Principal Devops Engineer (SaaS)

TL;DR

Principal Devops Engineer (SaaS): Leading complex infrastructure projects and owning the EKS/EC2 lifecycle for a SaaS platform accelerating digital transformation in the restaurant industry with an accent on reliability and cost controls. Focus on automating security/compliance workflows and mentoring engineers to drive adoption of platform standards across teams.

Location: Prague

Company

hirify.global is a global company with 6000+ specialists providing a full spectrum of services, including business and tech advisory, enterprise solutions, CX, UX and Ul design, managed services, product development, and software development.

What you will do

• Lead large, complex infrastructure projects to delivery, including research/proposal, planning and testing phases.
• Own EKS/EC2 lifecycle: provisioning, upgrades, add‑ons (CNI/CSI/Ingress), autoscaling/capacity, reliability, and cost controls.
• Define CI/CD and GitOps standards and design .NET container pipelines.
• Standardize IaC with Terraform and use Crossplane where Kubernetes‑managed cloud resources make sense.
• Build and maintain platform tooling, environments, and scripts; enable self‑service patterns for product teams.
• Automate security/compliance workflows and mentor engineers.

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience in a similar role with deep AWS experience, strong Kubernetes/EKS operations, Terraform‑first IaC, and CI/CD/GitOps patterns.
• Strong debugging and troubleshooting skills.
• Effective collaborator and mentor, able to engage directly with a range of internal consumers and stakeholders.
• Thrives on autonomy, with strong organizational and project management skills, and a desire to help shape technical strategy.
• Linux proficiency; solid Bash/Python scripting.
• Security/compliance know‑how (SOC 2, PCI) and practical experience implementing compliant change controls and audit support.

Nice to have

• Familiarity with Windows/PowerShell and .NET build/deploy nuances for legacy workloads.
• Experience with TeamCity/Octopus.
• Observability: Prometheus; Datadog or SumoLogic experience is a plus.
• Messaging and data familiarity such as Kafka/MSK and AWS SNS/SQS/Kinesis; exposure to Postgres/MSSQL/MySQL helpful.

Culture & Benefits

• Equal opportunities in recruitment, career development, and leadership.
• Committed to fostering a work environment where our diverse community of employees, candidates, and business partners actively shapes our growth.
• A workplace where everyone feels free to be themselves while honoring the boundaries of others.

Hiring process

• Talent Acquisition Interview to talk about your goals and learn more about who we are, what we offer, and how we support our people.
• Technical Interview is all about diving deeper into your expertise and understanding your strengths, how you solve problems, and how you think – no trick questions, just a meaningful conversation.
• Customer Interview (for some roles) – it’s a chance for everyone to align and get to know each other better.