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After 20 years of creating software that empowers teams to break silos and collaborate seamlessly, we've learned that one size does not fit all. We’re a team of 800+ employees, working remotely across 28 countries. Our flagship products include: JXL, Comala Document Management, 7Pace Time Tracker, Jira Misc Workflow Extensions, and BigPicture.\nHere you can read some of our customer stories: https://appfire.com/resources/resource-library/customer-stories\nAbout the role:\nAs a Solutions Platform Engineer, you’ll build and run the technical infrastructure that supports Appfire’s Solutions Group. You’ll own our demo environments end to end, build self-service sandboxes for Solution Partners, and automate technical processes that enable Sales Engineers and Solutions Architects to spend more time with customers. You’ll also help transition successful field-built prototypes into production by partnering with Engineering and DevOps on code ownership, hosting, and support models. This is a highly cross-functional role focused on reducing technical overhead, improving time-to-demo, and creating scalable solutions infrastructure.\nWhat you’ll do:\nOwn the demo estate end to end, including Atlassian instance provisioning, realistic seeded datasets, multi-product reference environments, and environment teardown and refresh.\nBuild and maintain self-service sandbox environments that enable Solution Partners to demonstrate Appfire products independently.\nDesign and implement automation that reduces technical overhead for Sales Engineering and Solutions Architecture teams and improves time-to-demo.\nMaintain the technical knowledge base supporting security questionnaires, RFPs, and trust center responses.\nRun the Instance Optimization inventory extract and pricing pull supporting Appfire’s consolidation assessment.\nTake ownership of field-built prototypes that graduate to production, including code ownership, hosting, deployment, and ongoing support in partnership with Engineering and DevOps.\nDefine and enforce technical graduation criteria for prototypes moving from pilot to production, ensuring each solution has clear ownership, hosting, and support models.\nMonitor demo environment health, provisioning performance, and capacity, proactively identifying and resolving technical bottlenecks.\nWhat you’ll need:\n3+ years of hands-on experience in platform engineering, DevOps, or systems engineering, ideally supporting a sales engineering, solutions, or presales organization.\nHands-on experience administering and provisioning Atlassian Cloud and/or Data Center environments, including Jira, Confluence, and/or Bitbucket.\nExperience building and operating self-service sandbox or demo environments, including environment lifecycle management and seeded or synthetic data.\nStrong experience with infrastructure automation, scripting such as Python or Bash, and Infrastructure-as-Code practices.\nPractical experience with containerization and orchestration technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes, and CI/CD tooling.\nExperience taking ownership of existing tools or prototypes and preparing them for production, including code review, hosting, deployment, and support.\nStrong written communication skills, with the ability to create clear technical documentation, runbooks, and knowledge bases for both technical and non-technical audiences.\nProven ability to collaborate effectively across Solutions, Sales Engineering, Product Engineering, and DevOps teams in a fast-moving environment.\nWhat we offer:\nHelp build the technical platform and operating model that enables Appfire’s Solutions organization to scale.\nOpportunity to define and automate how demo environments, partner sandboxes, and field-built solutions are built and operated.\nWork across Appfire’s product portfolio and the Atlassian ecosystem with direct impact on how our solutions teams support customers and partners.\nBenefits & Perks\nEquity\nEvery Appfire team member is eligible for company equity, fostering a true sense of ownership and connection to our growth.\nTime Off & Wellbeing\n26 paid vacation days annually, regardless of tenure\n12 Wellness Days - one fully paid day off each month to recharge, available on an ad-hoc basis and not carried over month to month\n24 hours of paid volunteer time to support meaningful causes outside of work\n3 fully paid volunteering days each year through Appfire Town, our Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) program supporting local communities\nLearning & Development - Grow with Appfire University - our custom, on-demand learning platform designed to support continuous learning and professional development.\nHealth & Lifestyle\nPrivate health insurance through UNIQA, fully covered by Appfire Bulgaria\nMultisport Card with access to hundreds of gyms, studios, and swimming pools across Bulgaria, fully paid by Appfie\nFood vouchers via a prepaid Pluxee lunch card with a monthly allowance\nTransportation - Employees in Sofia receive a fully paid Sofia City Transport Card, providing access to all forms of public transportation within the city.\nFamily Support - Employees receive a one-time net Baby Bonus upon the birth of a child.\nFlexibility - This role is fully remote within Bulgaria\nMarket recognition\nAppfire has been consistently recognized for company growth, culture, corporate social responsibility, and product excellence and has been included among the Deloitte Technology Fast 500, Inc. 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