Overview

Soda's mission is to monitor the world's decisions. We are seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer to take end-to-end ownership of Soda's infrastructure and build a cloud platform capable of handling billions of datasets. You will design automation to help engineers ship features daily and establish the reliability and performance foundation for Soda's Data & AI Observability platform.

Responsibilities

• Scale Soda Cloud to billions of datasets and thousands of customers with reliability, performance, and security at the core.
• Take full ownership of Soda's infrastructure, including cost, operations, reliability, and performance.
• Lead the design, implementation, and automation of scalable Kubernetes and cloud infrastructure
• Build CI/CD pipelines and GitOps workflows that ensure safe, frequent, and automated deployments
• Implement observability, reliability, and security standards across the platform
• Support large-scale machine learning workflows and mentor engineers to maintain a DevOps-first culture

Requirements

• Deep, hands-on experience designing, scaling, and operating cloud-native SaaS platforms in high-growth startups (AWS first, with Azure or GCP experience a plus)
• Mastery of Kubernetes and containerized deployments and deep knowledge of AWS services (EKS, IAM, networking, ECS/Fargate, SQS, RDS, S3, ...)
• Hands-on with CI/CD, GitOps, and Infrastructure-as-Code using tools like GitHub Actions, ArgoCD/Flux, Terraform, Pulumi, plus solid scripting skills (Python, Bash, Go)
• Strong background in observability (DataDog, Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry, etc.) and security best practices
• Familiarity with MLOps practices and supporting ML pipelines in production
• Exceptional communication skills in English - both oral and written
• You are proactive, independent, and comfortable in proposing new ideas; able to stand your ground when you believe you are right

Nice-to-haves

• Prior work in a regulated environment (ISO27001, SOC2, or similar)
• FinOps / cloud cost optimization experience
• Service mesh knowledge (Istio, Linkerd)

Benefits

• The opportunity to be part of the exciting early stages of a well-funded, European-based Open Source startup with traction and venture potential
• Fully Remote Working Environment with an option to work from an office
• Compensation: up to 110 000 EUR/year + equity

Our Values

We value freedom with responsibility, transparency, and a growth mindset. We value open and direct communication without judgment and encourage proactive issue handling and frequent communication. You will have autonomy to make impactful product and roadmap decisions.

Why you will love to join Soda

• Be Part of a Transformation: Your work will define the industry's future
• Experience fast growth: Work with a fast-growing, VC-funded startup
• High-Impact Team: Join a senior engineering team that values autonomy and impact
• Ownership from Day One: You’ll own and improve workflows and scaling decisions
• International Culture: Team spans 12+ countries, collaborating across time zones
• Work on your own terms: Fully remote with flexible options
• Open Source at Scale: Contribute to Soda Core, used by notable names

Qualifications

• Senior-level DevOps experience with cloud-native architectures

Seniority level

• Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Full-time

Industries

• IT Services and IT Consulting