Senior Python Platform Engineer

Now Klaxoon by Wrike is an online all-in one work collaboration platform that boosts engagement levels, at all times. With a unique range of 9 visual collaboration tools & services, Klaxoon by Wrike empowers people to drive engagement in and beyond meetings, boost productivity and shape an innovative workspace.

About the Role:

The DevOps team at Wrike enables Product Engineering and Ops with scalable, automated solutions to streamline product delivery pipelines. We embrace modern development platform practices, combining industry-leading tools with Wrike-specific, in-house solutions to maintain "Elite" performance across all four DORA metrics.

In this role, you will design and implement components of an internal development platform, such as scripts, CLI tools, microservices, and UI components. To be a successful candidate, you must excel at Python and/or TypeScript development and have experience creating maintainable, well-tested production code. You should also have a solid understanding of the software development lifecycle (SDLC), DevOps practices, containerization, GitOps, and cloud platforms.

Strong communication and collaboration skills are essential, as you will work closely with engineers, managers, and stakeholders across multiple teams to deliver effective solutions.

Team Dynamics:

• You'll report to Pavel Ivakin, a manager with a strong engineering background.
• The DevOps team at Wrike consists of 6 members: 3 cloud-focused engineers, 2 dev-focused, and the manager.

Our Work Style:

• Tech stack:
• Languages and frameworks: latest Python versions, TypeScript, Bash
• Frameworks and libs: FastAPI, Pytest+VCR, SQLAlchemy, Angular, Temporal
• Infrastructure: Gitlab, Gitlab-CI, TeamCity, k8s(GKE), ArgoCD, Linux, GCP Prometheus, Grafana, Sentry
• Scrum based processes (standups, bi-weekly plannings, quarterly plannings)
• Hybrid mode: 1-2 days/week working from the office by agreement to foster collaboration. 

Your Impact:

• By implementing and adapting internal development platform to constantly changing engineering needs using data-driven decisions
• By automating release processes and implementing GitOps workflows with ArgoCD
• By ensuring high code quality through comprehensive testing strategies
• By maintaining and improving system documentation and runbooks
• By participating in incident response and providing technical support for platform users
• By adopting best practices across industry 
• By improving FE and BE CI/CD product pipelines 
• By maintaining L10n integrations
• By working on Mobile app pipelines improvements
• By maintaining pipeline performance goals and error budget

Your Qualifications:

• Advanced expertise in typed-annotated async Python
• A willingness to take ownership of specific projects
• Ability to conduct meetings with internal clients
• Experience writing user and tech documentation
• Strong debug skills including dealing with network problems and SQL performance issues 
• Essential Linux skills
• Confident level of English

Standout Qualities:

• Experience working on internal development platforms
• Acting as role-model with your strongest sides fostering team culture
• Understanding of GitOps principles
• Experience with other programming languages
• Experience with applying best security practices
• Familiarity with modern monitoring solutions and concepts

Benefits & Perks:

• 6 weeks of paid vacation + 5 RTT Recovery Days + Seniority Leave
• Parental Leave: 16 Weeks Maternity / 4 Weeks Paternity + Reserved Daycare Spot
• Health Insurance - Competitive Coverage - for employees + dependents
• Hybrid Work - Flexible hybrid working model with a monthly home office allowance of €20 (hybrid) or €50 (fully remote).
• Public transportation: Coverage of 75% of subscription fee / Sustainable mobility package 200€/year
• CSE Specific Benefits i.e. vacation vouchers, negotiated fees etc.

What’s next?

• Introduction call with a Recruiter
• Technical interview
• Technical Task
• Cultural interview 

Your recruitment buddy will be Alexandra Vorobyova, Lead Recruiter.

 Our Values and Commitments

• Transparency: Klaxoon by Wrike is committed to being open and honest with its clients and employees. This helps to build trust and credibility and fosters a culture of collaboration.
• Engagement:  Employee engagement is essential to the success of the project, just as client commitment to using the platform is crucial.
• Excellence:  Klaxoon by Wrike is dedicated to providing its clients with the best possible products and services. This means constantly innovating and improving, and always putting clients’ needs first.
• Collaboration:  Collaboration is key to success. Klaxoon by Wrike works closely with its clients, partners, and employees to achieve its goals.

Klaxoon by Wrike is committed to a CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) approach that promotes gender equality, diversity, and inclusion. As part of this commitment, we guarantee equal employment opportunities regardless of gender, religion, age, sexual orientation, ethnic origin, disability, place of origin, or academic background.

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