About the Role
We use AI to accelerate thinking, design systems, steer output, and take responsibility for what we ship. We are fast where it makes sense and careful where it matters.
Responsibilities
- Architect the Developer Experience: Design and automate platforms that empower teams to move fast and ship with confidence.
- Eliminate bottlenecks and friction in the development process.
- Weaponise CI/CD: Integrate modern tooling into pipelines, ensuring functional safety and reliability.
- Dominate the Cloud: Take full ownership of GKE / Kubernetes infrastructure on Google Cloud, shaping and evolving it.
- Harden the Perimeter: Execute proactive security engineering and hunt for vulnerabilities.
- Scale the Future: Continuously evolve the platform to make development faster, safer, and more scalable.
Requirements
- 5+ Years of DevOps engineering experience.
- Mastery of Google Cloud Platform.
- Proficient with Kubernetes and Linux.
- Experience with Infrastructure as Code, Docker/CRI-O, and shell scripting.
- Full end-to-end ownership of the stack.
- Experience with Graylog, Grafana, Prometheus, Python, or Jenkins is a plus.
- Experience with Ansible, Terraform, or AWS is a plus.
Skills
- DevOps
- Platform Architecture
- CI/CD
- Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
- GKE
- Kubernetes
- Linux
- Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
- Docker
- CRI-O
- Shell Scripting
- Security Engineering
- Graylog
- Grafana
- Prometheus
- Python
- Jenkins
- Ansible
- Terraform
- AWS
Location
- Remote
- On-site in Berlin when necessary
Work Type
- Remote
- On-site
Experience Level
- 5+ Years
Benefits
- Ownership over tickets and real responsibility
- No unnecessary bureaucracy or micromanagement
- Test what works, fail fast, learn faster
- High standards, low ego, direct feedback, honest collaboration
- Investment in growth: Hackathons, conferences, community
- 30 days of vacation + Dec 24 & 31 off
- Smart Fridays (4 days week possible)
- Mobility (Germany ticket & JobRad)
- Sports & health offerings
- Mental health support
- Corporate benefits
- RTL+ access
About the Company
- We use AI to accelerate thinking, not to replace it.
- We design the system, steer the output, and take responsibility for what we ship.
- Fast where it makes sense. Careful where it matters.
Equal Opportunity
- smartclip is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, nationality, age, gender, gender identity, religion, sexual orientation, disability, or any other diverse characteristics.
