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title: 'Senior Platform Engineer - AWS - Team Platform (d/f/m) at Bettermile'
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# Senior Platform Engineer - AWS - Team Platform (d/f/m) at Bettermile

- **Company:** Bettermile
- **Location:** Berlin, Germany
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** hybrid
- **Posted:** 2026-07-07
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-08
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/bettermile/224e9fc5-e0dc-4961-be11-5ec1393b0cb5

## Job description

WHAT IS WORKING AT BETTERMILE LIKE?

- We mean it when we say “cutting edge” and have a high level of creative freedom in our everyday work
- You will be surrounded by like-minded, driven, skilled, and highly motivated people who are keen to contribute to successful solutions
- We mean diversity, and we put it in numbers: 130+ people, 40 languages, 40% female (vs. ø26% in the tech industry), ø33 years of age, and yes, we do have Schlager-Fans among us
- We have a very supportive and appreciative working environment with a lot of autonomy, a flat hierarchy, and professional growth possibilities
- We work in a hybrid mode, with weekly team days for better collaboration and nurturing interpersonal connections. When onsite, we work in a modern, kid- and pet-friendly Better Space in the heart of Berlin-Kreuzberg
- Remote work from anywhere for up to 12 weeks in total per year
- 30 vacation days in a 5-day/week working model
- Kindergarten grant and a Company Pension scheme
- Regular team breakfasts, fitness & wellness classes, company runs, and other events. Fruits, snacks, drinks, and coffee with a variety of milk are a given - but yes, we have them
- Outstanding flexibility we are proud of – and, of course, the best colleagues in the world!

## About the Platform Team

Every product team's ability to move fast depends on what's running underneath it. The Platform team builds that foundation for Bettermile, from shared infrastructure and authentication to observability, alerting, and developer tooling, so product teams can build, deploy, operate, and secure their products with confidence. The Platform Team's mission is to empower product teams by minimizing their cognitive load, so they can move faster and deliver more business value to our customers.

You will be joining a highly impactful role where you will balance hands-on technical execution (approx. 60%) with strategic stakeholder engagement and mentorship (approx. 40%).

Our current tech stack: AWS(CDK, EC2, ECS, S3, EventBridge, SQS, Location Services, API Gateway), Pulumi, Kotlin, New Relic, Snowflake, PagerDuty, GitHub, GitHub Actions, GitHub Copilot and Claude Code.

## YOU WILL BE TAKING CARE OF

- Driving the evolution and stabilization of our central authentication systems
- Taking ownership of our infrastructure's observability, scalability, security, and cost-efficiency, in close collaboration with teams and stakeholders
- Implementing infrastructure-as-code across our ecosystem
- Providing Mentorship for platform senior engineers, guiding their professional growth, and fostering strong cross-team collaboration
- Implementing the company vision by championing DevOps culture, and establishing platform engineering best practices across the organization
- No echo chambers here! You will challenge technical directions constructively and share your insights openly, while always being a team player who fully backs the squad's final decisions

## YOU CHECK THESE BOXES

- Deep proficiency and hands-on experience operating within AWS environment
- Proven experience leading infrastructure migration projects spanning multiple teams
- Experience actively mentoring other engineers
- Security-minded approach to platform engineering
- Strong background in system operations, specifically with Linux/Unix
- A proven ability to constructively challenge viewpoints while consistently aligning with the best interests of the organization
- A strong preference for a hybrid setup that blends remote flexibility with 2 days of on-site collaboration in our Kreuzberg office

## IT IS AWESOME IF YOU ALSO HAVE

- Experience with AI workloads, MLOps, AWS Bedrock, Agentcore, or Snowflake Cortex
- Proven experience leading large-scale infrastructure migration projects spanning multiple teams
- Fluency in a programming language such as Python or similar
- AWS certifications

## TAKE YOUR CHANCE

Be a part of shaping a fast-growing industry and make an impact from day one. You’ll have the chance to take on responsibility early, with guidance and support from experienced mentors. We foster a learning culture, collaboration on equal footing, and quick decision-making that moves things forward.

Currently, we’re proceeding only with candidates authorized to work in Germany or who already hold a Job Seeker Visa.

## ABOUT US

At Bettermile, we believe delivery shouldn’t be business as usual. We’re transforming last-mile logistics to drive efficiency and create a better delivery experience for everyone.

Our geo-based, AI-powered SaaS product handles complex address processing, dynamic routing, and navigation. It is built to manage many stops and multiple constraints.

