Kubernetes jobs in Germany

Do you love shipping projects to production? Well, it turns out we love that too! As a Cloud Automation Engineer you will help our customers automate and operate infrastructure on a global scale, driving their digital transformation.

We have a hungry mind and are curious to innovate and collaborate. Together with our international team you will shape what cloud-native means and set new expectations on how development teams ship code. The future is in the cloud, and you're about to create it. Ready for take-off?

Your challenge

As a cloud automation engineer you will enable a development team to deliver valuable features in no time. You will automate infrastructure setup and application deployment while ensuring availability, observability, latency and performance meet expectations. Besides you will...

• Work in a cross-functional development team on the implementation of best practices for CI/CD and infrastructure automation
• Advise and support our clients regarding the design and architecture of cloud solutions based on modern platforms and technologies: Kubernetes, AWS, Azure, GCP, Cloud Foundry, OpenShift, Docker, Kafka, ELK, HashiCorp tools, etc.
• Record client requests (technical consulting tasks and requirements management) and create a working solution together with the customer
• Choose adequate tools and methods based on the situation ensuring development teams are productive
• Design resilient cloud architectures and ensure smooth operation with suitable observability solutions

Your opportunity

For us, it's not just a job. We love to learn, reflect, and improve. If you're ready to give your career a boost and enjoy learning as much as we do, you have found the place to be. At mimacom, everyone's voice is heard and everyone plays an important role in the company. We don't have spectators or commentators in our team. We are proud of the results our teams achieve and our customers love us for this.

• We believe in cross-functional and agile teams that deliver solutions and take ownership
• We focus on quality - with our standardized processes we ensure the quality requirements for software architecture, the development process as well as the DevOps maturity level
• Actively shape your future through individual career planning with extensive further training opportunities (training, mentoring programs, conferences, workshops)
• Flat hierarchies, a direct feedback culture and freedom to suggest ideas and contribute
• We live the value of "freedom with responsibility": work in a flexible and self-organized way and choose your own work equipment
• We contribute to your pension scheme and subsidize cell phone costs
• In our modern, easily accessible offices in Stuttgart and Munich we offer you coffee, tea and brain food in the form of snacks and fruits
• Cool team activities like hackathons, car racing, BBQ, skiing weekend
• Competitive remuneration

Your profile

• Relevant experience with one of the cloud platforms AWS, Azure or GCP
• Profound understanding of Kubernetes core concepts and proven production experience with a container platform
• Experience with Terraform, Pulumi, AWS CDK or similar infrastructure automation tools
• A deep understanding of distributed systems and their fallacies, networking and container security
• Experience in at least one of the scripting languages Bash, Go or Python
• Good knowledge of at least one Continuous Integration tool: GitLab CI, AWS CodePipeline, Concourse, Spinnaker, Flux CD or Jenkins
• Experience in building and processing delivery / deployment pipelines and continuously monitoring and improving the developer experience
• Here are some topics that will give you a plus for this role:
  • Experience in software development with Java / JavaScript / TypeScript desired. These are the technologies your fellow teammates will be working with a lot
  • Experience in building and operating multi-data center infrastructures for cloud-native applications
  • Experience in setting up monitoring and alert systems
  • Deep understanding of cloud-native security principles and how to put them into practice
• Besides the technical skills you also have
  • Excellent communication skills, team spirit and you enjoy asynchronous communication to collaborate effectively
  • An analytical mindset helping you debug complex distributed applications
  • Experience working in international and diverse cross-functional teams
  • A strong urge to solve customer problems and build lasting solutions
  • A passion for sharing your knowledge through blog posts or conference talks

We are Thinksurance – one of the leading German InsurTechs on our way to becoming an international player. We are orchestrating our digital platform development with Go/Node.js (Express.js, NestJS) based on microservices architecture on AWS cloud. We keep our lovely data in MySQL, MongoDB, and Redis as key-value storage. Our front-ends are built as micro-frontends using TypeScript, React, and Carbon design systems. We remain open to new technologies and try to improve our DevOps workflows by automating our infrastructure using Terraform, Kubernetes, Docker, and our applications deploy and operation using GitLab CI/CD.

We are seeking an experienced, open-minded, and well-organized Senior Go (Golang) Developer to join our agile Tech team.

