About the Role
As DevOps Engineer #3, you will help scale the infrastructure, automation, and reliability standards for a stablecoin-native clearing bank. You will own big projects, build and operate the platform, and work across engineering, security, and product to turn infrastructure into a competitive advantage.
Responsibilities
- Shape the infrastructure, automation, and reliability standards.
- Build and operate the platform including AWS infrastructure, Kubernetes, CI/CD pipelines, observability, and incident response.
- Work across engineering, security, and product to turn infrastructure into a competitive advantage.
- Design for failure and automate processes.
- Ramp up on current infrastructure and identify areas for improvement.
- Ship first big project, such as PR environment deployments or multi-region infrastructure.
- Scope and plan future infrastructure projects.
- Act as the trusted individual for platform speed, reliability, and safety.
- Write backend code or learn new tooling as needed to complete tasks.
- Address issues that block developers.
Requirements
- 4+ years in DevOps, SRE, Platform Engineering, or similar roles.
- Advanced hands-on experience with AWS (IAM, EC2, EKS, VPC, CloudWatch, etc.).
- Ability to design, debug, and operate production-grade Kubernetes environments.
- Strong experience with Terraform (modules, workspaces, complex architectures).
- Proficiency in Python, Go, or similar languages for automation and tooling.
- Experience designing and maintaining GitHub Actions or comparable CI/CD systems.
- Familiarity with metrics, logging, distributed tracing, and incident response best practices.
- Ability to make complex infra concepts intuitive for developers and stakeholders.
- Willingness to relocate to Berlin for an in-person role.
Skills
- AWS
- Kubernetes
- Terraform
- Python
- Go
- CI/CD
- GitHub Actions
- Observability
- Incident Response
- Communication
Location
- Berlin
Work Type
- In-person
Experience Level
- 4+ years
Salary/Compensations
- €75,000-€150,000
Benefits
- Equity
- Relocation support
- Visa support
- Latest Apple gear (MacBook + AirPods)
- Lunch benefit
- Gym benefit
- Beautiful office in the heart of the city
- 4x on-/offsites per year
- Annual development budget
- Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance (US team)
- 401(k) retirement plan (US team)
About the Company
- Augustus is building the US team from the ground up for a stablecoin-native clearing bank, with conditional approval from the OCC.
- The company is backed with $40M from Valar Ventures, Creandum, and founders of Ramp, Deel, and Circle.
- Augustus is regulated in Europe and operates with Euro and Stablecoin clearing today.
- The team consists of operators, unicorn early employees, ex-founders, and individuals passionate about reinventing banking.
Equal Opportunity
- Augustus is committed to creating an inclusive environment where people from all backgrounds can thrive and where different viewpoints and experiences are valued and respected.
- Augustus will consider all applications for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, national origin, religious beliefs, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, neurodiversity, disability, age, parental or veteran status.
