DevOps Engineer

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Spain, +1 more country.

📋 Description

• Develop and sustain tools for development and cloud infrastructure.

• Oversee production instances and manage application distribution online.

• Automate and enhance the development and release workflows.

• Implement and maintain infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code, particularly with Terraform / OpenTofu.

• Enforce security best practices related to IAM, networking, and secrets management.

• Partner with the security team on penetration testing and security-related discussions.

• Monitor production environments and analyze incidents to uncover root causes.

• Execute smooth rolling releases, including certificate renewals and database upgrades, without disrupting users.

• Collaborate with engineers, particularly within Data and QA teams.

• Ensure that development teams adhere to established protocols.

• Engage in daily standups, assist teammates in overcoming obstacles, and help organize and prioritize infrastructure tasks and tooling requests.

• Take responsibility for infrastructure deployments, performing configuration checks, tool upgrades, and production oversight.

• Optimize infrastructure resources, databases, and tools to minimize costs while maintaining capacity and performance.

• Supervise cluster and tool upgrades, safely troubleshoot issues, share knowledge, proactively identify risks, and integrate new tools into project schedules.

• Operate without on-call duties or late-night emergencies.

⛳️ Requirements

• Over 3 years of practical experience with AWS and Kubernetes in a production setting.

• Experience with public-facing applications where uptime and user experience are critical.

• Experience in planning, executing, or actively participating in Kubernetes cluster upgrades.

• Strong hands-on proficiency with Terraform / OpenTofu.

• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and GitOps workflows, including GitHub Actions and ArgoCD.

• Solid understanding of AWS security basics, including IAM, roles, and networking.

• Experience in monitoring and alerting.

• Capability to troubleshoot and identify production issues.

• Extensive experience working remotely in a diverse environment.

• Exceptional communication skills combined with high emotional and professional maturity.

• Proven track record of delivering high-quality work as assessed by peers.

• Ability to foresee implications on broader architecture, risk reduction, and contingency strategies.

• Proficient spoken and written English communication skills.

• Nice to have: Experience with Managed Kafka (MSK), RDS/Postgres, Prometheus-compatible stacks, VictoriaMetrics, Grafana, Elasticsearch, Sentry, Terragrunt, multi-region setups, and cloud cost optimization.

🏝️ Benefits

• Access to your own certified coach.

• Access to AIMY, the AI coach.

• Opportunities for stretching beyond your current role.

• 100% remote work within your country of employment.

• Occasional chances to work from abroad, subject to approval.

• 30 days of annual leave.

• Additional Volunteering Day.

• Agile work methodologies.

• Recognition for innovative ideas.

• Mission-driven work.