Platform Engineer

Platform Engineer – Developer Experience (Dev
X) Team

Riskified empowers e
Commerce businesses to unleash growth by protecting against chargebacks, fighting fraud, and improving customer retention with AI-powered risk intelligence.

We thrive in a collaborative work environment, building and enhancing products that matter and create lasting impact across the company.

We are looking for a Dev
Ops Engineer with strong development skills to join our Developer Experience (Dev
X) team. The team focuses on building and operating internal tools, infrastructure, and services that streamline engineering workflows and accelerate delivery.

As part of the Dev
X team, you’ll own both infrastructure and
- level responsibilities, including the microservices we build and run and internal platforms like Retool.

We are the team behind the Dynamic Environment Kubernetes Operator, which empowers teams to spin up
- demand, ephemerally environments for development, testing, and validation.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines that enable fast, reliable, and secure deployments.
• Contribute to the development of our Kubernetes operator and other supporting services.
• Own and evolve infrastructure components using
  -
  - code (e. g. , Terraform, Pulumi, Helm).
• Develop and maintain internal microservices that support platform capabilities and developer workflows.
• Maintain and extend internal tools like Retool, enabling teams to build internal apps and dashboards efficiently.
• Implement observability best practices through monitoring, logging, and alerting.
• Collaborate with engineering teams to identify bottlenecks and deliver scalable, automated solutions.
• Drive adoption of Dev
  Ops best practices, including Git
  Ops, progressive delivery, and
  - left testing.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience as a Dev
  Ops, SRE, or Backend Engineer.
• Strong programming skills in Python, Go, or another modern language.
• Hands-on experience with Kubernetes, including writing custom controllers or operators (e. g. , with Kubebuilder or Operator SDK).
• Proficiency with
  -
  - code tools like Terraform, Pulumi, and Helm.
• Experience with CI/CD tools such as Git
  Lab CI, Circle
  CI, or Argo Workflows.
• Solid background with cloud providers (AWS, GCP, or Azure).
• Strong sense of ownership and attention to reliability, scalability, and developer impact.

Nice to Have

• Experience working on internal developer platforms or Dev
  X teams.
• Experience with testing strategies: unit, integration,
  -
  - end, performance, and smoke tests.
• Dev
  Ops expertise combined with strong software development skills (beyond scripting).
• Experience administering or customizing tools like Retool or other internal platforms.
• Contributions to
  - source projects, especially in the Dev
  Ops/Kubernetes ecosystem.
• Familiarity with Git
  Ops workflows using tools like Argo
  CD or Flux.

Riskified is deeply committed to the principle of equal opportunity for all individuals. We do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other status protected by law.

Seniority level: Associate

Employment type: Full-time

Job function: Engineering and Information Technology

Industries: Technology, Information and Internet

Location: Lisbon, Portugal