Senior System Engineer API Platform (m/f/d)

About the Company

MediaMarktSaturn Technology is working to make Europe's number-one consumer electronics retailer the technology leader in its industry. Several hundred developers, UX designers and system architects using state-of-the-art technology work hand in hand with business owners in agile teams to develop customer-focused technology solutions for more than 6 million customers every day in 11 countries.

Responsibilities

• Automation of infrastructure and platform tasks within a continuously delivering agile team
• Implementation and operation of cloud infrastructure for API gateways, Kubernetes workloads, and supporting services
• Provisioning and management of cloud resources using Infrastructure as Code, primarily Terraform
• Contribution to the GitOps setup to ensure automated building, testing, and deployment of services
• Setup and continuous improvement of monitoring, logging, and alerting, including the definition of KPIs for platform availability and performance
• Close collaboration with product teams to design applications and APIs that run efficiently in the cloud
• Participation in incident handling and on-call rotations, including troubleshooting and resolution of platform issues
• Ensuring compliance with security standards across the infrastructure and services developed
• Driving automation initiatives to reduce manual effort and improve performance, stability, and availability

Requirements

• Degree in Computer Science/Engineering or equivalent experience, and several years experience in system/cloud/platform engineering
• Experience with public cloud platforms (ideally Google Cloud)
• Practical skills in Terraform and Infrastructure as Code
• Hands-on experience with containers and Kubernetes (or similar orchestration)
• Knowledge about API Gateways / API Management solutions
• Knowledge of CI/CD pipelines, GitOps, automation, and basic scripting/programming (e.g. Go, Python, shell)
• Understanding of APIs and microservice architectures
• Experience with XML and API protocols like SOAP, REST, GraphQL and OData
• Experience using secure authentication mechanisms like OAuth v2.0, JWT, SAML
• Familiarity with monitoring and operations (dashboards, alerts, incident handling)
• Experience working in agile teams; good collaboration, communication, and problem-solving skills

Benefits

• International teams & versatile tasks
• 30 days vacation & subsidized company pension plan
• Employees discount & Fitness Collaborations
• Training & Education
• Open corporate culture & Teamwork
• Mobile work