Senior DevOps Engineer
AlturaWe’re Altura, an ambitious SaaS startup!
At Altura, we’re making it easier for organisations to win complex deals (tenders and RfP’s). With our AI-powered platform, we simplify bid management by turning it into a smooth, strategic process. We connect workflows, automate tasks, and make knowledge accessible, so teams can work more efficiently and effectively.
But we’re not stopping there.
We’re developing the first AI-powered Agentic Virtual Bidmanagement Assistant, designed to automate the entire bid lifecycle. Altura is growing fast and has big plans for the future. If you value innovation, enjoy working together, and want to make a real impact, we’d love to have you on board.
Let’s work together!
The Role:
We are looking for a Senior DevOps Engineer to join our growing team.
You will play a critical role in designing, implementing, and maintaining our cloud infrastructure and deployment pipelines. The ideal candidate possesses a strong background in DevOps practices, automation, and cloud technologies, with a passion for building scalable and reliable systems. You should also be comfortable with the .NET development stack and have experience in improving developer experience in organisations.
This is a rare opportunity to establish best in class practices in DevOps from the ground up. You will have the autonomy and authority to propose and implement the changes necessary to make Altura one of the best engineering organizations in the Netherlands. You will report directly to our VP of Engineering, and you’ll lead the automation of our operations to infrastructure-as-code.
Our Tech Stack:
Infrastructure: Azure, Terraform, Kubernetes, Cloudflare
CI/CD: Azure DevOps
Front-end Language: TypeScript, SCSS
Front-end Frameworks: Vue/Nuxt
Back-end Language: C# and Python
Back-end Frameworks: .NET 8/ASP.NET Core 8, FastAPI
ORMs: EF Core, SqlAlchemy
Databases: MSSQL, MySQL, Neo4j, MongoDB
Caching: Redis
What you will do:
Lead the design, implementation, and management of our cloud infrastructure in Azure.
Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines for automated deployment and release management.
Implement infrastructure as code using Terraform.
Implement automated observability for system performance and reliability, driving proactive measures to optimise performance and ensure uptime.
Develop common tools and libraries that teams will use to integrate in their solution to improve observability, reliability and scalability.
Troubleshoot and resolve issues related to infrastructure, deployment, and automation.
Collaborate with software engineering teams to optimise application architecture for scalability, performance, and security.
Stay updated on emerging technologies and best practices in DevOps, SRE and cloud computing.
What you bring:
You can draw from extensive professional experience in DevOps, ideally a person who has worked in development teams before.
Successfully migrated infrastructure to infrastructure-as-code (IaC), establishing scalable, stable, and automated systems from the ground up.
Your verbal and written communication skills are excellent in English.
Strong proficiency in Azure services due to the fact that our platform is fully hosted on Azure
Experience with containerization and orchestration tools such as Docker and Kubernetes in both a managed and self-hosted setting.
Proficiency in scripting languages such as PowerShell, Python and Go would be an added advantage.
Hands-on experience with Terraform for infrastructure as code.
You must have a solid understanding of CI/CD pipelines and tools such as Azure Pipelines and Github Actions.
Experience with Cloudflare is an added advantage.
Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
Excellent communication and collaboration abilities.
A security-first mindset to ensure we always remain compliant with industry standards like ISO27001
If you have worked in an Agile environment before, this could be considered an added advantage.
You are proactive and eager to learn and able to work both independently and in a team.
You feel comfortable in a relatively young and fast growing organisation with a turbulent and ambitious work environment where we all go the extra mile to exceed customer expectations and make an impact.
We offer:
Work - Work for an AI-build SaaS startup, going scaleup
Time - 40 hours per week ⏱️
Compensation - Competitive salary and Virtual Stock Units (VSUs) 💸
Free - 26 vacation days 🏖️
Tech - All the tools and tech stack you want 🛠️
Flexibility - Work remotely when and how you want. Want to have the Thursday afternoon off and work on Sunday? As long as output is delivered and results are met 🔄
Fun - Tear at the go-kart track or bowl your colleagues out during our company outings, but feel no need to join 🏎️
Development - Budget to develop and spend it on courses you want 💡
Macbook 💻
Hybrid working model - 2 days/week in our beautiful Amsterdam office 🏫
The workplace
Altura is a fast-growing B2B AI SaaS company with great ambitions.
We developed an end-to-end platform that enables bid teams to manage and win complex bids, both in the public and private sectors. We use artificial intelligence to connect bid teams to company resources, automate the bidding process and assist proactively with tasks and insights.
In 2022, we launched Altura. Since then, things have taken off. Our team has grown from 8 to 50 people, and the momentum is still going strong.