As a Senior DevOps / Platform Engineer, you play a key role in the stability, security, and scalability of our entire platform.
You take responsibility for the infrastructure of a safety-critical product that protects thousands of lone workers every day.
You ensure our systems run robustly, performantly, and with high availability.
Further development of our Kubernetes infrastructure (multi-cloud, multi-AZ, zero-downtime deployments).
Maintenance and expansion of our Infrastructure-as-Code landscape with OpenTofu/Terraform.
Set up and continuously improve observability (logs, metrics, traces), including dashboards.
Support operating dedicated hosting setups for enterprise customers.
Ensure enterprise customer compliance requirements and ISO 27001.
Take responsibility for the security fundamentals of the infrastructure.
Help design backup, recovery, and disaster-recovery strategies for our production environments.
Participate in on-call/incident rotation (focused on stability & disaster recovery).
Build effective alerting and incident management.
Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines to automate the build, test, and deployment process.

Several years of experience (4+ years) as a DevOps Engineer or in a similar role within a cloud/SaaS environment
Strong knowledge of Kubernetes (deployment, networking, ingress, observability, scaling) and modern cloud infrastructure (e.g., OVH, AWS, Hetzner)
Solid experience with Infrastructure-as-Code, preferably Terraform/OpenTofu, including module and environment structuring
Confident handling of monitoring, logging, and alerting tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, ELK/Loki or comparable solutions)
Understanding of cloud security topics: networking, secrets management, encryption, and secure configurations
Experience with highly available, mission-critical systems – ideally in a B2B-SaaS or safety-critical context
Nice to have: hands-on experience building and operating CI/CD pipelines for containerized applications and/or mobile apps
Structured, independent, and quality-conscious working style with a pragmatic understanding of priorities (feature vs. stability vs. tech debt)
Enjoy working closely with developers and improving their day-to-day through good platform and tooling decisions
Very good English skills and basic German skills (at least A2)

Attractive compensation (market-based salary plus performance-based bonus)
Flexible working: remote, hybrid, or in-office in Berlin-Kreuzberg
High-quality equipment with Apple devices
100% focus on quality and stability – clear priorities, well-planned development time, and fixed release cycles
Direct responsibility and room for shaping your role
Flat hierarchies and fast decision-making
Tax-free benefits such as meal allowances & vouchers
Team events, such as our annual company retreat or Christmas party
Open and authentic company culture characterized by trust, respect, and teamwork
Regular feedback meetings for optimal personal development

Senior DevOps Engineer

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