DevOps Engineer

📋 Job Overview

Aus Europa, für Europa - wir entwickeln Europas Business-KI. Wir sind das größte KI-Start-up in Aachen. KMUs profitieren davon, wenn internes Wissen sofort nutzbar wird und intelligente Agenten darauf reagieren können. Wir glauben an eine Zukunft, in der Business-KI, einschließlich Agenten innerhalb von amber und anderen Plattformen, auf einer gemeinsamen Kontextschicht arbeitet, sodass Teams schneller arbeiten, Übergaben nahtlos erfolgen und das Know-how im Unternehmen bleibt. Fragst Du Dich bei der Arbeit ständig: „Wie können wir unsere Infrastruktur noch effizienter gestalten?“ - Dann hilf uns, unsere systemübergreifende KI-Plattform auf die nächste Stufe zu heben. Wir suchen eine:n (Senior) DevOps Engineer, der die Leidenschaft und das Know-how mitbringt, unsere Plattform noch stabiler und skalierbarer weiterzuentwickeln.

🏢 About amber

amber is Europe's largest AI startup based in Aachen, developing business AI solutions for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Our mission is to make internal knowledge immediately accessible and enable intelligent agents to respond to it, helping teams work faster, ensuring seamless handovers, and keeping company knowledge within the organization.

🎯 The Role

As a (Senior) DevOps Engineer at amber, you will be responsible for automating our product and setup processes to reduce manual workload. You will work closely with our Development Team to optimize daily deployments of new software versions and resolve technical issues. Your efforts will contribute to making our platform more stable and scalable, ensuring minimal downtime and proactive problem resolution.

✅ Key Responsibilities

• Automate our product and setup processes to reduce manual workload at amber
• Work closely with our Development Team to optimize daily deployments of new software versions and resolve technical issues
• Design, implement, and document improvements to our security measures for customers and external audits
• Scale deployments for dozens of customers, including large databases, container orchestration, and cloud-native tools
• Monitor incident response, work on root-cause analysis, and recovery of our services to ensure minimal downtime
• Set up and maintain a robust monitoring and alerting solution to proactively identify and resolve issues within our platform

📌 Required Qualifications

• Professional experience with Linux-based systems (Windows Server is a plus)
• Familiarity with deploying and managing workloads across multiple cloud providers
• Practical experience with K8s management, container orchestration, and related cloud-native technologies
• Strong understanding of development and operations cycles, including CI/CD pipelines
• Familiarity with Infrastructure-as-Code tools (e.g., Terraform)
• Experience with managing data streams using tools like Grafana, Kibana, or Prometheus
• Excellent communication skills in both German and English with various stakeholders
• Reliable completion of tasks and end-to-end ownership
• Basic programming skills and comfort with Java or Python (experience with Rust or Go is a plus)

⭐ Desirable Experience

• Experience with Windows Server
• Experience with Rust or Go

🎁 Benefits

• Team Offsites: Twice a year, we meet together somewhere in Europe as an international team
• Choice between a subsidized Deutschlandticket or an Urban Sports Club membership
• Hybrid work model: We meet in person 3 times a week at one of our locations
• Digital, tax-free food vouchers every workday on-site
• Attractive compensation, including company shares for outstanding performance
• Opportunities for personal and professional growth, including training and autonomy
• Work with the latest technologies and tools

🛂 Visa & Eligibility

We only consider applicants with residency in Germany for this position.