S3 EventBridge SQS Location Services API Gateway) Pulumi Kotlin New Relic Snowflake PagerDuty GitHub GitHub Actions GitHub Copilot and Claude Code.

You will be taking care of

• Driving the evolution and stabilization of our central authentication systems

• Taking ownership of our infrastructures observability scalability security and cost-efficiency in close collaboration with teams and stakeholders

• Implementing infrastructure-as-code across our ecosystems

• Providing Mentorship for platform senior engineers guiding their professional growth and fostering strong cross-team collaboration

• Implementing the company vision by championing DevOps culture and establishing platform engineering best practices across the organization

• No echo chambers here! You will challenge technical directions constructively and share your insights openly while always being a team player who fully backs the squads final decisions

You check these boxes

• Deep proficiency and hands-on experience operating within AWS environment

• Strong background in system operations specifically with Linux/Unix

• Fluency in a programming language such as Python or similar

• A minimum of 2 years of proven experience actively mentoring other engineers and putting them on a successful growth path

• Security-minded approach to platform engineering

• A proven ability to constructively challenge viewpoints while consistently aligning with the best interests of the organization

• A strong preference for a hybrid setup that blends remote flexibility with 2 days of on-site collaboration in our Kreuzberg office

It is awesome if you also have

• Experience with AI workloads ML Ops AWS Bedrock Agentcore or Snowflake Cortex

• Proven experience leading large-scale infrastructure migration projects spanning multiple teams

• AWS certifications

Take your chance

Be a part of shaping a fast-growing industry and make an impact from day one. Youll have the chance to take on responsibility early with guidance and support from experienced mentors. We foster a learning culture collaboration on equal footing and quick decision-making that moves things forward.

Currently were proceeding only with candidates authorized to work in Germany or who already hold a Job Seeker Visa.

About us

At Bettermile we believe delivery shouldnt be business as usual. Were transforming last-mile logistics to drive efficiency and create a better delivery experience for everyone.

Our geo-based AI-powered SaaS product handles complex address processing dynamic routing and navigation. It is built to manage many stops and multiple constraints.

Were setting a new standard for the last mile and pushing the industry forward powered by a skilled international team of tech enthusiasts logistics experts and a product suite designed to keep evolving.

Required Experience:

Senior IC