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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Lead DevOps Engineer - **Company:** Institut für Operations Research und Management GmbH - **Location:** Kiel, Germany - **Experience:** Expert - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Agile Methodology, Amazon Web Services, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud, Automation of Tests, Software as a Service, Cloud Computing, Cloud Computing Security, Cloud Engineering, Continuous Integration, DevOps, Distributed Systems, Amazon DynamoDB, Python (Programming Language), Systems Development Life Cycle, Prometheus, Service Design, Amazon Simple Notification Service (SNS), Systems Architecture, TypeScript, System Availability, Flask (Web Framework), Delivery Pipeline, Grafana, Backend, Vue.js, Containerization, Webpack, Kubernetes, Infrastructure Automation Frameworks, Front End Software Development, Asynchronous Programming, Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS), Terraform, Serverless Computing - **Published:** August 10, 2026 - **Apply:** https://jobdb.softgarden.de/jobdb/public/jobposting/applyonline/click?jp=65174845 ## About the Role * Proven DevOps Expertise: 5+ years of hands-on experience in DevOps, SRE, or Platform Engineering, building and operating scalable, production-grade SaaS systems. * Fullstack Engineering Mindset: Strong experience across the full development lifecycle - from backend services to cloud infrastructure, with the ability to contribute hands-on where needed. * Technical Leadership: Ability to take ownership of architecture decisions, service design, scalability, reliability, and cost optimization in a team context. * Cloud-Native & Platform Thinking: Deep understanding of modern cloud-native architectures, containerization, and operating distributed systems in production. * Technical Leadership: Ability to take ownership of architecture decisions, service design, scalability, reliability, and cost optimization in a team context. * Hands-on Mentality: Comfortable switching between development, infrastructure, and operations topics. * Agile Collaboration: Experience working in cross-functional product teams with a pragmatic, solution-oriented mindset. * Communication & Ownership: Strong communication skills and the ability to proactively drive technical topics with Product, Architecture, and Platform teams. ## Description At INFORM's Risk & Fraud Division, we develop and operate a SaaS solution that helps organizations across Europe meet Anti-Money Laundering (AML) requirements through reliable and efficient Customer Watchlist Screening. As a Lead DevOps Engineer, you'll play a key role in shaping the technical direction of our product. Working in a cross-functional product team, you'll drive architectural decisions, improve platform reliability, and help build scalable cloud-native services that deliver real value to our customers. What you can move with us: * Take technical ownership of our Customer Watchlist Screening platform and actively shape its future development. * Design, build, and operate scalable, reliable, and secure cloud-native services - contributing hands-on across the full stack where needed. * Ensure stable operations, high availability, and strong observability across our platform. * Drive continuous improvements in deployment pipelines, infrastructure automation, and platform efficiency at scale. * Collaborate closely with Product Management and System Architecture to drive the development of new features and services. * Guide and mentor fellow engineers, fostering engineering excellence and knowledge sharing within the team. * Work with platform, cloud, and authentication teams to leverage shared services and build on a scalable infrastructure., * Backend Development: Python (Flask), asynchronous programming, APIs and service integration * Cloud & Infrastructure: AWS (EC2, DynamoDB, SQS, SNS), Infrastructure as Code with Terraform * Container Platform: Kubernetes, Helm, Flux, KEDA * Observability & Reliability: Grafana, Prometheus, monitoring and alerting concepts * CI/CD & Automation: GitHub Actions, automated testing and deployment pipelines * Frontend (nice to have): TypeScript (e.g. Vue.js / Vite) * Additional (optional): Exposure to Java-based services How we value your work: * Flexible working hours, hybrid work, workation, sabbatical * Childcare subsidy and other family-friendly benefits * Urban Sports Club membership and other health/sports offers e.g. bike leasing * Long-term development prospects with a wide range of further training opportunities * Varied, healthy and subsidized lunch in our canteen * Large INFORM summer party, company and team events as well as a Christmas party ## Related Videos - [We adopted DevOps and are Cloud-native, Now What?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/485-we-adopted-devops-and-are-cloud-native-now-what) - [From DevOps to Scaled DevOps: How We’re Rebuilding Continuous Delivery as a Platform](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100018-from-devops-to-scaled-devops-how-we-re-rebuilding-continuous-delivery-as-a-platform) - [Developing the Backend with Stefan Lingler, CTO at Shpock](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100360-developing-the-backend-with-stefan-lingler-cto-at-shpock) - [Lessons learned from building a thriving Vue.js SaaS application](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1666-lessons-learned-from-building-a-thriving-vue-js-saas-application) - [Navigating the Corporate Jungle: Life as a Developer in a large Company](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/621-navigating-the-corporate-jungle-life-as-a-developer-in-a-large-company) - [#90DaysOfDevOps - The DevOps Learning Journey](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/548-90daysofdevops-the-devops-learning-journey) ## Related Articles - [The Biggest German Tech Companies](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/424-the-biggest-german-tech-companies) - [Best Coding Boot Camps in Germany](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/237-best-coding-boot-camps-in-germany) - [The Most Popular IT Jobs on the Market](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/376-the-most-popular-it-jobs-on-the-market) - [Dev Digest 121 - AI goes offline](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/456-dev-digest-121-ai-goes-offline) - [7 Most Popular Web Developer Jobs in Europe](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/163-7-most-popular-web-developer-jobs-in-europe) - [What’s the Difference between a Junior, Mid, and Senior Developer?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/238-what-s-the-difference-between-a-junior-mid-and-senior-developer)