<p><b> What is Accountable?</b></p><p></p><p> Accountable is a young fintech/taxtech focused on helping the self-employed automate their accounting and taxes with a simple mobile and web app. We are 80+ people spread across offices in Berlin and Brussels, as well as remote locations throughout Europe. We aim to create a product that is incredibly easy and fun to use, requiring no knowledge of tax or accounting. We're growing at a rate of more than 150% per year, and our ambition is to become the European leader in our market. </p><p></p><p><b> The Role </b></p><p></p><p> We are seeking a Platform Engineer to own and evolve our Kubernetes-based infrastructure on AWS. You'll be responsible for ensuring our microservices platform is reliable, scalable, and cost-efficient while empowering developers to ship with confidence. Our stack runs on AWS EKS with modern tooling including Karpenter for intelligent node scaling, KEDA for event-driven autoscaling, and Datadog for full observability. If you enjoy working with Kubernetes at scale and have a passion for automation, we'd love to hear from you. </p><p></p><p><b> What You'll Do </b></p><p></p><ul><li> Own our Kubernetes platform: Manage and evolve our AWS EKS cluster, including node pools, networking, scaling policies, and cluster upgrades </li><li> Optimize autoscaling: Configure and tune Karpenter (node-level) and KEDA (pod-level) to handle traffic spikes efficiently while minimizing costs </li><li> Build reliable CI/CD pipelines: Design and maintain GitHub Actions workflows for building, testing, and deploying containerized microservices to production </li><li> Drive observability: Own our Datadog implementation for logs, APM, metrics, and alerting—ensuring we catch issues before our users do </li><li> Manage secrets securely: Maintain our secrets management flow using AWS Secrets Manager and External Secrets Operator </li><li> Support the development team: Collaborate with backend engineers on Node.js/TypeScript services, helping debug performance issues and optimize deployments </li><li> Maintain supporting infrastructure: Manage Redis clusters (used for Bull job queues), ALB ingress configuration, and DNS management </li><li> Implement Infrastructure as Code: Use Helm, Kustomize, or Terraform to ensure our infrastructure is reproducible and version-controlled </li><li> Respond to incidents: Troubleshoot production issues, conduct post-mortems, and implement preventive measures </li><li> Optimize costs: Monitor and reduce AWS spending through right-sizing, spot instances, and efficient resource allocation </li></ul><p></p><p><b> Required Qualifications </b></p><p></p><ul><li>4+ years of hands-on experience with Kubernetes (AWS EKS strongly preferred)</li><li> Strong Kubernetes fundamentals: Deployments, Services, Ingress, ConfigMaps, Secrets, RBAC, NetworkPolicies </li><li> Experience with Kubernetes autoscaling: HPA, VPA, KEDA, or Karpenter </li><li> AWS proficiency: EKS, ECR, ALB, Secrets Manager, IAM roles for service accounts, EventBridge, SQS, Lambda </li><li> CI/CD expertise: Building and maintaining pipelines with GitHub Actions for containerized workloads </li><li> Observability experience: Datadog, Prometheus/Grafana, or similar (logs, metrics, APM, alerting)</li><li> Container expertise: Docker, multi-stage builds, image optimization, container registries </li><li> IaC experience: Terraform </li><li> Scripting skills: Bash, Python, or similar for automation tasks </li><li> Working knowledge of Node.js/TypeScript: Enough to read code, debug issues, and collaborate with developers </li><li> Redis experience: Job queues, caching, basic administration </li><li> Strong communication skills: Ability to work effectively with distributed teams across Europe </li></ul><p></p><p><b> Nice-to-Have </b></p><p></p><ul><li> AWS certifications (Solutions Architect, DevOps Engineer, or Kubernetes specialty)</li><li> Experience with GitOps workflows (ArgoCD, Flux)</li><li> MongoDB administration experience </li><li> Service mesh experience (Istio, Linkerd)</li><li> FinOps / cost optimization expertise </li><li> Experience with security scanning (Trivy, Snyk, etc.)</li><li> CI/CD experience for mobile applications (React Native)</li><li> Familiarity with compliance requirements in fintech </li></ul><p></p><p><b> Our Tech Stack </b></p><p></p><ul><li><b> Orchestration </b> — AWS EKS, Kubernetes, Karpenter, KEDA </li><li><b> CI/CD </b> — GitHub Actions, ECR </li><li><b> Observability </b> — Datadog (logs, APM, metrics)</li><li><b> Infrastructure </b> — AWS (ALB, Secrets Manager, SQS, EventBridge, SNS)</li><li><b> Databases </b> — MongoDB, Redis </li><li><b> Backend </b> — Node.js, TypeScript, Express.js </li><li><b> Frontend </b> — React, React Native </li></ul><p></p><p><b> What We Offer </b></p><p></p><ul><li> Long-term contractor relationship with potential for growth </li><li> Flexible remote work within European timezones </li><li> Opportunity to own and shape the infrastructure of a fast-growing fintech </li><li> Collaborative team environment with offices in Berlin and Brussels </li><li> Work on a product that genuinely helps people manage their finances </li></ul><p></p><p> Location: Remote (Europe) or Hybrid (Berlin/Brussels)</p><p> Type: Long-term Contract </p><p> Timezone: CET ± 2 hours overlap required </p><p></p><p><b>⚠️ NO RECRUITMENT AGENCIES ⚠️</b></p>