Platform Engineer (Crossplane focus)

About the Position

We are seeking a skilled Platform Engineer with a focus on Crossplane to join our team in Europe. You will work remotely to enhance our internal developer portal and extend its orchestration capabilities.

Project Description

The project will improve and add new features to the internal developer portal (Forge/Backstage) and extend its orchestration capabilities by integrating and leveraging Crossplane as the infrastructure control plane. Key activities include:

• Designing and implementing Crossplane XRDs/compositions and GitOps pipelines to enable declarative provisioning of infrastructure and applications from the portal.
• Enhancing Forge/Backstage with new UI features, templates, and plugins so the portal can create or update Crossplane manifests and surface reconciliation status and progress to users.
• Extending orchestration in the portal to support multistep (parallel and sequential) workflows, delegating long-running operations to Crossplane, and reducing template API-call complexity.
• Configuring and securing EKS clusters (RBAC/IAM) and providing access patterns for users/NPAs, plus hardening cluster operations required by Crossplane.
• Implementing observability (Prometheus/Grafana/OpenTelemetry) with dashboards, metrics collection, and alerting for Crossplane controllers and EKS.
• Implementing ETCD and cluster backup/DR procedures, executing restore tests, and producing SOPs and runbooks.
• Developing backend integrations and microservices, building portal UI components, and implementing CI/CD and DevSecOps practices to support Crossplane workflows.
• Producing documentation, onboarding materials, and knowledge-transfer sessions, and providing operational handover support.

Responsibilities

• Align Crossplane XRDs/CRs with user requirements and existing Git repo functionality.
• Implement GitOps CI/CD for Crossplane manifests and Crossplane-managed application and infrastructure deployments.
• Provide EKS access model (RBAC/IAM) and secure cluster configuration.
• Implement monitoring (Prometheus/Grafana/OTel), dashboards, and alerts for Crossplane controllers and managed resources.
• Design, implement, and validate backup/DR for EKS (including ETCD); deliver SOPs, runbooks, and onboarding materials.
• Deliver documentation, tests in staging, and operational handover.

Requirements

• Core Skills:

  • Advanced Kubernetes (EKS)
  • Prometheus/Grafana/OpenTelemetry
  • Terraform
  • AWS
  • Strong Git/GitOps skills
  • Ability to work CET hours (preferably Prague)

• Secondary Skills:

  • EKS
  • RBAC
  • IAM
  • ETCD
  • CI/CD
  • DevSecOps

• Languages:

  • JavaScript/TypeScript
  • React
  • NodeJS
  • PostgreSQL

Performance Expectations

• Feature parity with current provisioning where applicable.
• Repeatable GitOps deployments.
• Validated monitoring and successful DR tests.
• Weekly updates and demos.

We Expect You to Have

• Familiarity with Backstage/Forge integration patterns and CI/CD.

We Offer

• Opportunity to work remotely from Europe.
• Collaborative and innovative work environment.
• Professional growth and development opportunities.

About the Company

The Workly s.r.o. is a forward-thinking company based in Prague, Czechia, dedicated to enhancing developer experiences and operational efficiencies through innovative solutions.

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