Platform Engineer - Infrastructure Runtime

Glovo is part of the Delivery Hero Group, the world’s pioneering local delivery platform, our mission is to deliver an amazing experience—fast, easy, and to your door. We operate in around 65 countries worldwide. Headquartered in Berlin, Germany. Delivery Hero has been listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange since 2017 and is part of the MDAX stock market index.

Not your usual app. We are the fastest-growing multi-category app connecting millions of users with businesses, and couriers, offering on-demand services from more than 170,000 local restaurants, grocers and supermarkets, and high street retail stores. 

We operate in more than 1500 cities across 22 countries. Every year, +200k merchants generate over 4B€ in sales through our platform and over 20M customers get their goods delivered in minutes.

We have a vision: To give everyone easy access to anything in their cities.

And this is where your ride starts…

YOUR MISSION

We are hiring within the Platform cluster in the Infrastructure Runtime team at Glovo, responsible for building and scaling the foundations enabling engineering velocity, system reliability, and platform resilience.

We are looking for a Platform Engineer who will raise the bar at a company level, leading cross-team initiatives, serving as a technical reference in the Infrastructure domain, and mentoring engineers while shaping our Kubernetes, GitOps, and CI/CD platform strategies.

THE JOURNEY

• Support technical projects that evolve our Kubernetes-based compute platform on AWS, with a focus on reliability, scalability, and developer productivity.
• Help iterate on our GitOps workflows using Argo CD and Argo Rollouts for safe, automated, and progressive deployments.
• Maintain and improve CI/CD best practices by building and maintaining scalable GitHub Actions pipelines.
• Work with secure, multi-tenant infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code (Terraform).
• Troubleshoot and help resolve challenging problems in distributed systems, service discovery, container orchestration, and platform observability.
• Take ownership of critical compute and networking infrastructure to ensure high performance, availability, and cost efficiency.
• Build and maintain internal tooling and automation scripts using Go and Python.
• Ensure our systems remain robust, reliable, and support smooth business operations.
• Collaborate with platform and product engineers to propagate best practices and platform knowledge.
• Share learnings with the team through documentation, pairing, and technical discussions.

WHAT YOU WILL BRING TO THE RIDE

• 2+ years of relevant infrastructure experience, ideally in a platform team.
• Experience working with Kubernetes internals, observability, and cloud-native architecture (EKS a plus).
• Familiarity with Golang and/or Python programming.
• Hands-on experience with AWS services (EC2, S3, IAM, VPC, etc.) and Terraform.
• Understanding GitOps principles and tooling (Argo CD, Argo Rollouts, or similar).
• Experience with CI/CD systems (GitHub Actions or similar).
• Basic networking and security knowledge (VPCs, DNS, ingress, TLS, etc.).
• Comfortable working on technical projects and collaborating across teams.
• Analytical mindset for troubleshooting and improving performance of distributed systems.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills in English.

Even if it seems you don't meet our musts don't let it stop you, we are all about finding the best talent out there! Skills can be learned, and embracing diversity is invaluable.

We believe driven talent deserves:

• 🌟 An enticing equity plan that lets you own a piece of the action.
• 💪 Top-notch private health insurance to keep you at your peak.
• 🍔 Monthly Glovo credit to satisfy your cravings!
• 💳 Cobee discounts on transportation, food, and even kindergarten expenses or office-based nursery.
• 🏊 Discounted gym memberships to keep you energized.
• 🏖️ The freedom to work from home two days a week, and the opportunity to work from anywhere for up to three weeks a year and personal days off.
• 👪 Enhanced parental leave.
• 🧠 Online therapy and wellbeing benefits to ensure your mental well-being.

We’ll deliver a non-vanilla culture built on talent, where we work to amplify the impact on millions of people, paving the way forward together. 

At Glovo, we truly value diversity for the positive impact it brings to our teams, products, and culture. We're dedicated to providing equal opportunities for talent from all backgrounds. 

Feel free to note your pronouns in your application (e.g., she/her/hers, he/him/his, they/them/theirs, etc).

Delve into our culture by taking a peek at our Instagram and check out our Linkedin and website!

At Glovo, your success is defined by both results and behaviors. We hire for excellence in craft and for the Leadership Principles that shape how we think, decide, and collaborate. What you achieve matters and how you achieve it defines us. Together, they move the business forward and deliver great experiences. Learn more about our Leadership Principles here.

Here at Glovo, we thrive on diversity, we believe it enhances our teams, products, and culture. We know that the best ideas come from a mashup of brilliant diverse minds. This is why we are committed to providing equal opportunities to talent from all backgrounds – all genders, racial/diverse backgrounds, abilities, ages, sexual orientations and all other unique characteristics that make you YOU. We will encourage you to bring your authentic self to work, fostering an inclusive environment where everyone feels heard.

Feel free to note your pronouns in your application (e.g., she/her/hers, he/him/his, they/them/theirs, etc).

So, ready to take the wheel and make this the ride of your life?

Delve into our culture by taking a peek at our Instagram and check out our LinkedIn and website!