DevOps / Platform Engineer (m/w/d)

ÜBER HOKIFY

hokify has the jobs that keep the economy and society running. Under the motto “Easy to do-it-jobs”, our team works every day to make applying and recruiting easier and less complicated. As a fast-growing scale-up with around 80 employees, we are looking for people who share our enthusiasm for tech and innovation. Join us in shaping the future of job search & recruiting!

As a DevOps / Platform Engineer at hokify, you will design, build, and maintain the infrastructure and platform foundation that enables our engineering teams to deliver features quickly, reliably, and securely. Your work will power a scalable job platform used by hundreds of thousands of job seekers and employers. You’ll help shape our cloud-native infra architecture — and drive automation across all stages of the software lifecycle.

You’ll work closely with all types of engineers and the product team to ensure our services are resilient, observable, and easy to operate. This is a high-impact role with room to shape both technical direction and internal DevEx practices.

DEINE AUFGABEN

• Design, implement, and manage scalable infrastructure using AWS Console as well as Infrastructure as Code (Terraform) in parts

• Improve and maintain our CI/CD pipelines, ensuring fast and safe deployments across environments

• Operate and optimize our self-managed MongoDB cluster, including backup strategies, high availability, and performance tuning

• Evolve our Docker- and AWS-based micro-service platform (ECS, ECR, Fargate, etc.)

• Monitor and enhance service observability using Grafana Cloud, Sentry, and some legacy CloudWatch

• Proactively address platform security topics (e.g., IAM policies, secret management, vulnerability scanning, network security)

• Champion reliability, availability, and scalability as first-class concerns

• Evaluate and introduce modern tooling and best practices in DevOps, SRE, and Platform Engineering

Our Techstack:

• AWS (ECS/Fargate, S3, CloudWatch, Lambda,CloudFront, IAM)

• Docker-first deployment model

• CI/CD via GitHub Actions, integrated with pnpm and monorepo

• Terraform-first IaC from now on (with some legacy configurations)

• MongoDB (self-managed), Redis, Elasticsearch/OpenSearch

• Observability: Grafana Cloud, Sentry, AWS CloudWatch

• Application stack: Node.js, TypeScript, Nuxt/Vue

• Hexagonal microservices, REST APIs, and modular codebase

WAS DU MITBRINGEN SOLLTEST

• Strong experience with cloud infrastructure (ideally AWS) and container orchestration (e.g., ECS, EKS, or Kubernetes)

• Solid expertise in CI/CD, IaC (Terraform), and production-grade infrastructure automation and management

• Hands-on experience managing self-hosted databases - ideally MongoDB -  including resilience, scaling, and tuning

• A strong understanding of infrastructure security: IAM roles, secure secret storage, audit logging, and compliance-aware thinking

• Programming experience (e.g.,TypeScript, Javascript, Python) to automate repetitive tasks and improve ops workflows

• Ownership mindset -  you don’t wait for tickets, you see problems and fix them

• Bonus: Familiarity with Sentry, Grafana, or building developer-focused internal tooling

• Bonus: Experience with MLOps/AIOps principles and tools (e.g., Kubeflow, MLFlow, Vertex AI) for deploying, managing, and optimizing machine learning pipelines

• Bonus: German or willingness to learn the language (not required)

WAS WIR BIETEN

• A responsible position with a lot of creative freedom in a dynamic, growing company

• The opportunity to actively shape the future of the recruiting tech market.

• Modern management culture, a motivated and committed team that supports each other.

• Flexible working hours and the option to work from home

• Lunch allowance, ongoing company updates with breakfast and similar formats, additional vacation days on December 24 and 31

• Variety in everyday working life thanks to joint team events

The salary is from EUR 56,000 gross/year. Your actual salary will be agreed depending on your qualifications and experience.

And now you! Show us what you're made of - we look forward to receiving your application!