Platform Engineer

Embark on our journey as we Bring Banking to Where it’s Needed. Being one of the first established banks to launch into the space of Banking as a Service, we want to merge the strength of a traditional bank with the agility of a Fintech, blending the best of both worlds. Our commitment at SEB Embedded extends beyond innovation; we take pride in cultivating a diverse workplace where individual talents shine and teamwork propels us forward. Together we are crafting a story that pushes the boundaries of banking as we know it.

About the team

We focus on best practices for Continuous delivery in a Cloud Native environment on top of Google Cloud Platform and Open Source technologies.

In the Platform Engineering team we understand that achieving our mission involves building a rich and sometimes essentially complex ecosystem.

Our mission is to provide a compelling Developer Experience where our product teams are empowered to deliver with speed and confidence while keeping their cognitive load as low as possible so that they can focus on SEB Embedded Core Business.

We value building reliable systems while fostering a blameless and innovative culture.

We are an internal product team but with a product thinking mindset. We work closely with our internal developer community and other stakeholders to build the experience they need when they need it while being as Data Informed as possible.

What you will do

In the Platform Engineering Organization we have different workstreams focused on different product offerings covering the entire path to production. For instance, we have different workstreams dedicated to the Build and Runtime Platforms.

As of today, activities that you would perform could include:

• Building and Operating features in our Internal Developer Portal (eg. Backstage, Java, Spring Boot, Typescript, React)
• Educating product teams on Reliability and Observability practices
• Defining, improving and maintaining a Cloud Based environment running microservices. (eg. Kubernetes, GCP)
• Operating our Observability tooling (eg. Prometheus, Grafana)
• Configure, improve and maintain shared CI/CD pipelines definitions (e.g. Gitlab, Helm, Kubernetes)
• Design and deploy infrastructure as code for reusability (e.g. Terraform, Crossplane)
• Implement and deploy Compliance as Code, ensuring regulatory controls are automated (eg. Open Policy Agent, Rego)
• Respond to alerts and incidents, providing support and conducting blameless postmortems.

We don't expect you to know everything but we do expect you to have curiosity, willingness to learn and stretch your comfort zone.

Who you are

We are looking for well-rounded developers with a passion/curiosity for the infrastructure domain. That comprises technical skills and experiences but more importantly core skills as collaboration, communication, product and strategic thinking. Below we list some of the skills we’re looking for:

• Experience in writing and operating backend applications in Linux environments
• Good grasp on Systems Design of Web and Data Intensive Applications.
• Knowledge of Agile and Modern Software Engineering Practices, eg. Continuous Integration, Continuous Delivery, Pair Programming, etc.
• A passion for building Reliable systems and organizations
• A mindset for automating everything that is worth being automated
• Hands-on experience with container technologies and container orchestration (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes)
• Knowledge of modern observability practices and tools (e.g., ELK, Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry)
• Strong communication skills, fluency in English is a pre-requirement
• Exposure to Cloud Platforms, preferable Google Cloud Platform

What we offer

We believe in a healthy work-life balance meaning we encourage a hybrid set-up that puts emphasis on flexibility and autonomy. Your unique talents and skills are important to us, therefore we want you to thrive in your development and have the chance to grow within the organization in a way that resonates with your aspirations. We offer the best of both worlds; the stability and security of an established company together with the innovation and energy of a scale-up. As part of your journey, working alongside exceptional colleagues, we want to make sure to nurture your skills while you contribute to our collective success!