Senior Platform Engineer (m/f/d)

Location: Cologne, de, Remote

Company Description

About Redcare Pharmacy: 

As Europe’s No.1 e-pharmacy Redcare Pharmacy is powered by passionate teams and cutting-edge innovation. We strive to create a healthy collaborative work environment where every employee feels valued and inspired to contribute to our vision “Until every human has their health”. If you’re seeking a career that offers purpose and aligns with your values join us and start your #Redcareer today. 

About the Role:
As a Platform Engineer, you’ll join our platform team within the Data & AI department and play a key role in shaping our next-generation AI Platform. You will have the opportunity to build the platform foundations, enabling teams to develop, deploy, govern, monitor, and scale AI systems safely and reliably. This is a role where you’ll make real-world impact, working with Kubernetes, Databricks, cloud-native technologies, and modern AI platform patterns while supporting our mission of delivering reliable and efficient systems. 

Job Description

About your tasks: 

• Design, build and maintain platform infrastructure in Microsoft Azure using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) principles with tools such as Terraform.
• Build and operate Azure Databricks platform, ensuring security, reliability and integration with broader Azure ecosystem
• Operate and evolve a Azure Kubernetes-based platform for the Data & AI department, enabling deployment, management, and scaling of services following GitOps practices.
• Collaborate closely with other enablement & platform teams including data, AI and security to define platform standards.
• Build and continuously improve self service platform capabilities that enable product teams.
• Participate and contribute in architecture discussions and drive adoption of infrastructure best practices.
• Stay current with emerging technologies in the cloud-native, AI platform, and agentic AI ecosystem to continuously improve the platform.

Qualifications

About you: 

• Strong problem-solving skills, with the ability to work independently and take ownership.
• Extensive practical experience in Microsoft Azure and operating Azure Kubernetes in production or at scale.
• Practical experience in Azure Databricks as an administrator.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code, especially Terraform, as well as automation, CI/CD, and GitOps delivery.
• Experience in identifying and building reusable platform capabilities for engineering teams.
• Proficient in Python, Shell, and/or Go for scripting and automating infrastructure and workflows.
• Knowledge and motivation to work on modern AI technologies such as Agent frameworks, RAG, MCP and vector search.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to collaborate across teams in a fast-moving environment.

Additional Information

About your benefits: 

In order to provide you with the best possible support for your individual needs - whether it‘s living a healthy life, having enough time for your family, or developing your skills - we offer a wide range of different, site-specific benefits: 

• Welcome days: We want you to feel at home with us from the very first day. Therefore, we welcome you with our comprehensive onboarding program. 
• Sports: Stay healthy. Profit from a membership (M) package at Urban Sports Club, so that you can take advantage of a huge variety of sport offers. 
• Mental Health: Get quick and professional help from psychologists of nilo if you feel overwhelmed in private or professional life. Anonymous and free of charge. 
• Work from Home: If your job does not require you to be present in the office, we can arrange the place you work from individually - even for up to 20 days a year anywhere in the EU. 
• Personal development: Grow! We support and encourage your individual development through various in- and external trainings.