👉 ABOUT THE TEAM
The Data Platform team builds and runs the platform behind Veepee's data: streaming, query engine, data catalog, storage and Kubernetes. It serves every data team, from BI and analytics to data science, pricing and personalisation.
We are in the middle of our move from GCP to a self-hosted, open-source data platform built on Kafka, Trino, Apache Iceberg, Apache Polaris, Ceph and Kubernetes. Projects like this are rare. You'll help build it, make it production-grade and keep it reliable.
We also work AI-first. We use Claude and GitHub Copilot every day, expose our platform to AI agents through MCP servers, and keep an AI-ready knowledge base.
🎯 TASK
- Run and improve the reliability of our data platform on Kubernetes: availability, performance, capacity, cost.
- Define and track SLOs, and improve monitoring and alerting (Prometheus, Grafana) so that fewer, more useful alerts reach people.
- Automate everything you can: infrastructure as code (Terraform, Crossplane), GitOps (ArgoCD), and CI/CD (GitLab).
- Take part in on-call [rotation details], lead incidents and write blameless postmortems that lead to lasting fixes.
- Work with data engineers and other data teams on production readiness, migrations and tooling.
- Try out AI in operations: agents that investigate incidents, MCP tools, automated runbooks.
👉 MUST HAVE SKILLS
- Kubernetes in production: you have run clusters and the workloads on them, not only deployed to them.
- Infrastructure as code and GitOps: Terraform, plus ArgoCD or a similar tool.
- Observability: Prometheus and Grafana, SLOs, and alerting that people actually act on.
- On-call and incident management: real incidents handled, root causes found, postmortems written.
- Coding: Go or Python for automation and tooling, plus solid Linux and networking basics.
- CI/CD: GitLab CI or similar.
- Curiosity about AI: you already use AI assistants (Claude, GitHub Copilot or similar) in your daily work, and you want to find out how they can change the way we run platforms.
- Professional English, written and spoken.
👉 NICE TO HAVE SKILLS
- Kafka (KRaft, Kafka Connect)
- Trino, Opensource : Apache Iceberg, Apache Polaris
- Object storage (Ceph, S3) and Postgres (Patroni)
- Crossplane, OPA
- GCP
- FinOps practices
- English
✅ BENEFITS
👉 Profit-sharing and incentive schemes
👉 Remote work possible for up to 2 days per week
👉 Online language-learning platform
👉 Works Council (CSE) with a wide range of benefits
👉 CESU vouchers (service vouchers) and holiday vouchers
👉 Access to corporate dining facilities and smart fridges (Foodles, Kumo, Bolk)
👉 Access to an on-site gym
⚙️ RECRUITMENT PROCESS
30-minute HR Screen with a Talent Acquisition Partner
Interview with the Hiring Manager
- Business & Technical Interview with local Team
Skills Required
- Production Kubernetes experience running clusters and workloads
- Infrastructure as code experience with Terraform
- GitOps experience with ArgoCD or a similar tool
- Observability experience with Prometheus, Grafana, SLOs, and actionable alerting
- Experience with on-call rotations, incident management, root-cause analysis, and postmortems
- Go or Python programming experience for automation and tooling
- Solid Linux and networking fundamentals
- CI/CD experience with GitLab CI or a similar tool
- Curiosity about and practical use of AI assistants such as Claude or GitHub Copilot
- Professional written and spoken English
- Kafka experience, including KRaft or Kafka Connect
- Experience with Trino, Apache Iceberg, or Apache Polaris
- Object storage experience with Ceph or S3
- Postgres and Patroni experience
- Crossplane or OPA experience
- GCP experience
- FinOps experience
Veepee Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Veepee and has not been reviewed or approved by Veepee.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Feedback suggests five weeks’ paid vacation, additional RTT accrual, and periodic extra closure weeks provide substantial time off for many roles. These provisions are highlighted as part of the standard package in core European locations.
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Healthcare Strength — Feedback suggests complementary health insurance via a mutuelle (often Alan) is a consistent element of the package. This anchors the basics of medical coverage in line with local norms.
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Flexible Benefits — Feedback suggests hybrid work is common, with regular remote-work options and occasional telework stipends. Meal support and public-transport reimbursement add everyday flexibility depending on site and role.
Veepee Insights
What We Do
The vente-privee group has consolidated its various European brands, together made up of 6000 employees, under one unified conglomerate: VEEPEE. This coalescence marks a new chapter in its European history. Present in 10 countries now, Veepee is taking a leading role in the European digital commerce landscape
