Platform Engineering Intern

Our engineering group is split into roughly 60 product teams, each owning its services end to end, with on-call shared across time zones. Most engineers work remotely and come into the office one week a quarter for planning.

The program

Thatchhall Labs is hiring a Platform Engineering Intern for Jan 2027. Our Platform team looks after AWS accounts, Kubernetes clusters and the build pipelines for 20 or so services. The intern will help with all of it under supervision. This role is fully remote within Spain. We ship you a laptop and accessories before your first day.

Your projects

• Containerise services with Docker and keep images small.
• Document runbooks for common incidents in Confluence.
• Shadow the on-call engineer during working hours to learn incident response.
• Automate routine tasks with Bash or Python scripts.
• Rotate secrets in AWS Secrets Manager under supervision.
• Deploy and update apps on Kubernetes using Helm charts.

Basic qualifications

• Based in Spain for the duration of the internship.
• Available for the full internship period.
• Hands-on practice with Docker, even on personal projects.
• Understanding of networking concepts like DNS, load balancers, ports and subnets.
• Familiarity with Git and how CI pipelines work.
• Comfortable with Linux: file permissions, processes, SSH and package management.
• Laptop with at least 8 GB RAM (16 GB preferred) and a reliable internet connection.

Nice to have

• A home lab or personal project with a working CI/CD pipeline.

What you get out of it

• How a real deployment pipeline, monitoring stack and on-call rotation fit together.
• Support towards an AWS certification, with the exam fee covered for strong interns.

Program dates: Jan 2027, 5 months.

Compensation: €1,250 - €1,300 per month

What we offer

• Flexible hours.
• Company laptop.
• Letter of recommendation.
• Internet allowance.
• Mentorship.
• Paid public holidays.

Please submit your CV in English.

Duration: 5 months. Start: Jan 2027.

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