Platform Engineer

About Verve Retail Media Holding

Verve Retail Media Holding is the operational backbone of a global advertising and retail media platform within the Verve Group, connecting world-class CPG brands like Unilever, Nestlé, and Mars with premier retailers including EDEKA, REWE, and Kaufland. Our group, including specialists like Acardo and Viewento, operates at the intersection of AdTech, IoT, and AI, managing a powerful network of in-store and digital promotion technology across 30,000 retail locations.

Unlike traditional digital-only platforms, our technology is "on the ground," utilizing thousands of active devices, such as smart carts and digital screens, to transform physical stores into intelligent, monetizable media channels. Our mission is to digitize the physical world by capturing the vast, untapped data of human behavior in physical retail to build a high-complexity platform serving as the foundation for a new class of AI known as Large Consumer Models.

We seek engineers eager to solve unprecedented challenges, such as real-time attribution of in-store video ads to physical product interactions, as we build the infrastructure for the future of retail.

About the Role

We are looking for a Platform Engineer to design, build, and maintain the underlying infrastructure and developer tools that power the Verve Retail Media Platform (RMP). You will be the architect of our "internal product," ensuring that our product engineers can deploy code safely, monitor systems effectively, and scale services across a global network of IoT devices and digital screens.

You will bridge the gap between application development and systems operations, focusing on automation, scalability, and the reliability of our mission-critical retail media ecosystem.

Our Tech Stack

Our platform architecture is designed for high throughput, low latency, and maximum developer velocity:

• Infrastructure: GCP (Google Cloud Platform), Kubernetes (GKE), Cloud Run, Docker.

• CI/CD: GitHub Actions, Cloud Deploy, Infrastructure as Code (Terraform/Pulumi)

• Observability: Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry

• Data & State: Firestore, MongoDB, BigQuery, Redis

• Languages & Protocols: Go (Backend services), gRPC, Node.js (Tooling), TypeScript

• AI: GenAI-driven development (Cursor, Claude, LLMs) for automation and code quality

You will be responsible for

• Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Designing and managing scalable, resilient cloud infrastructure on
  GCP using modern IaC principles to support multi-tenant retail environments.

• Developer Experience (DevEx): Building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines and internal tooling
  that allow Frontend and Backend teams to move from "code to production" with zero friction.

• System Reliability: Owning the observability stack (Prometheus/Grafana) and ensuring 24/7
  availability for our in-store IoT devices and ad-serving engines.

• Scalability & Performance: Optimizing Kubernetes clusters and database configurations
  (Firestore/BigQuery) to handle massive event streams from thousands of smart carts and
  screens.

• Security & Compliance: Implementing robust security protocols, IAM policies, and networking
  configurations to protect sensitive consumer and retailer data.

• Collaboration: Partnering with Backend Engineers on system architecture and Frontend
  Engineers on edge-deployment strategies for smart-cart screens.

We are looking for a person who has

• Technical Expertise: 5+ years of experience in SRE, DevOps, or Platform Engineering roles,
  with a deep mastery of Kubernetes and Cloud Native architectures.

• Cloud Proficiency: Extensive experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP) or similar providers
  (AWS/Azure).

• Coding Skills: Strong proficiency in Go or Python for building internal tools and automation
  scripts

• Networking & Security: Solid understanding of VPCs, Service Mesh (Istio), load balancing, and
  container security

• Problem-Solving: Experience managing high-volume, low-latency systems—ideally within
  AdTech, IoT, or Fintech

• AI Mindset: A desire to leverage LLMs and AI tools to automate infrastructure management and
  accelerate development cycles

• Communication: Ability to act as a bridge between technical teams and leadership, advocating
  for long-term technical health over short-term hacks.
  

Why you’ll love working here

Just a few of the benefits waiting for you at Verve in Germany:

• Financial Security: Support your long-term financial security with our Allianz Corporate Pension
  Scheme

• Personalized Benefits: Pick what matters most to you in our Personalized Benefits Platform,
  with a budget of €100/month: mobility support (BVG/HVV), internet allowance, daycare subsidy,
  Urban Sports Club membership, personal development, and shopping vouchers

• Mental Health: Support your mental well-being with our Nilo Health Workplace Mental Health
  Solution

• Professional Growth: Boost your professional knowledge with our annual training budget &
  internal webinars, and level up your language skills through our German/English classes

• Vacation: Recharge with 27 paid vacation days + 3 Wellness days throughout the year, in
  addition to the public holidays

Verve provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and
harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran