We're looking for a proactive and experienced Mid-Level DevOps/Cloud Engineer to join our growing team. You'll play a key role in designing, building, and scaling our cloud infrastructure, streamlining our deployment processes, and championing automation best practices. If you thrive in cloud environments, excel at building robust CI/CD pipelines, and enjoy contributing code (primarily TypeScript/Python), this is a fantastic opportunity to make a significant impact.
While this position is open to candidates across the EU, we have a strong preference for someone who can work from our Antwerp office—at least initially—to closely align with our team, including direct collaboration with senior leadership.
Responsibilities
Development & Automation (:50% Focus): Dedicate a significant portion of your time (estimated 50%) to hands-on software development. This includes designing, building, testing, and maintaining automation scripts, internal tools,platform enhancements, and potentially application components using TypeScript and Python
Design, Implement & Manage: Take ownership of our cloud infrastructure (GCP), focusing on scalability, security, cost-efficiency, and reliability
Build & Optimize CI/CD: Develop, maintain, and enhance our CI/CD pipelines (e.g., using GitHub Actions, Jenkins, GitLab CI) for faster, more reliable software delivery
Automate Everything: Drive automation efforts across deployment, monitoring, incident response, and infrastructure management using IaC
Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Write clean, maintainable IaC scripts using tools like Terraform, CloudFormation, or Ansible
Microservices & Event-Driven Architecture: Design, implement, and manage resilient microservices within an event-driven architecture (e.g., leveraging message queues/streams like Kafka, RabbitMQ, SQS/SNS). Ensure effective orchestration (Kubernetes), containerization (Docker), fault tolerance, and robust asynchronous communication patterns
Monitor & Troubleshoot: Implement robust monitoring and logging solutions. Proactively identify and resolve performance bottlenecks and potential issues before they impact users
Collaborate & Advocate: Work closely with development teams to integrate DevOps practices, improve system design, and share knowledge
Code Contribution: Contribute to automation scripts, internal tooling, and potentially application components using TypeScript and Python
Security Focus: Implement and advocate for security best practices throughout the infrastructure and deployment lifecycle
Documentation: Maintain clear documentation for infrastructure, processes, and configurations
Requirements
Experience: Proven track record with 3-5 years of hands-on experience in DevOps, Cloud Engineering, or Site Reliability Engineering (SRE)
Strong Software Development Skills (TypeScript & Python): Proven experience in software development beyond simple scripting. Must be proficient in writing, testing, and maintaining clean, robust, production-quality code in both TypeScript and Python. Ability to contribute effectively to shared codebases and understand software design patterns is essential, as development tasks will constitute approximately 50% of this role
Cloud Expertise: Deep understanding and practical experience with at least one major cloud platform: AWS, Azure, (preferably GCP)
CI/CD Mastery: Demonstrable experience building and managing complex CI/CD pipelines using tools like GitHub Actions, Jenkins, GitLab CI, etc
Containerization & Orchestration: Strong proficiency with Docker and Kubernetes (or similar orchestration tools)
Infrastructure as Code: Hands-on experience with IaC tools like Terraform, CloudFormation, Ansible, Pulumi, etc
Scripting/Coding: Solid scripting and development skills in TypeScript and Python
Core Concepts: Strong grasp of networking fundamentals (TCP/IP, DNS, VPNs, Load Balancing), security principles, and monitoring/observability concepts in cloud environments
Mindset: A proactive, problem-solving attitude with a strong sense of ownership and excellent communication skills
EU citizen and based in an EU timezone
Nice to have
Relevant cloud certifications (e.g., AWS Certified DevOps Engineer, Azure DevOps Engineer Expert, Google Cloud Professional Cloud DevOps Engineer)
Experience with specific monitoring/observability tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, ELK Stack)
Experience with serverless architectures
Database management experience (SQL/NoSQL)
Experience with backend development, particularly Node.js
Benefits
Competitive salary and benefits
Remote-friendly work environment with flexibility
Annual company gatherings and regular team-building activities
