Staff Platform Engineer

Job Overview

WunderGraph is a fast-growing startup, our goal is to bring everybody together to build digital products end-to-end. From interface design to API implementation, we provide the platform to go from sketch to product in a category-defining collaborative experience. Our North Star is to take the friction out of bringing digital ideas to life, making room for your ideas and productivity. Developers from some of the biggest companies in the world are using WunderGraph to design and streamline their API environments. We raised our Series A ($7.5 million USD) in March 2025, being backed by eBay, Karma Ventures, and Aspenwood Ventures.

About the Role

As a Staff Platform Engineer, you are the owner of the mission-critical cloud infrastructure that powers the WunderGraph Cosmo platform for our enterprise customers. Your primary responsibility is ensuring the reliability, performance, and scalability of this core platform by defining and meeting stringent SLOs. This role blends deep operational leadership with product-focused infrastructure engineering in Go.

Key Responsibilities

• Architect, build, and operate the core cloud-native infrastructure for WunderGraph Cosmo, primarily using Go and Kubernetes.


• Own and evolve our observability stack (OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, ClickHouse) and the infrastructure supporting our AI-driven features.


• Build and optimize CI/CD pipelines to improve build times and automate quality and security gates.


• Champion and implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) best practices using tools like Terraform.


• Embed security best practices into the platform by designing and implementing network policies, RBAC, and automated checks.


• Mentor other engineers, provide code and design reviews, and document platform features and architectural decisions.

Required Qualifications

• Proven experience architecting and operating scalable, highly available, and secure cloud-native platforms in production.


• Strong proficiency in Go and deep expertise in Kubernetes.


• Deep expertise in a major cloud provider (AWS, GCP, Azure) and Infrastructure as Code tools (e.g., Terraform, Pulumi).


• Strong understanding of system architecture, distributed systems, and high-performance API gateways.


• Experience building or managing modern observability stacks (e.g., OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, Grafana, ClickHouse).


• Self-starter attitude and a leader’s mindset.


• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.