We’re setting a new standard for the last mile and pushing the industry forward, powered by a skilled, international team of tech enthusiasts, logistics experts, and a product suite designed to keep evolving.

## About Bettermile

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Bettermile provides geo-based, AI-powered SaaS products for dynamic multi-constraint address processing, routing, and navigation to optimize last-mile delivery operations.
- **Entity Type**: Private (bootstrapped, evolved from a tech incubator powered by GLS)
- **Headquarters**: Berlin, Germany
- **Founded**: 2017
- **Founders**: Not publicly named (the company evolved out of a GLS-powered tech incubator)

## Core Business
- **Primary industry/industries**: Last-mile logistics technology, SaaS for parcel delivery
- **Target customers**: Express, courier, and parcel delivery organizations (B2B, Enterprise)
- **Mission or purpose statement**: “Transform last mile logistics to boost productivity and create an exceptional delivery experience.”

## Products & Services
- **Route Optimization Engine**: Dynamic, multi-constraint route planning with traffic awareness – helps drivers reduce route length by 10-15%.
- **Driver Navigation App**: Turn-by-turn navigation with audio prompts, designed for delivery drivers; new drivers become 4x more productive within their first two weeks using the tool.
- **Tour Management Platform**: Enables dispatchers to manage tours, reassign stops, and monitor progress in real time.
- **Address Processing & Normalization**: AI-powered address correction to improve first-attempt delivery rates and reduce returns.
- **Tracking API & SDK**: Real-time parcel tracking with dynamic ETAs – 83% of consignees rely on it; 4.8/5 average consignee rating for tracking experience.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed (privately held)
- **Key Metric**: Over 6 million addresses processed; 120+ employees; operates in 5 countries across 2 continents
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Evolved from a GLS-powered tech incubator; GLS is a member of the IDS Group (one of Europe’s leading parcel service providers). Partners with “some of the world’s smartest tech companies.”
- **Growth Signals**: 110 employees in 2024 with +6.2% yearly headcount growth; expanded from Berlin to Italy, Portugal, and Netherlands; 9 out of 10 tours accomplished; scalable SaaS pricing model helped customers handle pandemic demand surges.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Deep logistics heritage**: Born from a GLS incubator, giving it real-world operational expertise that pure tech startups lack.
- **Driver-centric design**: Combines practical driver knowledge (route nuances) with data optimization – results in high driver adoption and recommendation rates.
- **Proven scalability**: Customers successfully scaled during peak demand (e.g., pandemic) with minimal friction, citing the product as “incredibly easy to scale.”
- **Full-stack last-mile solution**: Covers address normalization, route optimization, navigation, tracking, and consignee communication in one integrated platform.

## Strategic Focus
- **International expansion**: Currently active in 5 countries (Germany, Italy, Portugal, Netherlands) and 2 continents; likely to expand further.
- **Product depth**: Continuous investment in AI/geo-data capabilities (e.g., hiring Senior Data Scientist for Geo-Data).
- **Partnership-driven growth**: Rooted in the GLS ecosystem but actively building partnerships with other tech and logistics innovators.
- **Customer success focus**: Dedicated success management team supports rookies with training, boosting new-driver productivity by 4x.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Described as “be bold, move fast and learn quickly”; emphasis on ownership, cross-functional collaboration, and learning from mistakes.
- **Team**: 120+ “thinkers and makers” from diverse backgrounds – logistics experts, coders, UX specialists, and support staff working together.
- **Work environment**: Remote-friendly hiring process (Google Meets for most rounds), finalists sometimes invited to Berlin office for in-person connection. Five-country presence suggests flexible/remote options.
- **Engineering culture**: Cross-functional, product-oriented – tech team makes up 35% of staff. Coders “want to make a difference” alongside logistics experts.
- **Perks**: Fast hiring process (~3-4 weeks); transparency and support emphasized; People team handles visa/timing questions upfront.
- **Diversity**: Company values “celebrate and cultivate diversity” as a core principle; team spans many native languages and nationalities.

## Sources
1. [bettermile.com – About Us](https://bettermile.com/company/)
2. [bettermile.com – Homepage](https://bettermile.com/)
3. [bettermile.com – Careers Page](https://bettermile.com/careers/)
4. [LinkedIn – Bettermile Company Page](https://de.linkedin.com/company/bettermile)
5. [Ashby – Bettermile Jobs](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/bettermile)

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