Senior DevOps Engineer (f/m/d)

Hi, we're SafeNow!

We're a startup dedicated to providing safety to everyone in the world—for free. To do this, we're developing an app that gives you instant access to local helpers, whether they're your friends, family, or professional responders.

We’re a small team with a big heart, based in Munich, consisting of 50 people from 9 different countries. We’re looking for a passionate new team member who loves taking on new challenges in a fast-paced startup environment. We’re a diverse group of honest and open-minded people who share a common vision: to make the world safer for us and the people and places we love.

Tasks

• Operate and evolve our AWS-based infrastructure to be secure, scalable, and highly available
• Manage our Kubernetes clusters and ensure smooth operation of all services
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions and Infrastructure as Code with Terraform
• Monitor our systems using Grafana and Prometheus and respond to incidents quickly and effectively
• Advocate for DevOps best practices across the engineering team and help shape our operational culture
• Collaborate closely with developers and QA to continuously improve the platform

Requirements

• DevOps Engineer full-time with a Linux background — you know your tools from curl to jq, from awk to sed, from iptables to netstat and you know how to exit vi
• Strong experience with Kubernetes (own cluster running on AWS), Terraform (we're using in to keep stuff up to date and to automatically setup new infrastructures for e.g. pentests), Prometheus and Grafana
• Strong experience with AWS (IMA, S3, RDS, Lambda, CloudFront etc.) and fluent with the AWS CLI
• Bonus: You already have experience with optimizing PostgreSQL (we’re using AWS Aurora)
• Willingness to learn more about running backends like Hasura, Kafka or EMQX. Great if you already have experience
• Based in or around Munich (remote possible)
• Fluent in English, German is a bonus

Benefits

• Purpose-Driven Work: Start every morning knowing that your contribution makes the world a safer place.
• Be Part of Our Success Story: Receive equity in our rapidly growing startup (VSOP) and benefit directly from the company’s success. You don’t just work at SafeNow—you ARE SafeNow!
• Friendly Culture: Experience a performance-driven culture based on friendship and collaboration—for us, teamwork is what counts. We create a space where authenticity and individuality are celebrated. We firmly believe that diverse perspectives and backgrounds lead to innovative ideas and solutions.
• Personal Development: Experience a steep learning curve, plenty of autonomy, and responsibility—your creative freedom is as vast as your ideas.
• Transparency: Experience a collaborative environment based on complete transparency. You’ll gain insights into all areas of SafeNow and benefit from the input of all teams. Together, we celebrate our successes and learn from our experiences.
• Unique Workations: Experience inspiring team workations—whether in a cozy mountain cabin in Austria, a sunny finca in Mallorca, or an idyllic house on Lake Chiemsee.Modern amenities: Enjoy our modern campus with food trucks, an outdoor pool, a rooftop terrace with views of the Alps, an eGYM Wellpass membership, and a cozy office—including our Benjamina tree and regular after-work events.