Platform Engineer

Platform Engineer (x/f/m) - Tech Foundations Apply for the Platform Engineer (x/f/m) - Tech Foundations role at Alan. Alan's vision is to make prevention the new norm of care for all. Our mission is to help people live in good health to 100 while helping employers feel proud, turning health benefits from a cost centre into their most valuable investment. We’re building a vertically integrated health partner that seamlessly unites insurance and smart healthcare delivery into one system by connecting all aspects of care - private, public, and direct to consumer. We partner with 35K+ companies, serving more than 1M users, and have reached 770M+ in ARR. Our team of 700+ people operates across France, Spain, Belgium, and Canada. Values Mission is the Boss: long-term thinking, mission above all else Member & customer-led: obsessed with solving problems and delighting users How we build excellence Champions of excellence: extremely high standards and talent density Distributed ownership: everyone owns their decisions and results Radically transparent: all information accessible, written-first, async decisions How we grow together Optimistic alchemy: optimists who collaborate with genuine care Empathetic challengers: direct, caring feedback to help each other grow Bold contrarians: think differently, try new approaches How we move fast Disciplined execution: decisive action with compounding focus Fight for simplicity: high-impact processes, smart frugality Engineering team In our engineering team, we build the infrastructure, interfaces, and applications to provide first‑class service to our members, health professionals, and even ourselves. Role overview – Tech Foundations Mission: Tech Foundations enables product crews and creates the environment to thrive—combining world‑class infrastructure, intuitive developer experience, exquisite operational excellence, and built‑in security to make shipping exceptional products effortless. Scope Infrastructure enablement for product crews (e.g. hosting improvements, CI/CD, scalability, multi‑cloud architecture) Security and compliance facilitation (e.g. authentication, encryption, threat protection) Developer productivity enhancements (e.g. local environment setup, monorepo tooling, observability, tech stack evolution) Design and development unification (e.g. design system, accessibility) AI‑assisted engineering enablement (e.g. agentic development, code assistants, MCP servers) Focus for 2026 In 2026, we will grow the team significantly to further increase our impact. We aim to expand our cloud footprint with a revisited multi‑cloud strategy and elevate the quality bar across infrastructure and code foundations. We’re also evolving our AI‑augmented development by making AI code assistants a first‑class citizen for all, including non‑engineers. Massive ambitions for our Security stack and posture with enhanced tools and processes to protect developers and users. Process note While applying for a particular area, you may ultimately join a different part of our engineering organization depending on where we believe you will have the most impact. We Are Looking For Platform Engineers With 3+ Years Of Experience You’ll be able to tackle high‑impact & high‑risk projects involving many engineers. You’ll design and implement robust infrastructure systems with a focus on reliability and observability. You’ll maintain our uptime targets while optimizing infrastructure costs. You’ll improve our incident management processes and lead post‑mortems. You’ll build and maintain internal tooling (e.g. API, web interface, internal command line, …) for other engineers. You’ll have the opportunity to mentor other engineers & lead crews (more details in this article). You’ll be able to contribute to hiring your future coworkers and shape candidates’ hiring experience (improving our technical assessment process …). You would be a good fit at Alan if most of this sounds like you You have strong experience with cloud platforms (especially AWS). You have experience with monitoring, alerting, and observability tools. You’re comfortable writing code for automation and tooling (e.g. API, internal command line, …). You have some experience as a Full‑Stack or Backend software engineer. Willing to work in Python/JavaScript (but you don’t need to have experience with those 2 languages). You understand modern deployment practices and CI/CD. You’re able to debug complex system issues. Self‑starting and entrepreneurial. Humble and still willing to grow (no matter your seniority). Collaborative, enthusiastic about teamwork, learning, and teaching. Fluent in English (no need to speak French). For this opportunity, we are aiming to hire above C1 level range. But above all, we are looking for high potential and curiosity: make sure to show us this when you apply Everything else is a bonus. Perks & Benefits Fair rewards. Generous equity packages complement your base salary. Flexible Office. Amazing office space at our HQ, sponsored co‑working hubs or a full‑remote experience with home office equipment sponsorship, we want you to live where you’re the happiest. All the tools you need. Top of the range equipment: Macbook Pro, keyboard, laptop stand, monitor, and noise‑canceling headphones. Flexible vacation policy and flexible working hours. Organize your time as you wish. Delightful healthcare insurance: Extremely comprehensive health insurance – 100% for you and your children, 90‑100% for partners depending on your country (permanent contracts only). Transport. Country‑specific commuter benefits. Learning & Training opportunities. A highly flexible Training policy free books and budget to attend and speak at conferences if the opportunity arises. Parental leave. Extended parental leave for all new parents. Important note: we hire people not roles. If you're excited about this opportunity but don't check every box, we’d love to hear from you. Everyone, no matter how underrepresented, should feel free to apply as it can only bring learnings or success. If you identify yourself as a woman: Did you know that research shows women often apply only when meeting 100% of requirements? Remember, this is just a guide, not a checklist. We’ll be thrilled to receive your application Check out our About Alan and Career pages, as well as our Medium, blog and Glassdoor page for more info. Seniority level Mid‑Senior level Employment type Full‑time Job function Engineering and Information Technology Industries Insurance Referrals increase your chances of interviewing at Alan by 2x #J-18808-Ljbffr