Contract Platform Engineer - €45.000 A Year - Remote

Contract Platform Engineer - €45.000 A Year - Remote
Lisboa
Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal

Join to apply for the Contract Platform Engineer role at YLD

Position

Employment Type:

Contract (B2B - LLC)

Contract Length:

6 months (with potential for extension)

Location:

Remote (EU-based, GMT timezone)

About YLDOur goal is to help our clients keep moving forward. We work with them to build the skills and capabilities they need to stay ahead of the competition, and we know our success only happens when they succeed. We’re a team of curious, talented people, and we’re committed to making YLD a place where great people want to work, grow, and stay.

We’re a remote‑first consultancy specialising in software engineering, product design, and data. Our teams are based across London, Lisbon, and Porto, and we create digital solutions that continue to deliver value long after our work is done.

About the role
As a Platform Software Engineer at YLD, you’ll be part of a client team building innovative products. We’re looking for someone curious, passionate, driven, and enthusiastic. You should be skilled in problem‑solving and experienced in designing scalable, resilient, and fault‑tolerant architectures. You’re also an effective communicator and a strong team player. Together with your team, you’ll thrive in a fast‑paced engineering environment, delivering outstanding results and exciting projects.

Your day‑to‑day responsibilities

Owning and evolving our

AWS estate, which is the primary platform for our infrastructure

Managing and improving key platform services, including

AWS infrastructure, Git
Hub estate, New Relic estate

Supporting applications primarily built with

Node. Js and Type
Script

Deploying and managing infrastructure using

Terraform

Define and validate a clear observability strategy and technical direction

Improve metrics collection, analysis, and system visibility

Improve our ability to investigate and debug distributed system issues

Enhance monitoring using

New Relic

and

AWS Cloud
Watch

You’ll have the following skills and experience

Strong, hands‑on

AWS

experience (essential)

Experience with

infrastructure automation

(Terraform strongly preferred)

Solid understanding of

observability, monitoring, and distributed systems

Familiarity with

New Relic, Cloud
Watch, or similar tooling

Azure experience is a plus

You should apply if you are

Self‑motivated, proactive, and continually looking for ways to improve and develop yourself;



A good communicator, both in writing and verbally. You’ll be able to explain technical ideas and concepts in business‑friendly language;



Detail‑oriented;



Ability to learn through observation in a low‑documentation environment;



High resilience and adaptability are required skills;



Used to working ina team‑oriented, collaborative environment;



Analytical andproblem‑solving oriented;



A genuine believerin diversity and fairness.

What you’ll get in return

The chance to work with a forward‑thinking, ethical, and fun group of people and to develop and grow your skills in a fast‑moving business

Our typical Recruitment Process looks like this

1st Interview with someone from the Talent team (30/45 mins)

Technical Interview with our Senior Developers (1h30)

Meet our Client Partner and Engineering Operations Manager (30 mins)

We live and breathe our values, and know you will too

Growing every day

Including everyone

Relationships built on honesty and ethics

Inspiring solutions

Winning together

We’re an equal‑opportunity employer and value diversity in all its forms. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, pregnancy or maternity, age, marital status, or disability. We also offer a remote‑first working environment, with flexible working and work‑life balance as standard for all employees.

Seniority level

Associate

Employment type

Contract

Job function

Software Development

#J-18808-Ljbffr