Senior DevOps Engineer - Eastern Europe

We are seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer to join our Devops team. Our team works on a cutting-edge product in the DevOps domain. This team plays a critical role in enhancing and maintaining a high-scale SaaS platform, streamlining the delivery lifecycle for multiple products, improving developer experience, and advancing monitoring capabilities.

As part of a company deeply rooted in Kubernetes and GitOps, the DevOps team not only provides expertise in these areas but is also integral to shaping the direction of our product. This is a unique opportunity to make a significant impact in a dynamic, high-growth environment.

Please note: we’re hiring for candidates located in Eastern Europe, to ensure overlap with our working hours and team collaboration

What You’ll Be Doing

As a Senior DevOps Engineer, you won't just be managing infrastructure—you'll be the glue that connects our R&D teams. Your core mission will be to foster a culture of collaboration, shared ownership, and excellence. You'll work closely with development, and product teams to streamline their workflows, champion best practices, and mentor engineers to build a more efficient and effective R&D organization.

What You’ll Bring

• 5+ years of experience with DevOps and cloud technologies.
• Deep expertise in Kubernetes and containerization.
• Strong knowledge of at least one major public cloud (AWS, GCP, or Azure) experience with more than one is a plus.
• Proficiency with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Pulumi, or similar).
• Strong familiarity with CI/CD practices and and tooling.
• Experience with monitoring and observability stacks (Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, OpenTelemetry).
• Strong scripting and automation skills (Bash, Python).
• Excellent problem-solving and collaboration skills in distributed, cross-functional teams.

Bonus Points

• Experience with Crossplane and Argo projects (e.g., Argo CD, Argo Workflows).
• Knowledge of event-driven architectures (e.g., RabbitMQ).
• Familiarity with databases such as MongoDB or other NoSQL systems.Programming experience in Go or Node.js.

Why Join Us?

Cutting-Edge Technology: Be part of a company that lives and breathes Kubernetes, GitOps, and cloud-native technologies, working on innovative solutions at scale.

Collaborative Environment: Join a supportive and highly skilled team, where your expertise and ideas will shape the future of our product.

Professional Growth: Enjoy opportunities for continuous learning, growth, and staying ahead in the fast-evolving DevOps ecosystem.

Impactful Work: Contribute to building and maintaining a platform that supports thousands of developers worldwide, making a real difference in the industry.

Our public employee handbook is the best place to learn more about life at Octopus. It includes our values, how we structure teams, career progression, leave and benefits, and much more.

If you're enthusiastic about this position, even if you don’t meet all the criteria above, we wholeheartedly encourage you to submit your application. Our talent team is in-house, and we recognize that every individual brings something unique. We take the time to review every application and consider how you might add to the team.

We know your time is precious. If you apply, we promise to update you at least once per week about the status of your application and to give you clear expectations for each step in the journey.

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• Ask for sensitive personal information, such as credit card details, bank account numbers, or other financial information during the recruitment process.

• Request payment, fees, or purchases from job seekers.

• Send checks for equipment purchases prior to employment.

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• The sender uses email domains that do not end in @octopus.com (e.g., name.sr.octopus.com or generic addresses like @yahoo.com or @hotmail.com).

• Poor spelling and grammar in emails or official-looking documents.

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• Pressure to act quickly or threats of losing the opportunity if immediate action is not taken.

We take fraudulent activities seriously and are committed to ensuring the integrity of our hiring process. Thank you for helping us protect our community and future Octonauts!

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