DevOps Engineer

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Germany.

📋 Description

• Take charge of and enhance our DevOps and platform engineering operations, covering everything from build and deployment pipelines to monitoring, infrastructure as code, and cost optimization.

• Create and manage CI/CD pipelines that are secure, scalable, and designed to facilitate rapid product iterations while maintaining stability.

• Enhance observability through Datadog, GCP, and custom dashboards, including outcomes focused on FinOps observability.

• Establish and uphold FinOps governance, including showback and chargeback models, to promote cost accountability within engineering teams.

• Boost developer productivity by developing internal tools, reusable modules, and streamlining infrastructure for other engineering teams.

• Assist teams in defining and measuring SLOs, establishing standards for assessing system health and reliability.

• Act as a FinOps thought leader, partnering with Product and Engineering to determine the most cost-efficient architectural patterns for new services and features.

• Contribute significantly to shaping our engineering culture, implementing DevOps best practices, and influencing our long-term DevOps strategy.

• Collaborate across functions with product engineering, security, finance, and other teams to align technical spending with business unit economics and financial objectives.

⛳️ Requirements

• Over 6 years of experience in DevOps, SRE, or software engineering roles, preferably in fast-paced startup environments.

• Expertise in Python or Go, with a solid foundation in software engineering principles.

• Demonstrated ownership of production infrastructure and platform tools, possessing strong debugging abilities and the skill to troubleshoot complex distributed systems and identify unexpected financial surges.

• Proven experience in designing and implementing secure and robust infrastructure, especially in settings with strict regulatory standards such as those utilized by government agencies and major financial institutions.

• Extensive experience with Kubernetes and tools like ArgoCD, Helm, and Terraform.

• Familiarity with GCP (preferred) or other major cloud providers, with a strong emphasis on cloud cost management, utilizing reserved instances/savings plans, and implementing cost anomaly detection.

• Practical experience with dedicated FinOps tools (e.g., Kubecost, AWS Cost Explorer, GCP Cloud Billing, DoIT Cloud Intelligence) or developing custom tools for cost allocation and reporting.

• Significant experience in building CI/CD pipelines and internal developer tools from the ground up.

• Hands-on experience with observability tools like Prometheus or Datadog, along with participation in an on-call rotation.

🏝️ Benefits

• Competitive compensation in both cash and equity.

• Option for early exercise of all options, including pre-vested ones.

• Remote-first culture allowing work from anywhere.

• Flexible paid time off along with a Year-end break.

• Health insurance, dental, and vision coverage for employees and their dependents - *specific to US and Canada*.

• 4% matching in 401k / RRSP - *specific to US and Canada*.

• A MacBook Pro delivered directly to your home.

• One-time stipend for setting up a home office — including desk, chair, screen, etc.

• Monthly meal stipend.

• Monthly social meet-up stipend.

• Annual health and wellness stipend.

• Annual learning stipend.