Staff DevOps Engineer

As the only company focused 100% on Java, Azul is building the Java platform for the modern cloud enterprise.
We are looking for an experienced engineer to join our distributed Platform team of YAML enjoyers on a mission to introduce best practices from the DevOps and SRE fields to all Azul products.

We are fully responsible for our product building and distribution pipelines (shipping more than 1000 binaries to our customers worldwide with each release) as well as our SaaS products (cloud based solution built and maintained using „everything as a code“ approach).

Our Platform team plays a key role in success of Azul products by boosting the productivity of our engineering teams and promoting best practices during software delivery lifecycle. Our engineers often communicate with all company product teams, support and automate every aspect of the software delivery lifecycle.

What You Will Do:

• Designing and implementing PoCs, providing first-hand technical guidance
• Leading cross-team implementation projects
• Producing system requirements, design and other SDLC deliverables
• Supporting engineering teams and promoting best practices
• Providing cloud expertise and maintaining company cloud environments
• Automating and optimizing engineering processes
• Coaching team members, being a role model for junior colleagues

What Kind of Engineer You Are:

• You enjoy delivering at scale as a team rather than an individual contributor
• You bring a strong sense of ownership which you simply can’t ignore
• You often find yourself actively listening to other engineers and engineering teams
• You keep asking questions and are naturally backing up / verifying your decisions with data points
• You are actively looking for your work and also are making sure your decisions have a company-wide impact
• You have at least 2 years of experience working as an architect / lead

Our Technology Stack:

• CI – Gitlab, Jenkins
• Cloud – AWS, OpenStack
• Observability – Prometheus, Victoria, Loki, Cloudwatch, Grafana
• Orchestration - Kubernetes
• Scripting – Bash, Python, Go

What We Offer:

• Comprehensive compensation and healthcare packages
• Equity Program – be part of our success
• Referral Program
• Work-life balance, remote-first, paid time off, company shutdown, holidays
• Work with top experts worldwide who contribute to the Java ecosystem