Senior DevOps Engineer

About the role

The DevOps Engineer will own and scale the AWS infrastructure, streamline deployments, and ensure high availability and security across systems. This role involves working closely with engineering teams to make the software delivery process fast, reliable, and cost-efficient using AWS and the AWS CDK.

Responsibilities

• Design, maintain, and improve AWS infrastructure using AWS CDK (TypeScript/Python)
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, CodePipeline, or similar)
• Automate deployments, infrastructure provisioning, and operational workflows
• Monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize system performance using AWS-native tools (CloudWatch, X-Ray, etc.)
• Implement logging, alerting, and observability best practices
• Manage networking, security groups, IAM roles, and secrets securely
• Drive cost optimization strategies in AWS
• Collaborate with developers to improve development-to-production workflows
• Participate in on-call rotation and incident resolution

Required skills

• AWS
• AWS CDK
• CI/CD
• GitHub Actions
• TypeScript
• Python
• Bash
• Docker
• Container orchestration
• Networking
• Security
• CloudWatch
• Prometheus
• Grafana

Nice to have

• AWS cost optimization
• Serverless architectures
• Lambda
• Step Functions
• EventBridge
• ISO 27001
• SOC 2
• GDPR

Qualifications

• 5+ years in a DevOps, SRE, or similar role

About the Company

countX is a Berlin-based SaaS company that simplifies EU VAT compliance for e-commerce businesses. Our platform automates VAT registration, reporting, and compliance processes, enabling online merchants to expand across Europe with less administrative effort and lower compliance risk.