Job title: Senior DevOps Engineer
Job type: Permanent
Emp type: Full-time
Industry: Computer Software
Salary from: €60,000.00 EUR
Salary to: €80,000.00 EUR
Location: Remote
Job published: 06-02-2026
Job ID: 36905

Job Description

Job Brief:

We are looking for a Senior DevOps Engineer to join a very small, high-impact DevOps team working closely with Product and Engineering (web developers, SREs, data scientists) and directly with the CTO. This is a hands-on role with real ownership. You will design, build, operate, and evolve production systems end-to-end. The environment is fast-paced, startup-driven, and intentionally lean. This role is for engineers who thrive in ambiguity, move fast, and are comfortable being the final technical and decision-making line.

 

Responsibilities:

  • Design, build, and operate cloud infrastructure in production environments with full lifecycle ownership.
  • Run and scale Kubernetes clusters in real-world, high-availability scenarios.
  • Implement and maintain Infrastructure as Code using Terraform and Helm.
  • Operate GitOps workflows as a core operating model, not as a best-effort practice.
  • Own observability across logs, metrics, and tracing, including alerting strategy and reliability improvements.
  • Take full ownership of incidents: diagnosis, recovery, root cause analysis, and long-term system redesign.
  • Participate in a weekly on-call rotation as the final escalation point.
  • Work hands-on with engineering teams, directly supporting application needs (not coordination-only).
  • Read and understand application code (Go, Python, shell) to debug, optimize, and improve systems.
  • Continuously improve system reliability, scalability, and developer experience.
  • Make and own technical trade-offs in an environment with incomplete information and changing priorities.

 

Requirements & Skills:

  • 5+ years of hands-on DevOps / Infrastructure experience in fast-paced startup or scale-up environments.
  • Strong, real-world experience with public cloud (AWS, GCP, or Azure).
  • Proven production experience operating Kubernetes.
  • Deep understanding and daily use of Infrastructure as Code (Terraform).
  • Practical experience using GitOps and Helm as operational mechanisms.
  • Strong ownership of observability: monitoring, logging, tracing, and alerting.
  • Experience running live systems under real load and improving reliability over time.
  • Comfortable being on-call as an owner, not just an escalation handler.
  • Ability to read and reason about application code (Go, Python, shell).
  • Excellent communication skills and perfectly fluent English.
  • Goal-oriented, accountable, and execution-focused.
  • Humble mindset: open to feedback, willing to learn, and focused on outcomes.
  • Strong user-centric mindset — pride in building reliable systems that enable great user experiences.
  • Ability to work within ±4 CET time zones.

 

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