Senior Cloud DevOps Engineer (m/f/d)

We are looking for a Senior Cloud DevOps engineer who will focus on developing and improving cloud-native services and work closely with the development team and the DevOps/platform engineering team. You will interface closely with experts in robotics, artificial intelligence, frontend engineering, and infrastructure, ensuring our backend systems facilitate seamless integration and high performance across our entire technology stack.

• Lead the continuous refinement of system architecture to improve scalability, reliability, performance, and long-term adaptability.

• Collaborate with development and platform engineering teams to implement architectural improvements aligned with evolving business needs and technology trends.

• Proactively identify bottlenecks and inefficiencies, recommending solutions that support future requirements and multi-cloud environments.

• Ensure robust, future-proof, and cloud-agnostic system designs.

• Integrate services seamlessly with DevOps capabilities and processes.

YOUR PROFILE

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.

• 10+ years of experience in Software Development and Architecture, with hands-on DevOps experience.

• Experience with infrastructure as code and provisioning tools (e.g., Terraform, Ansible).

• Solid knowledge of cloud technology like AWS, Azure, etc.

• Hands-on experience with containerization and orchestration technologies such as Docker, Docker Swarm, and Kubernetes.

• Experience with services running in Kubernetes and Docker / Linux Containers.

• Hands-on experience with reverse proxies (Traefik) in conjunction with service. configuration and routing.

• Experience with Terraform, Ansible (Infrastructure as Code), and Helm.

• Experience with database technologies like NoSQL (MongoDB) / SQL (Postgres).

• Lead the design and upkeep of high-performance APIs.

• Proficient with Git-based workflows.

• Experienced in working with pipelines (Jenkins, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, …).

• Experienced with message queues like RabbitMQ, Kafka:
  
  *Design and implementation of event-driven architectures.
  *Strong understanding of messaging patterns (Pub/Sub, Work Queues, Routing, CQRS, Event Sourcing).
  *Solid knowledge of delivery guarantees (at-most-once, at-least-once, exactly-once).
  *Experience with partitioning strategies, consumer groups, and backpressure handling.
  *Hands-on experience with monitoring, error handling, retry strategies, and dead letter queues.
  *Performance and scalability considerations in distributed systems.

• High proficiency in spoken and written English.

HELPFUL ADDITIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

• Knowledge of real-time data streaming e.g., WebRTC, gRPC.

• Familiarity with ROS (Robot Operating System).

• Familiarity with service discovery, e.g., Consul.

• Experience with Node.js, TypeScript, Python, and Go.

About us

We believe robots should do the work humans should not—dull, dirty, and dangerous tasks. The robot industry is experiencing rapid growth, powered by AI, cloud computing, 5G networks and falling cost of robot hardware. We envision a transformative decade ahead similar to the arrival of smartphones. With hundreds of thousands and very soon millions of inspections performed across five continents and software trusted by the world's top energy leaders, we’re not just imagining impact—we're delivering it.

We are a team of roboticists, AI experts, and world champions who grew up programming robots and never stopped developing intelligent autonomy software for collaborative mobile robots. With our diverse team of 70+ people from 25+ different countries, our team is uniquely qualified to revolutionize the industry. Our foundation is strengthened by visionary entrepreneurs and committed investors. Additionally, we work closely with notable partners and collaborators such as AWS, Boston Dynamics, DJI, Ericsson, Google, Intel, Microsoft, Mitsubishi, Nokia, Nvidia, SAP and many more. Together, we are committed to shaping the future of robotics.

Are you passionate about robotics and eager to make a difference? Join us and be part of a team that is not just witnessing but actively shaping the future of robotics. Energy Robotics is the place for you. Be at the forefront of this groundbreaking journey!

YOUR BENEFITS AT ENERGY ROBOTICS*

• Growth & Development

  Annual education budget.

  Learn from world-leading robotics experts.

  Knowledge-sharing sessions & workshops

• Flexibility & Time Off

  Flexible remote work and workation possibilities

  Support for a standing desk for your home office

• Wellbeing & Community

  Be part of an international team with over 20 nationalities

  1:1 sessions with certified psychologists and mental health workshops

  Team events: hackathons, outdoor adventures & more

  Weekly sponsored team lunches

• Financial Perks

  Support for public transport costs

  Extra employer contribution to company pension scheme

  Allowance for kindergarten costs possible

  ...and more benefits & discounts

  *The specific offer may vary depending on employment type and location.