Senior Expert Platform Engineer (m/f/d)

Job description

LIVE THE MUSIC WITH US From a pioneer tech start-up created in 2007, Deezer has become one of the first French unicorns and the second largest independent music streaming platform in the world. At eighteen years old, we’re only just coming of age. Now listed on #EuroNext, Deezer is a rapidly-growing, cutting-edge player in the music streaming market. If you want an environment where you can make your voice heard and be at the forefront of music and tech, look no further! We believe music is all about embracing the things that make us different. Deezer is a vibrant community that celebrates uniqueness, diversity and individuality, and thrives on collaboration. Our international and passionate teams pride themselves on being at the forefront of the music experience, going beyond streaming and helping the world to Live the Music. We’re constantly evolving alongside our customers, partners, artists and employees — striving to make Deezer the most personal and innovative streaming service in the world. Ready for an electrifying journey? Apply now and do your part in bringing extraordinary music experiences to people’s lives! ** Join Us ** Job Description Position based in Paris As a Senior Expert Platform Engineer in the DevXP team, you will shape our Internal Developer Platform (IDP). You will drive platform strategy, architecture, and execution to help engineers ship faster, safer, and with higher quality. A key part of your role will be to actively collect needs and best practices from engineering teams, turning those insights into relevant, well-grounded platform solutions. You will set engineering standards along with senior engineers from the whole company, mentor peers, and bridge platform engineering with AI and cybersecurity. Responsibilities Platform Engineering - Architect and evolve the IDP, CI/CD pipelines, and automation frameworks. Own the long-term technical vision, define platform standards (IaC, GitOps), and select best-in-class tooling across build, deployment, monitoring, and security. Developer Experience - Proactively identify and eliminate friction across the software lifecycle. Track DX metrics (DORA, SPACE) and use data to prioritize platform investments. Be the internal advocate for developers. AI-Augmented Platform - Integrate AI capabilities into the platform (intelligent code review, anomaly detection, smart test generation). Evaluate and operationalize AI tools (GitHub Copilot, LLM-based assistants) and explore agentic automation to reduce developer toil. Security & Compliance - Embed security-by-design into every platform layer: secure CI/CD (SAST, DAST, SCA, secret scanning), supply chain integrity (SLSA, SBOM), and least-privilege access. Lead our journey toward a DevSecOps culture, building the practices, automation, and mindset that will make security a first-class citizen across all engineering teams - an ambition we are actively working toward. Reliability & Observability - Define SLOs/SLAs for platform services, ensure full-stack observability, lead incident response, and conduct blameless post-mortems. Cross-functional Leadership - Collaborate with Engineering, SRE, Infrastructure, and Security teams. Mentor engineers, represent DevXP in architectural forums, and communicate technical trade-offs to diverse audiences. Qualifications Qualifications Degree in Computer Science or equivalent. 8+ years in platform engineering or DevOps, with 3+ years at senior/expert level. Track record of operating platforms at scale; fluency with TDD, trunk-based development, and continuous delivery. Required Skills Platform & DevOps - CI/CD (GitHub Actions), GitOps, IaC (Terraform), Kubernetes, Docker, ArgoCD, GCP (GKE) Observability - Prometheus, Grafana; SLO/SLI/error budget management. AI & Automation - Hands-on integration of AI tools in engineering workflows; MLOps familiarity. Leadership - Technical influence without direct authority, mentoring, strong communication. Nice to Have Skills Platform & DevOps - Jenkins, Ansible, Cloud Run), testing strategies, Python/Go/Bash. Observability - OpenTelemetry Security - DevSecOps pipelines, SAST/DAST/SCA, SBOM, SLSA, policy-as-code (OPA, Kyverno), zero-trust principles. At Deezer, diversity drives innovation. Whatever makes you uniquely you, your experiences, your way of thinking, your journey, might be exactly what we need. If this role speaks to you and aligns with your interests and capabilities, even if you don’t meet 100% of the qualifications listed, please give it a try and tell us more! #BeYou Additional information At Deezer, you can be your true self as we believe that #everyvoicematters. We strive to build an inclusive culture and foster a diverse environment. Because we care and want to ensure each employee feels welcome and safe at work, we continuously focus on fighting biases and helping diverse teams work well together through multiple learning opportunities, e-learnings and workshops right from the onboarding : Regular Diversity & Inclusion internal and external talks Dedicated employee work streams on Gender equity, Ethnicity & Culture, Disability, Parenthood (signatory of the Parental Challenge) and LGBTQIA+ Multiple e-learnings and mandatory training sessions for all managers English and French courses for all, so that everyone can connect and feel included Beyond benefits like transportation, we offer you extra perks like: A Deezer premium family account for free Access to gym classes Join over 70 Deezer Communities to connect beyond your day-to-day work, share passions, learn from each other and #Belong Deezer parties several times a year and drinks every thursday Allowance for sports, travelling and culture Meal vouchers Mental health and well-being support from Great offices always located in dynamic and attractive districts, whether in Paris, London or Sao Paulo! Hybrid remote work policy If you want to learn more about life and culture at Deezer, please visit our Welcome to the Jungle page here !