DevOps Engineer (Mid, Senior)

ABOUT THE TEAM: Talon.One’s R&D has a cross-functional group of engineers, product thinkers, and designers who build and scale the systems behind Talon.One’s platform. Each team owns a clear slice of our ecosystem, operating with autonomy and shared accountability. As part of the Platform Tribe, the Infrastructure team focuses on the foundations that power everything we build: Cloud Architecture, Kubernetes, Networking, Terraform, CI/CD, GitOps, and more. We design scalable, reliable, and secure systems so product engineers can move fast with confidence. We value curiosity, open collaboration, and mutual growth. Everyone has visibility into how things work end to end, and we encourage mentoring and knowledge sharing across disciplines. Talon.One is building an inclusive workplace where diverse perspectives shape better systems and better outcomes. We’re based in Berlin and welcome professionals already here or excited to relocate. ABOUT THE ROLE: We’re looking for a Senior DevOps Engineer to join our Platform Tribe. You’ll help evolve the systems that keep Talon.One reliable, secure, and scalable. Our team uses a Kanban flow and a quarterly roadmap that balances long-term initiatives and iterative improvements. You’ll collaborate closely with infrastructure, platform, and product engineers to build resilient infrastructure, automate operations, and simplify cloud complexity. We value engineers who take ownership, bring proactive thinking to design discussions, and share knowledge openly. This is a hands-on role where reliability, automation, and thoughtful collaboration define success. WHAT WE NEED YOU TO BRING TO THE TABLE: 5+ years of experience in a Cloud Infrastructure or DevOps Engineering role, with a strong record of building and maintaining production systems at scale. Deep understanding of CI/CD pipelines, with hands-on experience improving automation, reliability, and developer workflows, ideally using tools like ArgoCD or similar GitOps-based deployment systems. Expert knowledge of Docker and Kubernetes, including best practices for observability, scalability, and resilience. Solid experience with cloud providers (preferably GCP) and a sound grasp of cloud-native architectures and infrastructure as code. Experience with parts of our stack: Bash, Golang, PostgreSQL, and Git. Experience with Datadog or Prometheus for monitoring and metrics. High levels of ownership and autonomy, you execute independently, make pragmatic decisions, and follow through with consistency and care. A genuine interest in mentoring others, sharing context, and raising the technical bar of the team through collaboration and knowledge transfer. OUR TECHNOLOGY: Google Cloud Platform and GKE PostgreSQL BuildKite, ArgoCD Go for our API & Custom Kubernetes Operators Hashicorp ecosystem (Terraform, Vault, etc.) Kafka and BigQuery for DataOps WHAT'S IN IT FOR YOU: 90+ team of engineers, product managers and product designers in Berlin Leaders with 8+ years of experience building our promotions engine €1,000 annual learning budget and free German language courses to boost your skills 30 days of annual leave, plus extra paid days for your birthday and moving day Home office setup budget, a monthly home office allowance Freedom to work from abroad for up to 90 days worldwide! Mental health support with nilo.health and a discounted Urban Sports Club membership 20% company subsidy on your pension contributions Subsidised BVG public transport ticket and a dog-friendly Berlin office where your furry friend is welcome Lease your ideal bike through BusinessBike WHY YOU SHOULD WORK FOR US: The right attitude: modern methods and a diverse, creative workspace with an open and international culture Everyone for the product: Together we create a flexible, highly scalable product with state-of-the-art technologies. We can only succeed if everyone works as a team Healthy Growth: Growing our company means growing everyone in the team. We love to share knowledge and l