Platform Engineer

As a Platform Engineer, you will contribute to the development and maintenance of an in-house Linux distribution for medical devices. Your…

As a Platform Engineer, you will contribute to the development and maintenance of an in-house Linux distribution for medical devices. Your primary focus will be the next generation of a custom operating system abstraction layer, including a C++ system daemon and plugins that expose OS capabilities through an RPC API.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Developing and maintaining the custom OS abstraction layer, with a strong focus on the modern C++ backend
• Implementing and enhancing the next-generation system daemon
• Developing plugins that expose operating system capabilities through an RPC API
• Contributing technical expertise to medical instrument and software development projects
• Creating and maintaining C++ unit and integration tests
• Refactoring and improving legacy code to ensure quality and maintainability
• Managing Debian packages, configurations and related platform components
• Collaborating with Linux software engineers and other technical stakeholders

Our client is a globally recognised healthcare and life sciences organisation developing innovative medical instruments and software solutions. You will join a collaborative team of Linux software engineers within its enterprise platform and infrastructure division.

• At least 10 years of hands-on professional experience with modern C++
• Strong experience using Linux as a software development environment
• Master’s degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science or a related discipline, or equivalent professional experience
• Advanced English skills, including the ability to explain technical topics to non-technical audiences
• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to work independently
• Quick learner with a proactive, can-do attitude
• Collaborative and team-oriented working style

Nice to have:

• Experience with virtualisation or container technologies, particularly Kubernetes
• Knowledge of CI/CD pipelines
• Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS
• Infrastructure-as-Code experience, ideally with Terraform
• Experience in embedded software, hardware drivers or ARM platforms
• Knowledge of hardware and software integration
• German language skills

• Workload: 80–100%
• Hybrid working model with approximately 50% onsite presence
• Flexible working hours
• Initial 12-month assignment with the possibility of extension