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Lead Platform Engineer - Kubernetes in Barcelona

Stuart

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Job Description

Stuart (Geopost) is a sustainable 🌱 last-mile logistics company that connects retailers and e-merchants to a fleet of geolocalised couriers across several countries in Europe.

Our Mission 🚀
We are an impact-driven company that aims to build the future of logistics for a more sustainable world: shared, efficient and reliable. We are committed to creating a new standard for urban deliveries that meet today’s environmental and social challenges while offering a premium delivery experience blending speed, flexibility and convenience.

Our motto: “Make every delivery a moment all of us can truly celebrate!” More than 3000+ leading brands already partner with us across Restaurants, Grocery, Retail & Luxury, eCommerce and Professional Services to deliver all types of goods at the tap of a button. Stuart is a highly diverse and inclusive company of 800+ employees with 90+ nationalities working across France 🇫🇷, Italy 🇮🇹, Poland 🇵🇱, Portugal 🇵🇹, Spain 🇪🇸 and the U.K. 🇬🇧

It’s the right moment and the right place for us to make an impact on millions of people, as home delivery services hit a record high. And guess what? You can help us fulfil our vision 🙌

Please note that this role is based in Spain (Barcelona), so unfortunately, we can't consider remote work from another country. You also need to have the legal right to work in Spain to be eligible for the position.

⭐️ Let's talk about the role ⭐️
We are looking for a Lead Kubernetes Platform Engineer to join our Platform Engineering tribe. This is a pivotal role in driving large-scale engineering projects that will shape the foundation of our services and empower our teams. If you're passionate about Kubernetes, cloud environments, and leading impactful projects, we'd love to have you on board!

As a Lead Kubernetes Platform Engineer at Stuart, you will play a key role in leading initiatives to migrate services to Kubernetes and enable teams to take ownership of their services. You'll work in a highly collaborative, cross-functional team!

Our team culture is built on support, collaboration, and continuous learning, fostering an environment where engineers thrive 💙

What will I be doing? 🤔

    • Design, deploy, and maintain Kubernetes clusters on AWS.
    • Develop custom tools, applications, and automation scripts in Golang to enhance our platform's capabilities.
    • Implement best practices for cluster security, resource optimization, and high availability.
    • Collaborate with software engineers to integrate Golang components into our applications.
    • Lead a team of platform engineers, providing mentorship, guidance, and support in their professional development.
    • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to align platform goals with overall business objectives.
    • Utilize Infrastructure as Code tools (e.g., Terraform, Ansible) to automate provisioning and configuration management.
    • Promote the use of version control and CI/CD pipelines for infrastructure code.
    • Provide comprehensive documentation, demos, and knowledge sharing to empower team members with Kubernetes expertise.

    • 🛠️Tech Stack we work with:
    • Cloud Provider: AWS
    • Main Resources Used in the Cloud Provider: EKS, EC2 + ASG, RDS, Elasticache, MSK, S3, ALB, Network Resources, Route53
    • Container Orchestration: Kubernetes, Legacy Docker Compose
    • Infrastructure as Code: Our custom Kubernetes operators, Terraform, Legacy Ansible
    • Monitoring: Thanos, Prometheus, Grafana, Alertmanager, PagerDuty
    • Logging: ELK
    • CI/CD: ArgoCD, Argo Rollouts, GitHub Actions, Local GitHub runners, Spinnaker

What do we need from you? 😎

    • Extensive experience working with Kubernetes in a production environment.
    • Proficiency in Golang development.
    • Leadership skills: willing to mentor, guide and support the engineers in the team.
    • Proficiency in Infrastructure as Code tools and cloud providers (e.g., AWS, GCP, Azure).
    • Experience with containerization technologies (e.g., Docker).
    • Solid understanding of networking, load balancing, and security concepts in Kubernetes.
    • Knowledge of DevOps practices and CI/CD tools. We use Github Actions, Jenkins, Spinnaker, and ArgoCD.
    • Excellent problem-solving and communication skills.
    • Fluency in both written and spoken English.

    • Don’t worry, we don’t expect you to tick every single item here! But it should give you a feeling of what kind of experience we are looking for.

The stuff you wanna know 😉

    • Work-life balance - hybrid working model (2/3 days from the office) and flexible hours 🏡
    • Ticket Restaurant by Edenred (€11 daily) 🥗
    • Unlimited access to Udemy for all your learning and development needs 📚
    • Stuart Academy with regular workshops, Stu-Classes, and Stu-Talks 🎓
    • Stuart is putting Mental Health Awareness first: wellness allowance (€40 monthly) to use in any gym or sport class 🧘
    • Private healthcare provided by Alan 🧑‍⚕️
    • Free monthly Bicing card 🚲
    • 2 volunteer days per year to have a positive impact on our communities and the environment
    • Work-from-Abroad policy (enjoy 30 days per year working from anywhere!) 🏞
    • Work in an international, dynamic and passionate environment with a company culture focused on learning and development 🎉
At Stuart, we believe that employees today want to evolve in collaborative, high-growth environments where they can demonstrate their abilities and thrive both professionally and personally. We are convinced that employees need to find alignment between their inner values and their company’s culture and mission to unlock their full potential. We work to create a culture of empowerment, continuous learning and growth where everyone can bring expertise, own projects and easily measure their impact 🙌

Stuart is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace dedicated to promoting diversity. We don’t discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status or disability status 💙

Please note: Our Talent Acquisition Team is international coming from across the world 🌍 We kindly ask you to please submit your CV and application in English so that it can be reviewed correctly (unless the job posting is in a language other than English). Thank you 🤗
 

About Stuart

  • Logistics

  •  Barcelona, Spain

  • 1-50 employees

  • 2015

Stuart is speeding up the way local goods are transported in a city by allowing anyone to deliver anything at any time. Connecting people and businesses with local couriers, Stuart is the on-demand urban logistics app & platform that will transform our daily life.

Stuart mission is to become the on-demand delivery leader in every supercity of the world through a simpler, quicker and cheaper transportation model.

From data scientists to restless couriers, designers to operation managers… Stuart strength rests upon our plurality of skills and expertise, building up our unique team. They operate from their headquarters in Barcelona, as in Paris, Brussels, London and Berlin, the first cities they'll ride through.

Co-Founded in 2015 by D. Leca (Sparrow founder acquired by Google in 2012), Stuart is now backed by great entrepreneurs such as J.D. Blanc (Allociné), J.A. Granjon (Vente-privee.com) and O. Mathiot (PriceMinister), with a total investment of €22 million.

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