Platform Engineer
INSPIRE | EXHILARATE | DELIGHT
For over seven decades, Chalhoub Group has been a partner and creator of luxury experiences in the Middle East. In its pursuit to excel as a hybrid luxury retailer, the Group has curated a portfolio of over 10 owned brands and strengthened its distribution and marketing expertise for over 400 international names across luxury fashion, beauty, jewellery, watches, eyewear, and art de vivre categories.
Every step at Chalhoub Group is taken to build a future where luxury dreams become reality — bridging cultures and crafting memorable experiences for our consumers. Be it by constantly reinventing itself, committing to innovation, or embracing new technologies, the Group is shaping the future of luxury retail. It delivers seamless omnichannel experiences across more than 950 stores, online platforms, and mobile apps. Driving this innovation journey is The Greenhouse — the Group’s innovation hub, incubator, and accelerator for startups and emerging businesses, regionally and globally.
Chalhoub Group fosters a people-at-heart culture rooted in diversity, equity, and inclusion, and a workplace catalysed by forward thinking and future-proofing. Today, it brings together over 16,000 talented professionals across eight countries in the Middle East, with a presence in LATAM. Their collective efforts have earned the Group the Great Place to Work® certification in several markets.
Sustainability is at the core of the Group’s strategy, guided by a clear commitment to people, partners, and the planet. Chalhoub Group is proud to be a member of the United Nations Global Compact, a signatory of the Women’s Empowerment Principles, and to have pledged to reach Net Zero by 2040.
What you'll be doing
- Designing Technical Solutions: Create and design technical solutions that bring to life the vision for application, data and cloud platforms. This involves understanding business requirements and translating them into actionable technical tasks.
- Implementing Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Write scalable Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using tools like Terraform and relevant technologies. Automate platform deployment and management processes to ensure efficiency and consistency.
- Enhancing Platform Automation: Continuously improve platform automation by implementing best practices, enhancing security measures, and optimizing operational processes.
- Writing Code: Develop Python code or scripts to accomplish tasks related to platform management, automation, and integration with other systems.
- Utilizing Cloud Platforms: Work on cloud platforms such as Amazon Web Services and Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and utilize relevant services to deploy and manage platforms effectiispvely.
- Enhancing Observability: Actively utilize monitoring tools for setting up proactive alerts for issue detection and resolution.
- Collaborating with Teams: Partner closely with product managers, architects, and other engineers to ensure seamless integration and operation of platforms.
- Ensuring Quality: Guarantee the quality of platform solutions through proper testing, documentation, and adherence to best practices and standards.
- Continuous Learning: Keep your technical knowledge up to date through training, initiatives, proof of concepts (PoCs), and other learning methods.
What you’ll need to succeed
- Python and Bash Skills: Good understanding of Python programming language and Bash for scripting tasks.
- Linux and Networking Knowledge: Experience in Linux system administration and networking concepts to manage platform infrastructure effectively.
- Container Technology: Experience working with container technologies like Docker for containerization and Kubernates for orchestration.
- CI/CD Experience: Familiarity with Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) pipelines using tools like Gitlab CI or other automation tools.
- Cloud Technologies: Good understanding of cloud platforms, preferably Amazon web services and Google Cloud Platform (GCP), including cloud services, infrastructure management, and deployment methodologies.
- Monitoring and Observability: Proficiency in monitoring and observability practices, including experience with tools such as Datadog or similar platforms for real-time performance monitoring, log management, and alerting.
- Communication Skills: Ability to communicate effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders, translating business requirements into technical solutions.
- Transformational Change: A mindset and drive to deliver true transformational change, embracing challenges and opportunities for innovation and improvement.
- Learning Attitude: Eagerness to learn and grow professionally, staying updated with industry trends, technologies, and best practices in platform engineering.
What we can offer you
With us, you will turn your aspirations into reality. We will help shape your journey through enriching experiences, learning and development opportunities and exposure to different assignments within your role or through internal mobility. Our Group offers diverse career paths for those who are extraordinary, every day.
We recognise the value that you bring, and we strive to provide a competitive benefits package which includes health care, child education contribution, remote and flexible working policies as well as exclusive employee discounts.
We Invite All Applicants to Apply
It Takes Diversity Of Thought, Culture, Background, Differing Abilities and Perspectives to truly Inspire, Exhilarate and Delight our customers. At Chalhoub Group, we are committed to inclusion and diversity.
We welcome all applicants to apply and be part of our exciting future. We ensure equal opportunity for all our applicants without regard to gender, age, race, religion, national origin or disability status.
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DIVERSITY
With our people at heart, we believe in building a diverse work environment that nurtures and celebrates people’s differences, offers equal opportunities to all and ensures that our team members have a sense of belonging.
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