Switzerland Remote (Global) Employment

Divio is hiring a Senior DevOps / Site Reliability Engineer

About the Role

Divio is hiring a Senior DevOps / Site Reliability Engineer to take ownership of the reliability, performance, security, and cost-effectiveness of our core infrastructure. You will have autonomy and influence, working on both the Divio Cloud PaaS and a large-scale enterprise AWS platform.

What You'll Do

  • Keep the lights on: perform patching, tuning, incident response, and maintain overall stack health.
  • Push long-term improvements: lead migrations, develop internal tooling, harden security, and revamp monitoring.
  • Shape the infrastructure: evolve our setup to stay modern, secure, and developer-friendly.
  • Help our internal support crew with technical questions and assist our external development team.

What We're Looking For

  • Excellent command of written and spoken English.
  • Solid expertise in Docker, AWS, and cloud-native infrastructure.
  • Programming experience, ideally in Python and TypeScript (Go, Java, etc. also welcome).
  • Experience with configuration management and Infrastructure as Code, ideally Ansible and AWS CDK.
  • Strong foundational knowledge in Linux, networking, the TCP/IP stack, and load balancing.
  • A reliable, proactive mindset where you take responsibility and can work independently.
  • Comfort with support tasks and professionalism when communicating with clients.

Nice to Have

  • Hands-on Linux system administration and tuning experience.
  • Familiarity with Django or other Python web frameworks.
  • Experience using AWS CDK, specifically with TypeScript.
  • Operational knowledge of services like PostgreSQL, Redis, RabbitMQ, and Elasticsearch.
  • Any experience with the tools and technologies mentioned in our technical stack.

Technical Stack

  • Docker, Django, AWS (EC2, S3, RDS, OpenSearch, Lambda, DynamoDB, API Gateway)
  • Ansible, Python, TypeScript, AWS CDK
  • Datadog, Redis, Elasticsearch, Nessus
  • GitHub Actions, Cloudflare, Gatsby, Storyblok

Team & Environment

We are a company of 18 people spread across Europe. We are remote-first with a small team and no heavy hierarchy. Our process is engineer-led, and we set priorities together.

Work Mode

This is a remote position open to candidates in Europe.

Divio values curiosity, ownership, and clarity. We have no heavy hierarchy—everyone brings ideas, and we build together. We are small, focused, and genuinely into tech.

Required Skills
DockerAWSEC2S3RDSOpenSearchLambdaDynamoDBAPI GatewayAnsiblePythonTypeScriptAWS CDKDatadogRedis
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Divio

Divio is a remote-first company building a multi-cloud Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) that simplifies the deployment of Docker-based applications. We also manage a large-scale AWS setup for a single enterprise client.

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Job Details
Department Information Technology
Category infrastructure
Posted 14 days ago