Senior DevOps Platform Engineer I - Streaming & Observability

At SpotOn, we’re helping restaurants and small businesses compete and win with flexible payment and software technology—backed by real people who really care. From seamless point-of-sale systems to integrated restaurant management solutions, every SpotOn tool is designed to help local businesses increase profits and create better experiences for their customers and employees.  

Recently, SpotOn was:

• Named one of Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies of 2024
• Awarded Great Places to Work and Built In’s Best Workplaces for the third year in a row
• Selected as the Best Overall Restaurant POS by NerdWallet 
• Rated the top-rated point-of-sale (POS) for restaurants, bars, retail, and small businesses by Capterra users

We’re committed to caring hard and moving fast so that we can continue to grow and make a positive impact together. 

That’s where you come in. 

The ideal candidate will be able to:

• Develop and maintain data streaming technologies across the company's product range
• Create and maintain Cloud Infrastructure with an Infrastructure-as-code approach
• Create and maintain central services and tools for product teams to successfully enable observability and monitoring for their applications
• Work with development teams to create and establish proper observability standards
• Participate in on-call activities as needed or assigned
• Support and educate product development teams
• Seek continual improvement in business and technical processes

What skill are we searching for?

• At least 3+ years of developing and maintaining data streaming solutions (Kafka / NATS)
• Infrastructure as code experience (Terraform preferred)
• Programming experience (Python, Golang, or similar)
• Experience building and maintaining Observability & Monitoring solutions
• Experience building and supporting cloud applications and resources in AWS
• Experience building and running production workloads in Kubernetes
• At least 3+ years working with DevOps methodologies
• At least 3+ years working, supporting, and building web applications
• Strong independent troubleshooting skills
• Self-driven and takes pride in doing things well
• Strong communication skills to work with and support product development teams
• Excellent command of written and spoken English (min. B2 level)

Perfect candidate also has:

• Proficiency in data streaming technologies and message brokering systems (Kafka, Spark)
• Experience with Observability & Monitoring tools (Grafana, Datadog)
• Experience with OpenTelemetry standards and technologies
• Experience in writing and/or supporting Django, Flask, or similar web frameworks
• Knowledge of GitOps
• Knowledge of the CNCF landscape including Kubernetes, Helm, Helmfile, etc.
• Familiarity working in a compliance-oriented environment (PCI, SOC2)

Here’s a bit about what we have to offer:

• Hybrid work model in Cracow, flexible
• Competitive pay: 20000 - 26500 PLN net on B2B; 17500 - 22000 PLN gross on CoE
• Training budget 3500 PLN gross per year
• Access to e-learning platforms (O’Reilly)
• Fully paid private healthcare in LuxMed
• Access to the Worksmile platform with a monthly top-up 
• Company free breakfasts/lunches in the office once a week
• Group English classes with a native speaker
• New Macbook Pro, 4K monitors or whatever tools you need
• Flexible working hours
• New, modern, bright and comfortable office space in the city centre 
• A lot of free parking spots around the office
• Access to the company’s library
• Great working atmosphere
• Chill out room with a PlayStation and games
• Free snacks and beverages in a kitchen
• Company parties and social activities
• Employee referral program
• Relocation Package within Poland