At thinksurance no two days are the same! your responsibilities will include

• Design and develop business logic and backend services for full-scale applications
• Write scalable, robust, testable, efficient, and easily maintainable code for our online comparison calculators and internal tools
• Develop software architecture further, improve performance and caching
• Support, maintain and optimize our development and production system environments including the continuous delivery pipeline
• Translate software requirements into stable, working, high performance software
• Take very high product responsibility and shape the IT agenda significantly
• Mentor, support and guide less experienced colleagues

What defines you

What you bring to the party:

• Strong knowledge of Golang (3+ years professional experience)
• Experience with SQL (e.g. MySQL, Postgresql) and NoSQL (e.g. Redis)
• Experience with Microservice architecture, Docker, version control (git) and clean code
• Profound Knowledge in Kubernetes, DDD & SOLID principles; CI/CD, Domain-oriented microservice architecture What would be nice to have on top:
• Curious and self-researching about new technologies
• Degree in Computer Science, Informatics or a comparable subject
• Experience in agile methodologies, AWS, Google Cloud or any other cloud provider

What we offer

• Choice of prefered hardware (Mac or Windows)
• Free ticket for public transportation (RMV Jobticket)
• Regular feedback meetings and personal development path
• Educational budget for conferences and workshops
• Thinksurance library, Udemy Account and learning sessions
• Free German and English language courses
• Flexible working hours and WFH opportunities
• 26 days of holidays
• Regular socializing and team events
• Crossfit and Yoga classes
• Free coffee, fruits and drinks

What drives us

We look for personalities that want to leave a footprint in the insurance industry with us. Talents, whose imagination knows no limits and who can scale processes, structures, and ideas without problems. Thinking big, leading courageously, and a passion for the concerns of our partners are daily business for us. Besides our benefits, we especially offer one thing: a professional home, in which we stick together like a family, and in which every day is a little bit like day one. So: Do you want to create the digital future of the insurance industry with us? Then apply now and become part of the Thinksurance family!

We are Thinksurance – one of the leading German InsurTechs on our way to becoming an international player. We are orchestrating our digital platform development with Go/Node.js (Express.js, NestJS) based on microservices architecture on AWS cloud. We keep our lovely data in MySQL, MongoDB, and Redis as key-value storage. Our front-ends are built as micro-frontends using TypeScript, React, and Carbon design systems. We remain open to new technologies and try to improve our DevOps workflows by automating our infrastructure using Terraform, Kubernetes, Docker, and our applications deploy and operation using GitLab CI/CD.

We are seeking an experienced, open-minded, and well-organized Lead Go Developer to join our agile Tech team.

At thinksurance no two days are the same! your responsibilities will include

• Design and develop business logic and backend services for full-scale applications
• Write scalable, robust, testable, efficient, and easily maintainable code for our online comparison calculators and internal tools
• Develop software architecture further, improve performance and caching
• Support, maintain and optimize our development and production system environments including the continuous delivery pipeline
• Translate software requirements into stable, working, high performance software
• Take very high product responsibility and shape the IT agenda significantly
• Mentor, support and guide less experienced colleagues
• Work closely with our CTO and Head of Engineering

What defines you

What you bring to the party:

• Strong knowledge of Golang (4+ years professional experience)
• Experience with SQL (e.g. MySQL, Postgresql) and NoSQL (e.g. Redis)
• Experience with Microservice architecture, Docker, version control (git) and clean code
• Profound Knowledge in AWS, Kubernetes, DDD & SOLID principles; CI/CD, Domain-oriented microservice architecture

What would be nice to have on top:

• Degree in Computer Science, Informatics or a comparable subject
• Experience in agile methodologies
• Curious and self-researching about new technologies

What we offer

• Choice of prefered hardware (Mac or Windows)
• Free ticket for public transportation (RMV Jobticket)
• Regular feedback meetings and personal development path
• Educational budget for conferences and workshops
• Thinksurance library, Udemy Account and learning sessions
• Free German and English language courses
• Flexible working hours and WFH opportunities
• 26 days of holidays
• Regular socializing and team events
• Crossfit and Yoga classes
• Free coffee, fruits and drinks

What drives us

We look for personalities that want to leave a footprint in the insurance industry with us. Talents, whose imagination knows no limits and who can scale processes, structures, and ideas without problems. Thinking big, leading courageously, and a passion for the concerns of our partners are daily business for us. Besides our benefits, we especially offer one thing: a professional home, in which we stick together like a family, and in which every day is a little bit like day one. So: Do you want to create the digital future of the insurance industry with us? Then apply now and become part of the Thinksurance family!