Public summary
A Berlin-based SaaS company focused on simplifying EU VAT compliance for e-commerce businesses seeks a Senior DevOps Engineer. The role involves owning and scaling AWS infrastructure, streamlining deployments, and ensuring system security and availability using AWS CDK and related tools. The position supports a hybrid working model and works closely with engineering teams to enhance software delivery efficiency across AWS environments.
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 (GitHub Actions, CodePipeline, or similar); automate deployments, infrastructure provisioning, and operational workflows; monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize system performance using AWS-native tools (CloudWatch, X-Ray, etc.); implement logging, alerting, and observability; manage networking, security groups, IAM roles, and secrets securely; drive AWS cost optimization strategies; collaborate with developers to improve development-to-production workflows; participate in on-call rotation and incident resolution.
Qualifications
5+ years in DevOps, SRE, or similar roles; strong hands-on experience with AWS services including EC2, ECS/EKS, Lambda, API Gateway, RDS, S3, CloudFront; proven experience with AWS CDK for Infrastructure as Code; proficiency with CI/CD tools such as GitHub Actions, CodeBuild, and CodePipeline; 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 like CloudWatch, Prometheus, or Grafana; plus, experience with AWS cost optimization, serverless architectures, and familiarity with compliance requirements (ISO 27001, SOC 2, GDPR) is advantageous.