Job description
Senior Platform Engineer - Site Reliability (d/f/m)
Company Overview
Scout24 is home of ImmoScout24, Germany’s #1 for real estate. With ImmoScout24 we have been revolutionizing the real estate market in Germany and Austria for more than 25 years. Our goal is to build a digital ecosystem that brings homeowners, seekers, and agents together. #WorkingatScout24 means being part of a diverse and inclusive team of around 1100 colleagues and 58 nationalities.
Job Summary
At Scout24, we believe reliability must be taken into consideration early and often. We're looking for a passionate Senior Engineer, Site Reliability to spearhead our reliability program across the organization and drive a culture where reliability is embedded in our engineering DNA. As a member of Application Platform, you'll grow and become a technical leader with company-wide influence.
Key Responsibilities
- Research, engineer and experiment with new ways to improve our observability platform and tooling.
- Design and implement a comprehensive reliability strategy that aligns with business outcomes.
- Lead the definition of reliability targets (SLOs) that enable teams to make data-driven decisions.
- Advocate for reliability and resiliency as essential components of our product development cycle.
- Own and continuously improve our incident handling processes and automation.
- Lead the definition and implementation of our disaster recovery framework in the cloud.
- Partner with Platform teams to build observability and reliability tooling.
- Help teams understand the reliability of their services and drive engineering initiatives at the organizational level.
Requirements / Qualifications
- Significant experience in software engineering with scalable distributed systems (around 8 years preferred).
- Strong SRE background with deep understanding of SLIs, SLOs, error budgets, and observability.
- Platform engineering/DevOps expertise and passion for monitoring distributed systems.
- Experience with incident management, post-incident analysis, and organizational change.
- Experience leveraging AI tools to drive problem-solving and productivity.
- Technical leadership experience including mentoring, pair programming, and solution design.
- Excellent communication skills and English proficiency.
Location
Berlin, Germany. Remote: True (Hybrid model with 3 days on-site).
Employment Type
Full Time / Part Time
Salary & Benefits
- Competitive salary package and a bonus.
- 30 days of vacation per year.
- Work from abroad for 10 days per year.
- Relocation support and visa assistance.
- Dedicated learning time, ScoutAcademy, and career paths.
- Childcare support and dog-friendly office policy.
- Subsidized public transport or Job Bikes.
- Company pension scheme.
- On-site gym, rooftop terrace, and various health services.
Equal Opportunity Statement
We are a diverse and inclusive team and we encourage open mindedness and authenticity. We welcome everyone regardless of gender, gender identity, sexual identity, skin color, citizenship, migration history, religion, disability, age, or marital status.
