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title: 'Platform Engineer at Catawiki'
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# Platform Engineer at Catawiki

- **Company:** Catawiki
- **Location:** Lisbon, Portugal
- **Posted:** 2026-09-04
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-06
- **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/catawiki/jobs/8171123

## Job description

At Catawiki, every day brings the extraordinary! Whether it’s [Daniel Ricciardo’s Formula 1 Car](https://www.catawiki.com/en/c/583-sports-memorabilia), a [Woolly Mammoth’s Skeleton](https://www.catawiki.com/en/c/579-fossils), [Lady Gaga's Jumpsuit](https://www.catawiki.com/en/l/10035805) or [Usain Bolt’s running shoe](https://www.catawiki.com/en/c/583-sports-memorabilia), we encounter exceptional objects every day.

We’re a one-of-a-kind marketplace for buying and selling special objects. Each week, more than 100,000 unique items are auctioned, all carefully curated by our passionate in-house experts.

Having sold over 25 million unique objects, our mission is to become the world’s most popular destination for special objects. As a growing, diverse and sustainable scale-up, we proudly live by three core values. If these values resonate with you, we’d love to explore how you can join us.

- Taking ownership and driving impact
- Being open to change and feedback
- Being passionate about our mission and our customers.

## Your Mission

At Catawiki, our Platform Horizontal has evolved from solely managing the cloud into a broad function supporting Reliability, Developer Experience, Security, and Quality. We take a holistic approach to creating systems and tools that help developers deliver applications seamlessly and reliably without getting bogged down in infrastructure complexity. As a Platform Engineer, you’ll work at the intersection of development, infrastructure, and operations. You’ll help shape and execute our long-term platform vision, empowering Catawiki teams to deliver value to customers with speed, reliability, and security.

## What You'll Do

You’ll build and improve the platform capabilities that enable our engineering teams to develop, deploy, and operate applications effectively at scale.

- Build a self-service developer platform with a particular emphasis on developer experience, designing and maintaining platforms that abstract complexity and give teams the tools to deploy, monitor, and optimise their applications.
- Orchestrate cloud-native infrastructure, manage Kubernetes clusters and other cloud resources, focusing on performance, scalability, and cost efficiency through FinOps practices.
- Boost developer productivity by building and enhancing CI/CD pipelines, GitOps workflows, and reusable templates that accelerate development and deployment cycles.
- Drive reliability and scalability through applying practices for fault tolerance, disaster recovery, and scaling so applications run smoothly under changing conditions.
- Improve platform operations usage and enhance our observability stack to monitor platform health and resolve incidents proactively.
- Collaborate and innovate by partnering with product teams to understand their needs, build simple and impactful solutions, and champion cloud-native best practices across Catawiki.

## What You'll Bring

You measure what matters, introduce changes gradually, and treat failure as a normal part of learning. You use tooling and automation wherever possible to reduce toil, and enjoy sharing knowledge with others.

- Cloud-native expertise: At least 5 years of production experience with Kubernetes, container orchestration, and cloud platforms such as GCP, AWS, or Azure.
- Automation mindset: Experience automating workflows and CI/CD pipelines and working with infrastructure-as-code tools such as Terraform or Ansible.
- Observability experience: Hands-on experience using and maintaining tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, or OpenTelemetry to improve reliability and performance.
- Strong ownership: You proactively address platform issues and work toward long-term scalability and resilience.
- Collaborative approach: You work effectively with developers and cross-functional teams to align goals and deliver impactful yet simple solutions.
- Continuous learning: You keep developing your knowledge of cloud-native tools, technologies, and practices in a fast-moving ecosystem.

## How We Work

The Platform Horizontal supports engineering teams across Catawiki by reducing infrastructure complexity and providing reliable, secure, and scalable foundations.

- We collaborate closely with product teams to understand their challenges and improve their development experience.
- We favour self-service capabilities, reusable solutions, automation, and measurable, gradual improvements.
- We share knowledge and treat reliability, security, quality, and developer experience as shared responsibilities.

Where You'll Be

This is a Hybrid role based in Lisbon. You will work from our Lisbon Office a minimum of 2 days per week.

In Return

You’ll be part of an enthusiastic, highly motivated team of 800+ Catawikians.

- A competitive Annual Gross Base Salary depending on your level, competencies, and overall experience.
- Meal Allowance Card stipend per working day, in addition to salary.
- Health Insurance from day 1 (including dental coverage), with access to multiple hospitals and clinics and a vast wellness network.
- A Work From Home Allowance to help with your monthly household bills.
- Commuting between your home and our office is covered by Catawiki.
- Amazing Office right in the centre of Lisbon.

