DevOps Engineer

### Who you are

• 3–5 years of experience in DevOps, SRE, or Cloud Engineering roles
• Strong hands-on experience with GCP, Kubernetes, and Terraform/Terramate
• Solid understanding of CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation
• Experience with monitoring and observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana)
• Good knowledge of networking, Linux systems, and system design fundamentals
• Experience contributing to security, reliability, or compliance improvements (e.g., ISO27001)
• Strong troubleshooting skills and ability to stay calm during live incidents
• Excellent communication skills and ability to collaborate across engineering teams
• A proactive, ownership-driven mindset with a passion for automation and continuous improvement
• Experience with Helm or other Kubernetes tooling
• Exposure to DevSecOps practices, vulnerability scanning, or secrets management
• Familiarity with SOC2/ISO27001 audits or security automation
• Experience working in high-availability SaaS environments
• Knowledge of SQL databases or distributed systems concepts
• This role might not be ideal if:
• You prefer a highly structured environment
• You want a fully remote position
• You prefer a slower-paced role with minimal change
• You are not comfortable with direct ownership and cross-functional collaboration
• Don’t meet every requirement? No problem! We’re always open to exceptional candidates and value diversity in all forms

### What the job involves

• Your work will directly strengthen the reliability, security, and scalability of the platform that powers hiring for thousands of companies
• Operate, maintain, and continuously improve our Google Cloud–based infrastructure and Kubernetes clusters
• Build, manage, and evolve our Infrastructure-as-Code setup using Terraform and Terramate
• Enhance and automate CI/CD pipelines to improve deployment speed, reliability, and developer experience
• Improve monitoring, observability, and alerting (Prometheus, Grafana) to identify and resolve issues proactively
• Participate in incident response, troubleshooting, and post-mortems, helping to create a stable and resilient platform
• Contribute to security and compliance improvements, including ISO27001-related automation and best practices
• Drive operational excellence through automation, documentation, and continuous improvement of workflows
• Collaborate closely with backend teams to design resilient, scalable services and deployment architectures
• Identify system bottlenecks, risks, and improvement opportunities — and help implement meaningful solutions
• You’ll join our Platform Engineering team and collaborate closely with backend, product, and engineering teams across Europe
• Your work will play a key role in strengthening JOIN’s infrastructure, reducing operational risk, and enabling our engineers to ship reliable, secure software at scale

### The application process

• Intro Call (~30 min) – Meet our Talent Acquisition Partner to align on expectations
• 2️⃣ Technical Interview (~60 min) – A deep-dive focused on cloud, Kubernetes, reliability, and your approach to DevOps challenges
• You’ll always know where you stand - no black holes, no ghosting

### Benefits

• Equipment - We provide you with state-of-the-art technology and anything you need to outfit your desk. Your working environment is right in the heart of Berlin, with gaming consoles, table tennis, and modern areas for every mood
• Stock Options - Highflyers can additionally expect attractive stock options, as we want to win together
• International Team - Great teams are about personalities. Our employees come from many different countries united by their ambition to create the best recruiting tool on the market
• Celebrations - Be it work anniversaries, birthdays (and births), weddings, or national and religious holidays - we like to celebrate special events together in the office