Senior DevOps Engineer

DevOps Engineer at Bloomreach - Remote Central Europe — Wilmington Remote-First with Central European Roots: Bloomreach explicitly describes this role as virtual-first with optional access to hubs in Bratislava, Brno, and Prague. This means you can work fully remotely as a digital nomad, as long as you can support Central European or compatible timezones — the team operates in CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2). Timezone Flexibility: While no explicit timezone window is stated, the on-call rotation requirement means you need to be reachable during agreed shifts. Nomads in Europe, East Africa, or the Middle East will find overlap easiest. Those in Southeast Asia (Bangkok, Bali) face a 5–7 hour gap that may complicate on-call duties. Salary vs. Nomad Cost of Living (41,600–52,000 EUR/year): Lisbon, Portugal: Comfortable lifestyle at ~€2,000–2,500/month. This salary easily covers premium living with savings to spare. Medellín, Colombia: ~$1,200–1,800/month needed. Excellent purchasing power; salary goes very far. Tbilisi, Georgia: ~$1,000–1,500/month. Extremely favorable, with easy Georgian e-residency options and no local income tax for remote workers. Travel-Relevant Perks: The $1,500 education budget could cover coworking memberships or certifications. 'DisConnect' quarterly days off and 5 volunteer days add schedule flexibility. No explicit coworking stipend is mentioned, but the results-first culture supports location independence. Bloomreach is building the world's premier agentic platform for personalization . We're revolutionizing how businesses connect with their customers, building and deploying AI agents to personalize the entire customer journey. We're taking autonomous search mainstream, making product discovery more intuitive and conversational for customers, and more profitable for businesses. We're making conversational shopping a reality, connecting every shopper with tailored guidance and product expertise — available on demand, at every touchpoint in their journey. We're designing the future of autonomous marketing , taking the work out of workflows, and reclaiming the creative, strategic, and customer-first work marketers were always meant to do. All of this is built on the intelligence of a single AI engine — Loomi — so that personalization isn't only autonomous… it's also consistent. From retail to financial services, hospitality to gaming, businesses use Bloomreach to drive higher growth and lasting loyalty. We power personalization for more than 1,400 global brands, including American Eagle, Sonepar, and Pandora. Are you looking for a cutting-edge tech stack to work with on a daily basis? We are currently expanding our Infrastructure team and are looking for a new colleague to join as a DevOps / Infrastructure Engineer . You can work from home or one of our Central Europe offices (Bratislava, Brno, or Prague) on a full-time basis. The base salary range for this position is 41,600 – 52,000 EUR . The pay range actually offered will take into account a variety of potential factors considered in compensation, including but not limited to skills, qualifications, geographic location, accomplishments, experience, credentials, internal equity, and business needs. Train Managers What tech stack do we have for you? Google Cloud, including a wide range of managed products such as Cloud SQL, BigQuery, Bigtable, Dataflow, and Pub/Sub Terraform, Python, Golang At least 3 years of production experience with: Kubernetes – We are looking for an engineer who not only deploys applications to a cluster, but also understands what is happening behind the scenes and can operate 24x7 production. GCP (preferred) / AWS / Azure – Our solution is built on top of GCP. Candidates should be comfortable working with public cloud, understand the risks and benefits of running applications in the public cloud, be familiar with infrastructure-as-code principles, and be able to make design choices between cloud-managed solutions versus self-hosted alternatives. Python / Go – You should be able to read and understand code with confidence, review and evaluate AI-generated Python code for correctness, security, and fit. Hands-on coding skills matter less than before, but you should still be able to develop custom tooling when needed, with or without AI assistance. How to Know If You Are a Good Fit: Independent Delivery : You take a specified maintenance or project task and drive it to completion on your own. AI assistants are a given part of your toolkit, but you always understand and can explain how and why every change was made. AI as a Tool, Not a Replacement : You use AI assistants to work faster, not to hand your work over. You understand what the AI produced, question and verify it, and steer it toward the outcome you want rather than accepting whatever it gives you. You stay in control and remain accountable for everything you ship. Continuous Learning : You have a keen interest in Kubernetes and related technologies, as demonstrated by your active engagement in reading and staying up to date on them. Conference Participation : You have participated in DevOps-related conferences, showcasing your commitment to continuous learning and networking in the field. Configuration Proficiency : You have hands-on experience configuring pod/container security context, network policies, roles and role bindings, pod affinity, host path, pod disruption budgets, priority classes, and node taints. Resource Optimization : You have analyzed resource usage of applications hosted on a cluster and implemented or suggested changes to resource requests/limits, Horizontal Pod Autoscalers (HPAs), or Vertical Pod Autoscalers (VPAs). Cluster Management : You have a deep understanding of the clusters you manage, including the types of machines used in node pools, cluster features, version management, and node autoscaling configuration. You have successfully upgraded