Lead Platform Engineer

If you're into online shopping (who isn't these days?), chances are you've crossed paths with Yotpo. We're all about eCommerce retention—helping brands of every size turn one-time shoppers into lifelong customers.

Think loyalty programs, SMS and email marketing, and reviews—it's what we do best. Plus, we've got more tricks up our sleeve.

With teams spread across the globe—from the US and Canada to the UK, Israel, Bulgaria, and Australia—we're growing fast. Our main mission? Delivering cutting-edge technology that sets new standards in the industry.

Sounds exciting? Then read on, because we’re looking for curious professional talents to be a part of building the future of the e-commerce industry.

We are:

Yotpo’s Platform Engineering group. Our mission is to provide a platform boosting agility, speeding up time to market, and enhancing overall product quality and user experience.

Yotpo’s RnD teams have end-to-end ownership of the products they build; full ci-cd; no QA department(!)

Ownership has two sides: With freedom, comes responsibility. With autonomy, comes accountability.

Our environment :

• ~2500-4000 AWS servers
• 80% workload runs on spots
• ~2,000,000 requests per minute(!)
• We are fully containerized (EKS)
• GitHub Actions/ArgoCD/Jenkins for CI/CD
• Prometheus/Grafana/Coralogix for Observability
• Terraform Cloud - no manual labor here
  
  

• You have experience leading cross-company initiatives and you enjoy it.
• You are a Software Engineer with 2+ years of Experience in Python / Java / Golang or similar. You love OOP design, design patterns, and clean code.
• You have a BSc in computer science - a must
• An autodidact - You are not afraid to dive deep into new technologies.
• You are a team player with a strong sense of ownership. We win together, We do what it takes, we figure it out, we help each other – and we win, as a team.
• Experienced with AWS and Kubernetes.
  
  

• Facilitate and lead Scrum ceremonies (Sprint Planning, Sprint Review, Retrospective).
• Promote agile best practices and continuous improvement within the team.
• Foster collaboration within the team, as well as with other stakeholders, to maintain alignment and focus on deliverables.
• Be a key player in driving Yotpo’s Platform Engineering team towards operational excellence.
• Act as a servant leader for the team, helping remove obstacles and ensure smooth project progress.
• Track and report on team progress using metrics and KPIs.
• Work with team members to manage dependencies and risks effectively.
• Support and encourage team autonomy, accountability, and ownership of deliverables.