{"id":163187,"date":"2026-06-24T07:30:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T07:30:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/devsdata.com\/?post_type=job_offers&p=163187"},"modified":"2026-06-24T08:47:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T08:47:09","slug":"kubernetes-platform-engineer-662562","status":"publish","type":"job_offers","link":"https:\/\/devsdata.com\/sv\/careers\/job\/kubernetes-platform-engineer-662562\/","title":{"rendered":"Lead Kubernetes Platform Engineer"},"template":"","class_list":["post-163187","job_offers","type-job_offers","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":{"is_recommended":0,"company_info":"Specialist platform and cloud engineering consultancy","min_salary":5500,"max_salary":7200,"currency":"EUR","contract_type":"b2b_net","type":"remote","city":"","employment":"full-time","technologies":["DEVOPS","AWS"],"recruiter_name":"Nenad Hrisafovic","recruiter_email":"nenad@devsdata.com","recruiter_photo":161156,"short_description":"We are hiring a Lead Kubernetes Platform Engineer for a platform and cloud engineering consultancy that builds and runs modern cloud platforms for clients across the public and private sectors. 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