## Why You'll Love Working with Us

- Create a visible impact by working at scale in a global organisation serving millions of customers across 80+ categories. In our flat structure, every role has a broad scope and directly impacts both our customers and the business.
- Learn and grow through our Learning & Development initiatives, including clear development plans and mentorship programmes to support your career progression.
- A culture of connection defines us. We’re a passionate, diverse team of 800+ Catawikians representing 60+ nationalities. We foster an inclusive and queer-friendly environment where everyone is encouraged to bring their full self to work.
- Celebrate life’s moments with us. You’ll receive a €100 Catavoucher when you join, a €50 Catavoucher on your birthday, and an extra day off each year to “Pursue Your Passion”. We also offer additional leave for key work anniversaries and important life events. Benefits may vary by location.

Our Offices and Way of Working

Our vibrant offices in Amsterdam and Lisbon are designed to inspire collaboration. Most Catawikians operate in a hybrid setup, combining office-based and remote work, with a minimum of two days per week in the office, unless a role is explicitly stated as fully remote or fully office-based.

Interested?

Apply with an English CV and Cover Letter. By applying, you agree to [Catawiki’s Applicant Privacy Policy.](https://www.catawiki.com/conditions/applicant-privacy-policy.pdf) If you’re excited about this role but don’t meet every requirement, we still encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

## About Catawiki

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Catawiki is a curated online marketplace for buying and selling special, hard-to-find objects through weekly auctions, ranging from collectibles and art to classic cars and fashion.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Growth-stage; raised a €150M investment in 2021 led by Permira)
- **Headquarters**: Amsterdam, Netherlands
- **Founded**: 2008
- **Founders**: René Schoenmakers and Marco Jansen

## Core Business
- Primary industry/industries: Online marketplace, e-commerce (specialty collectibles, art, antiques, and luxury goods)
- Target customers: B2C – both buyers and sellers globally; primarily consumers and collectors, with some B2B engagement via expert sellers
- Mission or purpose statement: “To become the most popular destination for special objects across the globe – starting with Europe” and “bring the traditionally offline world of special objects online.”

## Products & Services
- **Catawiki Platform**: A weekly online auction marketplace where over 75,000 objects are offered each week, curated by 240+ in‑house experts. Features secure payments, escrow for high-value items, and public reviews. Available in 17 languages across 60+ countries.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly disclosed (but backed by a €150M investment in 2021)
- **Key Metric**: Over 3 million objects sold in 2023 (15+ million total to date); 10+ million unique monthly visitors; >1 million bidding users in 2023
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Permira (lead investor in 2021 round)
- **Growth Signals**:
  - 800+ employees (Catawikians) from 50+ nationalities
  - Operations in 60+ markets across 17 languages
  - Two‑thirds of seller earnings come from buyers outside the seller’s home market
  - 98% positive buyer reviews; ~90% of spend from returning buyers

## Competitive Advantages
- **Expert Curation**: 240+ in‑house specialists (e.g., watch experts, art historians) who vet every submission, ensuring high quality and trust – over 1 million objects rejected annually to maintain standards.
- **Cross‑Border Reach**: Built‑in logistics, multilingual support, and escrow payments make it easy for sellers to access a global buyer base.
- **Brand & Trust**: Strong reputation among collectors; notable past sales include Banksy works, Sylvester Stallone’s Mustang, and rare comic books.
- **Category Breadth**: Over 600 weekly auctions spanning collectibles, art, design, jewellery, watches, classic cars, wine, and more.

## Strategic Focus
- Continuing to scale the platform across European markets while expanding into new categories and geographies.
- Enhancing the user experience for both buyers and sellers through technology (data science, engineering) and expert services.
- Leveraging the €150M investment to invest in product, engineering, and international growth.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture & Values**: Emphasizes ownership, openness to change and feedback, and passion for the mission. Described as “culture add, not just culture fit.”
- **Diversity & Inclusion**: Team of 50+ nationalities; inclusive and queer‑friendly environment; commitment to equitable pay with annual pay‑gap reviews.
- **Hybrid & Remote Flexibility**: Activity‑based working with 2 days/week in office (for office‑based roles), 100% remote options for experts and some other positions; commuter costs covered.
- **Perks & Benefits**: Minimum 32 days paid time off (inc. public holidays), extra day for following your passion, maternity/family/partner leave, Employee Assistance Programme, holistic wellbeing programme, learning & development budget, and relocation support.
- **Engineering & Data Science**: Open roles in backend, platform, security, and data engineering (offices in Amsterdam and Lisbon); focus on building a scalable marketplace.

## Sources
1. [catawiki.careers](https://catawiki.careers/who-we-are)
2. [catawiki.careers](https://catawiki.careers/)
3. [greenhouse.io](http://job-boards.greenhouse.io/catawiki)
4. [catawiki.com](https://www.catawiki.com/en/help/about)
5. [catawiki.careers](https://catawiki.careers/benefits)

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