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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # (Senior) DevOps Engineer - **Company:** Blockbrain GmbH - **Location:** München, Germany - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** €80,000.0 - €120,000.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Software as a Service, Continuous Integration, DevOps, Github, Python (Programming Language), Key Management, Prometheus, TypeScript, Policy as Code, Scripting, Istio, Large Language Models, Grafana, Kubernetes, Information Technology, Terraform, Dynatrace - **Published:** September 3, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.adzuna.de/details/5867230910 ## About the Role * Professional Experience: 5+ years in DevOps, SRE, or platform engineering, ideally operating production SaaS at scale. Hands-on experience running Kubernetes in production is essential. * Communication: Clear and calm under pressure. Can coordinate an incident and write a post-mortem others learn from. Works in English; German is a plus. * Tech Affinity: Treats infrastructure as code and operations as a software discipline. Genuinely enjoys automating manual work away. * Solution Orientation: Measures success in incidents that did not happen. Fixes root causes, not symptoms. * Organizational Talent: Plans capacity and reliability work ahead of demand and balances on-call, project work, and toil reduction. * Education: Degree in computer science or a related field, or equivalent hands-on experience. We care about what you can operate, not the certificate. * Hard Skills: Kubernetes, Terraform / IaC, CI/CD (e.g. GitHub Actions), observability (Prometheus, Grafana, distributed tracing), a major cloud (AWS, Azure, or GCP), scripting (Python, Go, or TypeScript), secrets management, and policy as code. * Soft Skills & Mindset: Strong ownership, blameless culture, a bias toward automation, calm in incidents, and a security-by-default mindset. ## Description * Define and own SLOs and SLIs for the platform and manage error budgets against them * Carry on-call, act as incident commander, and run blameless post-incident reviews that produce real follow-up * Run production readiness and capacity planning ahead of demand, not after the page fires Platform & Infrastructure * Run and harden the Kubernetes platform (Helm, GitOps, service mesh) and the cloud underneath it (Terraform, multi-region) * Own observability: metrics, logs, and distributed tracing, so problems surface before users feel them Automation & Efficiency * Eliminate toil through automation, self-healing systems, and automated remediation * Drive cost visibility and FinOps practice across cloud and LLM spend, * Flexible Work Models: Full-time position on-site in Stuttgart, Hamburg or Munich (3 days per week) with flexible working hours. * Benefits: Deutschland-Ticket, Wellpass fitness membership, access to the latest AI tools, and regular company and team off-sites. * Top Team: International team with exceptional talents. * High Growth Potential: Steep learning curve in a fast-growing AI startup. A high level of personal responsibility and the freedom to actively shape processes. * Top Equipment: MacBook, iPhone, headset, and all the tools you need to perform at your best. Blockbrain is an equal opportunity employer. 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