DevOps Engineer - Remote job DevOps / Sysadmin at Blinkist

At Blinkist, we're passionate about creating products that inspire millions to learn and grow. We’re looking for someone to join our platform enablement (DevOps) team, filling a new role to ensure our engineers have all the tools they need to ship their code in a timely and efficient manner.

In this job, you will be working with tools across AWS, GitHub Actions, DataDog, Docker, and more. Our new DevOps engineer will make meaningful technical decisions that create positive impact to make the lives of our engineers easier. 

We’re looking for someone who is a junior or mid-level software or DevOps engineer with 2-5 years of experience and is driven by learning and results. You bring curiosity and a willingness to challenge yourself and others constructively. You should either already be a DevOps specialist, or come from a development background with some DevOps touchpoints (e.g. CI/CD, AWS, monitoring, containerisation, infrastructure-as-code, etc.).

• Manage and maintain entire Blinkist infrastructure (e.g. DataDog, Cloudflare, AWS, Terraform)
• Act as a consultant to engineers: Respond to engineering requests for assistance, access, or clarification on platform requirements/settings.
• Implement and maintain monitoring and alerting systems: Define SLOs; Set up DataDog dashboards; Add Monitors; etc.
• Document infrastructure and processes: Maintain clear, up-to-date documentation to ensure knowledge sharing and quick engineer/team onboarding.
• Collaborate with Backend/Mobile/Web engineers to make sure our platform is operating at optimal efficiency and observability.
• Evaluate and adopt new tools: Research and recommend new technologies that improve developer efficiency or infrastructure reliability.
• Create and optimize developer workflows (e.g. deployments, secret management, security scanning, AI tools, etc.)
• Perform cost optimizations: Analyze our AWS/Cloudflare usage, optimize resources, recommend solutions to reduce costs without sacrificing performance.

• 2-5 years of work experience.
• 1+ years of DevOps experience: Ideally you have already built and scaled production systems.
• Proficient in at least one programming language.
• Docker experience: Strong knowledge of creating and maintaining Dockerfiles and multi-stage builds, familiarity with Docker Compose for local development and testing.
• Terraform experience: You are already familiar with designing, deploying, and managing infrastructure as code across cloud environments.
• Willingness and enthusiasm for supporting engineers and their teams.
• Collaborative approach: You enjoy working with others to solve problems and move projects forward.
• Proficiency in English (the Blinkist working language).

Nice-to-Haves: 

• Experience or knowledge of GitHub Actions
• Experience or knowledge of Ruby: Most Blinkist microservices are written and maintained in Ruby
• Interest and knowledge in security topics (e.g. Docker image vulnerability scanning, code security tools, etc.)
• Knowledge about DataDog APM tracing & logging, SLOs, and defining own metrics
• Bonus points if you know ECS Fargate or worked with it!
• Certification or degree in software engineering, QA, cybersecurity, platform engineering, or similar.

Our unique culture of empowerment, mutual respect, and transparency has always been our defining characteristic. We support each other and carve out opportunities for every individual to develop and grow. We strongly believe that diversity powers innovation, thus we celebrate and support our differences, providing equal opportunities for employment and career growth. We embrace a flexible, remote-friendly way of working that supports different needs and lifestyles. We are hybrid in Berlin, but there are no required office days. 

These are some of our most valued benefits:

• 30 PTO days + Wellbeing days + Learning days 
• Flexible approach to work, including from abroad
• Monthly transport allowance
• One-time work from home office set up budget
• Employee Stock Option Plan
• Professional development fund
• Family planning & parental leave, plus support for parents returning to work
• Wellness initiatives and an Employee Assistance Program

If you choose to join our team in Berlin, you'll have access to our modern office space in Neukölln and enjoy healthy plant-based meals prepared fresh every day by our very own chef. 🥑