About this role
1 Principal Platform Engineer (m/w/x) from now Your Tasks * Strategic Leadership: Act as a trusted advisor, shaping platform strategy and technical direction for customers. * Enterprise-Scale Solutions: Lead the design and execution of highly complex, large-scale platforms. * Hands-on Expertise: While primarily strategic, maintain deep technical knowledge and the ability to step in when needed. * Infrastructure as Code: Contribute to architecture decisions and review Terraform, CloudFormation, or similar configurations. * Thought Leadership: Represent SQUER at conferences, industry events, and within the cloud-native community. * Project Delivery: Oversee project execution, ensuring alignment with customer objectives and technical excellence. * C-Level Engagement: Consult and present platform strategies to executive leadership. * Business Development: Build strong customer relationships, drive platform strategy discussions, and explore new opportunities. Your Qualifications * Consulting Excellence: Extensive experience in platform engineering, DevOps and cloud consulting - with a strong ability to advise clients strategically and technically. * Strategical & Technical Leadership: Proven ability to lead technical decision-making, guide architecture discussions, and align engineering direction with business goals. * Enterprise Architecture: Deep knowledge of designing and implementing large-scale, resilient platform solutions. * Infrastructure & Automation: Strong hands-on technical foundation in platform automation, cloud security, and observability. * Leadership & Influence: Ability to lead cross-functional teams, drive innovation, and shape strategic technology decisions. * Public Speaking & Thought Leadership: Confident in delivering keynotes, presentations, and engaging with the industry. * Business & Technical Alignment: Ability to bridge the gap between technical solutions and business objectives. * AI-native: You actively use AI-powered tools (e.g., code assistants, LLM-based workflows) to amplify your productivity and quality, or you're eager to start. * Communication: Ability to break down complex topics and explain them in a way that makes sense to both engineers and customers. * Languages: English and German Your Benefits Why You'll Love Working at SQUER: * Learn & Grow: Tap into a € 5.000 annual training budget to sharpen your skills and take advantage of our in-house Leadership Academy. Join and be part of our active tech community through meetups, hackathons and training sessions. Get up to 40h/year additional time off for your personal education. * Flexibility for Performance: Benefit from hybrid work options, flexible hours, workations within the EU, and additional vacation days - giving you the freedom to perform at your best. * Tailored Tools for Success: Choose your preferred hardware configuration and leverage our suite of AI tools and licenses (Anthropic, OpenAI, and more) to suit your working style. * We Value You: Beyond perks and benefits, we offer a competitive annual salary to recognize your exceptional contributions. * A Perks-Packed Workplace: Work in a central office with a spacious terrace and BBQ, enjoy free lunch in the office, MyClubs sports membership, and either a free "Wiener Linien" ticket or a partial contribution to the "Klimaticket". Plus, benefit from free massages, referral bonuses, Corporate Benefits, and JobRad. Annual employee presents and a monthly team breakfast add extra value to your work experience. * please refer to the application link for further information Our employees are our most valuable asset, which is why we honour their exceptional work with not only a variety of benefits, but also a fair annual salary starting at € 95.000,- including over time - with the possibility of overpayment depending on qualifications and experience. Apply here: >>> https://www.squer.io/jobs/principal-platform-engineer-vie <<< Das Mindestentgelt für die Ste...