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Platform Engineer (f/m/x) - Mercury Runtime Platform

Join the Mercury Platform Team and help build and run the group-wide cloud-native platform powering delivery teams across the organization. Our mission: a best-in-class developer experience, zero-friction deployments, and secure multi-cluster Kubernetes operations at scale.

Why this role matters:

High Impact: Your work directly enables delivery teams across the bank to ship services faster, more securely, and more reliably — from namespace provisioning to production promotion.
Modern Technology: Cloud-native, GitOps-driven, AI-enabled, and continuously evolving — this role will sharpen your skills in distributed infrastructure, automation, and platform engineering.
Close to Users: You'll work directly with development teams to understand their needs and build the right platform capabilities — from self-service APIs to progressive delivery pipelines.

What you can expect:

Build and operate a modern multi-cluster and multi-cloud Kubernetes platform (OKD/OpenShift on AWS, Azure, EU Cloud)
Design and automate GitOps deployment pipelines with ArgoCD and Kargo
Extend platform capabilities with Crossplane compositions and custom APIs
Deep-dive into progressive delivery, service mesh (Istio), and policy enforcement (Kyverno)
Use AI assistants and agents (GitHub CoPilot, Claude Code etc.) to accelerate engineering workflows
Provide platform expertise and troubleshooting support to delivery teams
Perform SRE work to keep multi-cluster environments stable, secure, and observable

What you bring to the table:

Solid understanding of Kubernetes and cloud-native infrastructure patterns
E.g. experience with OKD/OpenShift, or similar self-operated K8s distros — operator development is a plus
Experience with GitOps tools (ArgoCD, FluxCD, or similar)
Practical experience with Infrastructure as Code (Crossplane, Terraform, or similar)
Knowledge of monitoring, logging, and alerting (Grafana, Prometheus, or similar)
Coding skills in at least one of: Go, Python, or Java
Strong security mindset — identity management, encryption, and policy enforcement matter to you
Openness to explore the latest AI tech trends with us

Nice to have:

Experience operating platforms for regulated or high-availability environments
Background in building internal developer platforms or self-service tooling
Agile/DevOps mindset and experience in cross-functional teams

What’s in it for you:

Work-Life-Balance: Flexible hours, work-from-home options from Austria, and 30 days/year remote work from any EU country.

Global community: 75+ nationalities, English as the company language, and work permit support. Our teams thrive on collaboration and mutual respect.

Career growth: We believe in continuous learning and proactive career development. Take on challenging work that stretches your abilities, attend trainings, and use new technologies to make a lasting impact.

Stay healthy: Subsidized canteen, well-being programs, check-ups, and sport allowances.

Save money: Discounts, exclusive banking terms, and a free public transport pass.

Family support: Child allowances, gender-neutral parental leave, bilingual company kindergarten, and holiday childcare.

Competitive salary: Starting at EUR 60.000, gross p.a. excluding overtime, with market-compliant overpayment based on experience and qualifications. We are happy to discuss your actual salary in person.

If you have questions regarding our application process, feel free to check out our FAQ or our page for international applicants.

Your contact:

Martin Trnka
Talent Acquisition Team

Build a career where your work truly matters. At Raiffeisen Bank International, with more than 17 million customers across Austria and CEE, it’s our people who make the difference. From day one, you’ll take responsibility, grow beyond ladders and org charts, and help us deliver lasting value to our customers. We are dedicated to fostering diversity, inclusiveness, and equity — striving to create a culture where every voice is heard and every individual feels valued and respected.

Your benefits at one sight:

Join a team that values your well-being and professional development, offering a variety of benefits to support your success.

We offer public transport benefits for commuters within and outside of Vienna – for instance, we sponsor the Wiener Linien annual ticket.

Our staff restaurants offers a wide variety of meal options with a strong focus on healthy and organic food, vegetarian and vegan options included. And the prices are heavily subsidized.

Benefit from numerous subsidies and discounts for cultural events and in the sports sector, e.g. subsidies for concert tickets or fitness centers

As an integral component of our company's DNA, we provide internal learning and growth opportunities, allowing for advancement within our organization.

We offer flexible working hours without a core time requirement, as well as extensive hybrid work options. Additionally, employees are entitled to 30 days per year of remote work from any EU country outside Austria.

Recognizing the significance of family to our employees, we provide family allowances, gender-neutral parental leave, a bilingual company kindergarten, and childcare during holidays.

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