Lead Platform Engineer (hands-on)

Bookbot is a recommerce platform that operates in 4 countries and has already sold over 10 million books. Every day we sell around 20 000 books and receive a little bit more. These are numbers we want to double every year. We are among the 10 of the fastest growing tech startups in the CEE region, we have a number of awards on our shelves and big plans in Germany and the whole Europe. 

Who we’re looking for:

• You’ll are experienced platform engineer, with expertise in AWS & Kubernetes.
• You can quickly get up to speed with our infrastructure and help relieve our CTO David by taking over a range of responsibilities.
• You’re not afraid to propose new solutions and can independently choose the most efficient technological strategies for your team.

What is your great advantage - you have some experience in leading a small DevOps team, but you are still very hands on (about 80% of your time) 

Your responsibilities (on top of being a platform engineer):

• Have a clear overview of what’s happening in the team and the broader context.
• Ensure the delivery of results that align with requirements and priorities.
• Regularly report to the CTO and sync with the Product Manager.
• Represent the entire team and be the main contact for the Platform team.
• Organize team demos/presentations.
• Assist Product with ticketing and estimations.
• Help manage sprints to ensure everything is well planned and completed on time.
• Moderate daily stand-ups.

Current and upcoming Platform team projects:

• Cost optimization.
• Building Next.js with static file offload to S3 + routing.
• PR environment optimization.
• Development of Manticore autoscaling.
• Alerts and dashboards for everything—we need to know about infrastructure issues before they happen, or at least before customer support does.
• Define “blueprints” so developers can easily set up monitoring for their features.

DevOps Tech Stack:

• Kubernetes, AWS.
• Terraform, ArgoCD, GitHub Actions, Prometheus, Loki, Manticore Search, Redis, Kafka.

How we work:

• The Platform team currently consists of about 3.5 people, including CTO David Gazdoš. There are 16 developers overall.
• We have daily stand-ups, weekly Backend Tech Meetings and Frontend Tech Meetings, and bi-weekly deep dives into new features.
• We work out of offices near Kolbenova metro station, and the occasional home office is possible.

What we offer:

• Work with awesome people like the internal systems guru Simon, and CTO David. The team has a great atmosphere—we sometimes grab a beer or go rock climbing together.
• We build everything in-house, so there’s a wide variety of problems to solve—you won’t get bored, and there’s always something to work on and innovate.
• An incredible opportunity to have a significant impact on Bookbot’s success and grow along with it at an incredible pace.
• MultiSport card, employee discounts on buying and selling books, and discounts with partners.
• Professional development budget.
• Option to gain ESOP (employee stock ownership plan) and have a financial stake in the company’s success.
• A relaxed environment and a pragmatic approach to getting things done.