DevOps Engineer (all genders)

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airfocus, the world’s first modular product management platform, is growing on all continents. We have proven to be an up-and-coming industry leader with a proven business model and a first-class team. Now, with thousands of users from customers like Shopify, Caterpillar, or The Washington Post, it’s time to add fuel to the fire and further scale up our product-led growth!

We are on the lookout for a talented DevOps engineer with a mastery of Kubernetes and cloud hosting, who will play a crucial role in architecting, implementing, and maintaining our deployment processes and cloud infrastructure. Your expertise will be pivotal in ensuring our applications' scalability, security, and reliability.

What you’ll do:

• Lead the design, implementation, and management of Kubernetes-based container orchestration, enabling seamless deployment and scaling of applications.
• Architect and optimize cloud infrastructure to ensure high availability, performance, and security in a multi-cloud environment.
• Collaborate with our software engineering teams to define and implement CI/CD pipelines that automate deployment, monitoring, and scaling processes.
• Implement best practices for infrastructure as code (IaC) using both, third-party tools as well as custom-built tools, to ensure consistent and repeatable deployments.
• Monitor, troubleshoot, and resolve performance bottlenecks, security vulnerabilities, and other operational issues in both development and production environments.
• Champion continuous improvement by evaluating emerging technologies and tools, and making informed recommendations to enhance our DevOps practices.

Team

• The majority of our meetings are remote.
• Tasks and workflows are organized via airfocus, Slack, and GitHub.
• Project squads with rotating team members.
• Kanban board for members who are currently not on a project squad.

Our frontend tech stack

• React frontend with react-query for asynchronous state management.
• Modular architecture with multiple extension packages that extend the core application managed in a monorepo for the frontend.
• Typescript definitions for data fetching provided by the backend.
• Separate repository for UI components.
• React, NextJS, dnd kit, Turbo, Slate, Kubernetes, GitHub.

Our backend tech stack

• Scala backend with akka-http, play-json, tapir for serving the API.
• PostgreSQL as main database.
• Redis for asynchronous event/task processing.
• Kubernetes for infrastructure and deployment.
• Golang for platform engineering.

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field.
• Proven experience as a DevOps engineer with a strong emphasis on container technologies using Kubernetes.
• Proficiency in building tools with Go for platform engineering.
• Hands-on experience with cloud services, such as AWS, Google Cloud, or Azure.
• Strong command of database administration (PostgreSQL) and data integrity management.
• Strong understanding of infrastructure as code (IaC) concepts and tools (FluxCD, Terraform, CloudFormation).
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and tools (GitHub actions, Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, Travis CI).
• Solid understanding of networking and security best practices.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to work effectively in a fast-paced and collaborative environment.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to convey technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
• Nice to have: 
  • Experience in collaborating with backend engineers to develop and maintain backend services and APIs
  • Experience in backend development using languages like Scala or Java.

You'll join a diverse and talented team, with plenty of opportunities for personal growth, impact, and learning.

• Remote first team: Work from our cool HQ in Hamburg or anywhere in Europe - forever!
• Flexible working hours.
• Boost your personal development in an environment that encourages continuous learning.
• L&D budget.
• Competitive compensation.
• Project squads with rotating team members.
• MacBook Pro or notebook of your choice.
• Healthy (and non-healthy!) snacks and beverages (if you're in Hamburg).
• Recurring virtual events.
• Annual airfolks meet-ups!