DevOps Engineer (Medtech)

TL;DR

DevOps Engineer (Medtech): Building and evolving a Kubernetes-based Application Tier for health evidence solutions and researcher-focused developer tooling with an accent on secure data paths and HPC integrations. Focus on designing scalable cloud-native infrastructure, automating platform workflows, and improving CI/CD pipelines and observability.

Location: Hybrid, regular office attendance required in Berlin/Potsdam, Germany.

Company

hirify.global is a nonprofit digital health organization building secure, compliant, and high-impact digital solutions to empower researchers and public-health partners.

What you will do

• Collaborate with engineers and researchers to ensure smooth deployments and operational reliability.
• Own and evolve the Kubernetes-based Application Tier across Azure and hybrid environments.
• Design, build, and maintain scalable cloud-native infrastructure using Terraform, Helm, and GitHub Actions.
• Improve and automate platform workflows, CI/CD pipelines, observability, and secrets management.
• Shape long-term cloud architecture for research workloads, including secure data paths and HPC integrations.
• Explore and evaluate new technologies for high-performance and reproducible system design.

Requirements

• Experience operating Kubernetes-based systems, ideally in managed environments like AKS, EKS, or GKE.
• Hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code, especially Terraform, Helm, and GitHub Actions.
• Strong understanding of cloud networking (VNet/VPC design, private endpoints, DNS, ingress controllers, TLS).
• Experience with Linux systems, shell scripting, and at least one modern programming language (willingness to learn Go).
• Familiarity with Docker, containerized workloads, PostgreSQL, object storage, and monitoring/observability stacks.
• English: C1 required.

Culture & Benefits

• Nonprofit work with a clear purpose to advance society in public health.
• Diverse and international team across Potsdam, Berlin, and Singapore.
• Real work-life balance with flexible working hours and 30 days of paid vacation.
• Support for private healthcare and sustainable mobility.
• Employee-driven initiatives like climate and DEI.
• Unlimited contract.