Our client, The Landbanking Group (TLG), is a fast-growing tech company headquartered in Germany. Their products and services help turn landowners into sellers of sustainable ecosystem services, allowing them to develop and monetise widespread sustainable land management practices.
TLG integrates various geospatial data sources and leverages cutting-edge machine learning models for satellite imaging, carbon footprint and biodiversity analysis. Metagenomics, open supply chain, and other relevant data enables them to develop digital twins of land plots, assess ecosystem quality, verify proof of impact and tokenize the claims so that they can be traded or bundled into tradable assets.
TLG is now looking for a passionate DevOps or Systems Engineer to join their ambitious, cross-functional teams and help build a global-level technology platform. As a DevOps, you will be responsible for building, operating and monitoring our cloud IT infrastructure as well as providing a world-class developer experience to our engineering and data teams.
What You'll Do
- Design, build, and maintain cloud infrastructure primarily on AWS, with some components on GCP.
- Work with the development team to address any scaling issues in the backend (built on Django) and our PostgreSQL database, ensuring optimal performance and availability.
- Automate deployments, configurations, and scaling processes using Terraform.
- Implement robust monitoring and alerting systems to proactively identify and resolve performance issues.
- Enhance the developer experience by optimizing CI/CD pipelines and streamlining workflows.
- Work independently to identify and implement improvements to the infrastructure and processes.
- Collaborate with engineering and data teams to ensure infrastructure supports product and research needs.
What Tools You'll Use
- Python, Django
- PyTorch
- Typescript, React
- AWS, Terraform, Terragrunt, Cloudflare
- Celery, AWS SQS
- Kubernetes, Karpenter
- PostgreSQL (AWS RDS,Aurora Serverless)
- Metabase
- GitHUb, Jira, Notion
- Grafana
What You'll Need To Be Successful
- 5+ years of experience as a DevOps Engineer, SRE, or in a similar role, managing cloud-based infrastructure at scale.
- Deep expertise in AWS (experience with GCP is a plus).
- Experience with administering cloud infrastructure at scale, ideally through some configuration management Terraform.
- Experience with administering relational databases (PostgreSQL preferred).
- Familiarity with SQS, Pub/Sub, and message-driven architectures.
- Knowledge of ML frameworks, libraries, data structures, data modelling, and software architecture is a plus
- Sound knowledge of UNIX and TCP/IP network fundamentals
- Solid experience with concepts such as monitoring, infrastructure-as-code, CI/CD, containers (Docker & Kubernetes) and related tools.
- Fluent in at least one of the major web programming language as well as common engineering tools like Git, Jira.
- Ability to debug and optimize code.
- Automation comes naturally to you and is your first instinct.
- You see value in agile methodologies like Scrum or Kanban and in applying engineering best practices, code reviews and pair programming, and automated tests.
- As a team player, giving and receiving meaningful feedback helps you and your peers to improve and learn.
- Strong problem-solving skills with a passion for observability and reliability
- You take ownership of your work, have a deep sense of responsibility, and keep yourself and your team accountable for the expected results.
- Good communication skills in English (German is a plus).
What's in it for you
- A working environment based on trust, encouragement and feedback; positive, inspiring work atmosphere
- High degree of autonomy
- Challenging and novel problems to solve
- Remote work (timezone should be close to Germany)
- Plenty of learning and development opportunities within and outside our organization
EOE statement: TLG welcomes people from all backgrounds and walks of life. We are committed to providing equal opportunities for all employees and applicants without regards to race, colour, religion, sex, sex stereotyping, pregnancy, gender, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, age, mental or physical disability, ancestry, medical condition, marital status, citizenship status, sexual orientation, genetic information, or any other status protected by applicable law.
If you feel this does perfectly describe you or at least to some relevant extent, we would be delighted to receive your application!
