Senior Platform Engineer
Shape a secure GCP platform with Terraform, Python and CI/CD, and help create the foundations that let engineering teams build and deploy faster.
About the Company
At Avaron, you get the security of permanent employment combined with the variety of working at different customers. We place specialists across everything from tech, IT and industry to project management and business support – and whatever the assignment, you have a consultant manager who is there for you and your development.
About the Role
You will help shape a secure, scalable, and reliable cloud platform in GCP where automation, developer enablement, and operational excellence are central to the work. In this role, you combine software engineering, infrastructure, and cloud architecture to build platform capabilities that make it easier for engineering teams to develop, deploy, and operate services with confidence.
You will work close to engineers, architects, product teams, and stakeholders to strengthen stability, security, compliance, and self-service across the platform. This is a great opportunity if you enjoy improving how modern cloud platforms are built and operated, with real influence over automation, architecture, and developer experience.
Job Description
- You design, build, and maintain scalable platform services and cloud infrastructure in GCP.
- You develop and manage Infrastructure as Code using Terraform.
- You build and improve CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions.
- You develop and maintain platform services and APIs using Python and FastAPI.
- You manage and optimize PostgreSQL environments and platform integrations.
- You strengthen availability, observability, reliability, and security across platform services.
- You collaborate with engineering and product teams to improve developer experience and platform adoption.
- You implement cloud governance, access control, and security best practices.
- You troubleshoot platform and infrastructure issues and drive lasting improvements.
- You support networking, connectivity, identity management, and automation across cloud environments.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
- Proven experience as a Platform Engineer, DevOps Engineer, Site Reliability Engineer, or in a similar role.
- Strong experience with Python development.
- Hands-on experience with FastAPI or similar backend frameworks.
- Strong knowledge of PostgreSQL administration, performance tuning, and integrations.
- Extensive experience working with Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
- Solid experience with Terraform and Infrastructure as Code practices.
- Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions.
- Strong understanding of DevOps, SRE, and platform engineering principles.
- Experience designing secure, scalable, and maintainable cloud architectures.
Nice to have
- Experience with Kubernetes and operating applications or platforms on Kubernetes.
- Experience with metadata and data governance platforms such as OpenMetadata.
- Knowledge of GCP networking, including Load Balancers, DNS, TLS/SSL Certificates, and Identity-Aware Proxy (IAP).
- Understanding of cloud security and networking fundamentals.
- Experience with observability and monitoring tooling.
- Experience working with internal developer platforms or in large-scale enterprise environments.
What We Offer
- Permanent employment at Avaron AB
- Occupational pension
- Wellness allowance of SEK 5,000 per year
Application
Selections are made on an ongoing basis – apply as soon as you can.
- Platser
- Stockholm
Stockholm
Om Avaron AB
Avaron förser företag i hela Sverige med tekniska konsulter och specialister. Vi fokuserar på IT, mjukvaruutveckling, teknik, projektledning och andra tekniska domäner. Grundat 2018 av en mjukvaruingenjör som tröttnade på bemanningsföretag som inte förstod rollerna de rekryterade till.