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Please note that the position is only available to applicants from Germany and other EU countries.
The language requirements for this position are: English - Fluent.

At SPREAD, we're fueling digital innovation for companies that build real things!

Our platform streamlines engineering and product lifecycle processes, empowering businesses in the automotive, defense, and machinery sectors to innovate faster without sacrificing efficiency.

Join our agile, cross-functional team, working closely alongside Backend, QA, and internal stakeholders. This role balances hands-on customer deployments and continuous enhancement of our Kubernetes-driven infrastructure—making a direct, tangible impact every day.

Your input will ensure robust and seamless operations, supporting clients who operate in demanding, high-compliance environments.

Activities

1. Deploy and establish robust Kubernetes-based infrastructure, customized to diverse client requirements.
2. Directly engage with customers, adapting solutions for both cloud and on-prem environments, clearly navigating complex compliance and security requirements.
3. Automate deployment and operational workflows, optimizing CI/CD pipelines with carefully chosen tools and strategies.
4. Conduct code and infrastructure reviews, offering actionable insights to improve performance, reliability, and security.
5. Efficiently resolve technical challenges, manage timely software updates, and implement dependable solutions.
6. Provide technical insights during project planning, emphasizing secure deployment methodologies and best practices in infrastructure.
7. Implement and maintain comprehensive monitoring, logging, and reporting systems to guarantee stability in client and internal environments.
8. Champion a culture of excellence in DevOps practices, collaboration, and proactive communication across teams.

Requirements

Must-Haves:

• 5+ years as a DevOps Engineer, or equivalent role, ideally in security-sensitive or compliance-driven environments.
• Hands-on customer-facing deployment experience, including both cloud and on-prem infrastructure setups.
• Deep Kubernetes proficiency, building environments from scratch and managing hybrid or multi-cloud scenarios with Terraform.
• Strong scripting capabilities (Python, Bash) and hands-on expertise with secure and compliant CI/CD processes.
• Experience managing critical database environments with complex migration strategies.
• Solid Linux, networking, security, and Git version control skills.
• Demonstrated ability to work autonomously and collaboratively in cross-functional, compliance-aware teams.
• Fluent in spoken and written English.

Nice-to-Haves:

• Experience with Golang, Rust, C++, or TypeScript.
• Familiarity with distributed systems.
• Experience implementing highly available and fault-tolerant infrastructures.
• Strong project management skills and effective use of collaboration tools.

Application Process

- TA round

- Hiring manager round

- Take-home assignment and a rand with the Hiring Team

- Founder's call

About the Company

Berlin-based startup SPREAD is revolutionizing the development, production and maintenance of complex products in manufacturing companies with its agentic engineering intelligence software. In an era of increasingly connected products, SPREAD AI offers an AI-powered Product Twin software suite that helps engineers find, understand and apply product information faster. The platform acts as an intelligent integration layer for fragmented product data across systems and departments, making it easily accessible through intuitive apps and AI agents. The value-based SaaS licensing model enables customized solutions with rapid ROI. Customers benefit from up to 10x faster development times, up to 50% cost savings, and higher product quality: a potential savings of billions of dollars. The team's vision is to make smarter use of trillions of product data points and to make European manufacturing companies the global innovation leaders in applied AI.