Public summary
A Berlin-based SaaS company focused on simplifying EU VAT compliance for e-commerce businesses is seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer. The role involves owning and scaling AWS infrastructure using AWS CDK, building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines, automating deployments, and ensuring high availability and security of systems. The position follows a hybrid working model and requires collaboration with engineering teams to enhance software delivery processes. Experience with AWS services, infrastructure as code, containers, and monitoring tools is essential.
Location and work setup
- Location
- Berlin
- Remote status
- Hybrid
- German requirement signal
- No German Required Detected
- Detected job language
- English
Responsibilities
Design, maintain, and improve AWS infrastructure using AWS CDK (TypeScript/Python); Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines using tools like GitHub Actions and CodePipeline; Automate deployments, infrastructure provisioning, and operational workflows; Monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize system performance with AWS-native tools like CloudWatch and X-Ray; Implement logging, alerting, and observability best practices; Manage networking, security groups, IAM roles, and secrets securely; Drive cost optimization strategies in AWS; Collaborate with developers to improve development-to-production workflows; Participate in on-call rotation and incident resolution.
Qualifications
5+ years experience in DevOps, SRE or a related role; Strong hands-on experience with AWS services including EC2, ECS/EKS, Lambda, API Gateway, RDS, S3, and CloudFront; Proven experience using AWS CDK for Infrastructure as Code; Proficiency with CI/CD tools such as GitHub Actions, CodeBuild, and CodePipeline; Good scripting skills in TypeScript, Python, or Bash; Solid knowledge of Docker and container orchestration platforms like ECS, EKS, or Kubernetes; Strong understanding of networking, security, and AWS best practices; Experience with monitoring and observability tools such as CloudWatch, Prometheus, and Grafana; Nice to have experience with AWS cost optimization, serverless architectures, and compliance standards like ISO 27001, SOC 2, and GDPR.