Kubernetes cluster versions without interrupting live applications. Terraform Proficiency : You have written a Terraform module with multiple interconnected resources. Monitoring and Alerting : You have experience setting up monitoring systems and configuring alerts. On-duty experience is preferred, along with experience with Grafana and Prometheus. DevOps and CI/CD Experience : You have experience with DevOps, Orchestration/Configuration Management, and Continuous Integration technologies, including Terraform, GitLab, Ansible, and Docker. Team Onboarding and Training : You have experience onboarding and training new team members, demonstrating leadership skills and commitment to team growth. About Your Team: The Infrastructure team operates and maintains Bloomreach Engagement core infrastructure built on Google Cloud with security, high availability, costs, and scalability in mind. Our vision is to identify and implement opportunities to achieve a robust, reliable, and efficient infrastructure and development platform. We strongly support DevOps culture: each team is responsible for releasing, operating, and monitoring their own applications. The Infrastructure Team provides a strong foundation upon which all teams can build — managing big infrastructure components like Kubernetes, databases, and cloud components in Google Cloud. The team also provides support to developers, reviews design proposals, validates performance and availability of applications, and sometimes develops new core application components such as logging or authorization. Tasks and Responsibilities: In this role, you'd be expected to work with other Engineering teams to design sustainable infrastructure, microservice solutions, and an efficient and robust production environment. You'll work on a variety of tasks and projects, including automating tools and infrastructure to reduce manual work, monitoring applications, and participating in an on-call rotation as required. You’ll independently own maintenance and project tasks from specification through to production, using AI assistants to move faster while retaining full understanding of, and responsibility for, what gets shipped. The ideal candidate will be passionate about learning new things, creative, willing to take the initiative, and able to think outside the box to solve problems strategically. More Things You’ll Like About Bloomreach: Culture: A great deal of freedom and trust. At Bloomreach we don’t clock in and out, and we have neither corporate rules nor long approval processes. This freedom goes hand in hand with responsibility — we are interested in results from day one. We have defined our 5 values and the 10 underlying key behaviors that we strongly believe in, embedded in our processes like recruitment, onboarding, feedback, personal development, performance review, and internal communication. We believe in flexible working hours to accommodate your working style. We work virtual-first with several Bloomreach Hubs available across three continents. We organize company events to experience the global spirit of the company. We encourage and support our employees to engage in volunteering activities — every Bloomreacher can take 5 paid days off to volunteer.* People Development Program — personal development workshops on various topics run by experts from inside the company, with continuously developed competency maps for select functions. Our resident communication coach is available to help navigate work-related communications and decision-making challenges.* Managers are strongly encouraged to participate in the Leader Development Program, including regular comprehensive feedback, consultations with a coach, and follow-up check-ins. Bloomreachers utilize a $1,500 annual professional education budget to purchase books, courses, certifications, and more.* Employee Assistance Program with counselors available for non-work-related challenges.* Subscription to Calm — a sleep and meditation app.* 'DisConnect' days — one additional day off each quarter for Bloomreachers globally to unwind away from the screen. Sports, yoga, and meditation opportunities facilitated for team members. Extended parental leave up to 26 calendar weeks for Primary Caregivers.* Compensation: Restricted Stock Units or Stock Options granted depending on role, seniority, and location.* Company performance bonus for everyone.* Employee referral bonus of up to $3,000. Work anniversary recognition — Bloomversaries!* *Subject to employment type. Interns are exempt from marked benefits, usually for the first 6 months. Is this DevOps role fully remote or does it require office presence? The role is fully remote — Bloomreach describes itself as virtual-first. However, you can optionally work from their hubs in Bratislava, Brno, or Prague if preferred. What is the salary for this DevOps / Infrastructure Engineer position? The base salary range is 41,600–52,000 EUR annually. The final offer depends on skills, experience, geographic location, and internal equity. What level of Kubernetes experience is required for this role? At least 3 years of production Kubernetes experience is required. Bloomreach looks for engineers who deeply understand cluster internals, can perform version upgrades without downtime, and handle 24x7 production operations — not just basic deployments. Does this role involve an on-call rotation? Yes, the job description explicitly mentions participation in an on-call rotation as required, alongside monitoring applications and production infrastructure. What professional development support does Bloomreach offer for this role? Bloomreach provides a $1,500 annual education budget for books, courses, and certifications, plus internal development programs, a communication coach, and encouragement to attend DevOps-related conferences. Helping travelers find remote work and build location-independent careers around the world. #J-18808-Ljbffr Job4Travelers