Platform Engineer
Key Skills
Job Description
Signicat is a pan-European digital identity company that makes it easy and safe for organisations to know who they are interacting with online. Using our proprietary technology, we help companies and public organisations securely verify the identities of people and businesses, authenticate users, and enable compliant electronic document signing, so their customers can access services and complete online processes with confidence.
Today, Signicat employs over 550 people across 20 offices in 15 European countries. We work with leading banks, fintechs, telcos, public authorities, healthcare providers, and enterprises across retail and mobility to deliver trusted digital identity and onboarding solutions at scale. Joining Signicat means contributing to a mission that has a real impact on how society works and trusting each other in an increasingly digital world.
The Role
We’re looking for an innovative and passionate Platform Engineer to join our Platform Tribe. You will design and build the global Signicat Digital Trust Platform for all digital identity needs across borders – in every step of the customer journey. You will be working with engineers, product managers and security experts to help us create a better experience for millions of users.
How you'll make an impact
You’ll think deeply about systems - their edge cases, failure modes, and life cycles to craft robust but manageable solutions to meet product requirements while utilizing best-of-breed solutions and tools whenever possible.
You’ll work closely with product owners to design systems and platform capabilities that increase speed to market for features that delight our end users, while making these systems observable, reliable and deployable for our engineers.
You'll take part in periodic 24/7 on-call shifts to support incident management and platform reliability.
You’ll be a champion and a solid hands-on practitioner for DevOps best practices.
You'll be an experienced voice that helps define our platform and technology roadmap.
Core technologies you will get to work with:
Google Cloud Platform (GCP);
OpenTofu / Terraform;
Gitlab;
Golang;
Netbird;
ArgoCD;
Kubernetes.
What we expect:
At least 5 years of experience in the IT industry, including 3+ years of hands-on experience with cloud infrastructure (GCP experience is a plus).
Solid understanding of networking fundamentals.
Experience in application development (Golang experience is a plus).
Experience designing, building and deploying scalable services.
Ability to consider and balance performance, reliability, security and scalability when designing technical solutions.
Ability to guide development teams in using the platform securely and effectively.
Experience managing, troubleshooting and debugging distributed systems.
Experience working with high-traffic or high-volume transaction environments.
Good written and spoken English skills.
What we offer:
Your tech, your way - choose the tech gear that aligns with your comfort and meets your preferences.
Hybrid work style - collaborate with the team in-office several days a week and embrace the flexible work model.
Work-life balance - enjoy extra paid days off annually, and we make sure to celebrate your work anniversaries to acknowledge the milestones you achieve.
Health & Wellness - we prioritise your physical and mental well-being by providing designated packs and access to the Headspace app.
Continuous growth - quarterly development talks, a dedicated time during working hours each week for training and development, access to Udemy courses, defined career paths, and internal mentorship opportunities.
Customised onboarding - we will prepare an Onboarding Plan to ensure an easy and smooth beginning.
Be part of an international team - the opportunity to work from any other Signicat office for 2 months per year and 3 weeks per year from any EU country.
Empowering feedback culture - by using employee engagement tools, we ensure that every voice is heard, empowering us to grow together.
Meet-ups - frequent office gatherings and biennial Kick-off event to bring every Signicat under one roof that you don’t want to miss.
Salary
We will discuss salary expectations during the hiring process to ensure our offer reflects your experience and qualifications.
Core Responsibilities
You will design and build the global Signicat Digital Trust Platform while ensuring system reliability, observability, and scalability. You will also collaborate with product owners and engineers to implement DevOps best practices and participate in 24/7 on-call incident management.
Requirements
Candidates must have at least 5 years of IT experience, including 3+ years of hands-on cloud infrastructure work. Strong proficiency in networking, distributed systems, and application development, preferably with Golang and GCP, is required.
Benefits
- Tech gear of choice
- Hybrid work model
- Extra paid days off
- Health and wellness packs
- Headspace app access
- Quarterly development talks
- Dedicated training time
- Udemy courses
- Career paths
- Internal mentorship
- Customized onboarding
- International team collaboration
- Employee engagement tools
- Office gatherings
- Biennial kick-off event
About Signicat
Industry: IT Services and IT Consulting
Company size: 501-1,000 employees
Signicat is one of Europe’s leading providers of digital identity solutions. Since 2006, we’ve grown through innovation and strategic acquisitions to build one of the most comprehensive identity platforms on the market. As a true one-stop shop, we offer everything from eIDs and biometric authentication to KYC, AML and fraud prevention services—all accessible through a single integration point. Our team of over 500 Signicats across Europe create secure, user-friendly solutions for authentication, onboarding, electronic signing, and identity orchestration. Our mission is simple: to help people and businesses trust each other in a digital world. We're always looking for new talent to help shape the future of digital identity. Join us!