Senior DevOps Engineer (Cloud Infrastructure & Automation)

About the Company

BLOCKS is a Berlin-based startup revolutionizing cloud cost optimization for startups and SMEs. Combining a group-buying model with its AI agent “Major Tom,” BLOCKS guarantees 20% savings from day one through automated infrastructure efficiency. With strong funding, rapid growth, and an AI-native engineering culture, BLOCKS empowers small, autonomous teams to create outsized impact.

About the Job

As a Senior DevOps Engineer, you’ll design, automate, and scale the cloud infrastructure powering BLOCKS’ AI-first platform. This is a hands-on role, where you’ll build and optimize multi-cloud systems (AWS/GCP), implement infrastructure as code, and manage Kubernetes clusters and CI/CD pipelines.

You’ll also play a key role in cloud cost optimization (Savings Plans, RIs, spot instances) and support LLMOps/MLOps deployments, ensuring AI workloads run efficiently and securely. This role is perfect for someone who thrives in a 0→1 environment, balancing infrastructure excellence with rapid product iteration.

What You’ll Do

• Design, deploy, and maintain multi-cloud infrastructure (AWS/GCP) with a focus on scalability and reliability.
• Implement infrastructure as code (Terraform, CloudFormation) to automate deployments.
• Manage Kubernetes clusters, Docker containers, and microservices.
• Build and scale CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, GitLab) for fast, reliable deployments.
• Optimize cloud costs through Savings Plans, Reserved Instances, and spot instances.
• Develop automation scripts in Python or Go to streamline operations.
• Deploy and manage LLMOps/MLOps pipelines (RAG systems, AI workloads).
• Enhance monitoring and observability with CloudWatch, Grafana, and Prometheus.

What You Bring

• AWS Certification: DevOps Engineer Professional or Solutions Architect Professional.
• Hands-on expertise with AWS and GCP, including IAM/RBAC and cross-account roles.
• Strong experience with infrastructure as code: Terraform, CloudFormation.
• Proven skills in cloud cost optimization (RIs, Savings Plans, spot).
• Solid background in Kubernetes, Docker, and microservices orchestration.
• Proficiency in Python or Go automation.
• Experience with LLMOps/MLOps deployments (pipelines, RAG systems).

Strong Plus

• Monitoring & observability tools: CloudWatch, Grafana, Prometheus.
• Database operations: PostgreSQL, time-series databases.
• CI/CD experience: GitHub Actions, GitLab, blue-green deployments.
• API development for billing integrations (REST/GraphQL).
• Slack integrations: bots, workflows, enterprise security.

Why Join BLOCKS

• Zero to One: The opportunity to build a category-defining product from scratch.
• True ownership: Small teams, high autonomy, fast learning cycles, and zero politics.
• Top-of-market compensation: Competitive salary and participation in a virtual stock option program.
• Relocation support: Assistance provided for candidates relocating to Berlin.