SRE Engineer (Cloud Infrastructure)

Engineered in Berlin. Driving the Future of Europe.

At AUTODOC, we are proud to be a homegrown European success story. Founded in Berlin in 2008 and still headquartered in the heart of the continent today, we have evolved from a local specialist into Europe’s leading online platform for the automotive aftermarket.
 Our strength lies in our unique identity: we are a digital-first, e-commerce powerhouse with strong German roots and an expansive reach across 27 European countries. This continental focus allows us to blend our heritage with high-tech innovation, staying agile and closely connected to the markets we serve.

 Today, our team of more than 5,500 professionals from over 50 different countries is redefining mobility through cutting-edge technology. Bring your talent and expertise to a company that is building a sustainable, tech-driven future for drivers everywhere.

 Come join us and impact the future of AUTODOC!

Our Cloud Infrastructure department consists of 4 specialized SRE teams, and we are currently looking for an engineer to join one of them. Each team is dedicated to a specific area, supporting its own group of services and development units.

In this role, you will be part of a team responsible for an area that supports over 200 services running in GCP/GKE. As an SRE, you will balance between maintaining high system availability for your domain and engineering new solutions to enhance our global infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Service Ownership: Act as the primary point of contact for developers within your domain, handling service-related queries in chats and managing SRE-specific tasks.
• Infrastructure Evolution: Maintain and improve current cloud infrastructure, ensuring high availability and scalability.
• Embedded DevOps: Integrate SRE/DevOps best practices into the development lifecycle, from architecture planning to deployment.
• Innovation & PoC: Research, develop, and implement new infrastructure tools; conduct Proof of Concept (PoC) projects to drive technical excellence.
• Automation: Partner with the Automation team to build efficient CI/CD pipelines and custom automated workflows.
• Reliability & Metrics: Participate in developing quality metrics (SLIs/SLOs) and maintain comprehensive project documentation.
• On-call Support: Join the on-call rotation to ensure 24/7 stability of our mission-critical services.

Qualifications

• 3+ years as a SRE/DevOps Engineer.
• Proven experience with containerization and orchestration tools, Kubernetes is the must (GKE is preferred).
• Knowledge of SRE/DevOps methodologies, such as CI/CD, IaC, gitOps, etc.
• Knowledge of at least one tool from the gitOps approach (FluxCD is preferred).
• Experience in Cloud based infrastructures (GCP is preferred).
• Research and troubleshooting skills.
• Experience in administering and tuning relational and columnar databases, specifically PostgreSQL, MySQL, and ClickHouse.
• Experience in deployment and maintenance of distributed high-load systems.
• Experience in development of fault-tolerance mechanisms - clustering, replication, scaling approaches, etc.
• Configuration of monitoring solutions (Grafana, VictoriaMetric (operator) are preferred).
• Good scripting skills (bash / python are preferred).

Will be as a plus:

• Configuration of logging/tracing solutions (open telemetry stack, ViktoriaLogs, Grafana Loki, Grafana Tempo are preferred).
• Hands-on knowledge of maintaining and scaling Elasticsearch.
• Proficiency with message brokers and event-streaming platforms such as Kafka and RabbitMQ.
• Proficiency with GitlabCI.
• Proficiency in developing, maintaining, and refactoring complex Helm charts.
• Experience in migrating applications to Kubernetes.
• Deep understanding of Linux-like OS processes.
• Experience in implementing security controls in containerized environments.
• Boundless desire to automate any processes with an emphasis on improving security.
• Excellent communication skills
• Spoken English

Additional Information

What do we offer?

• Stable employment in the fast-growing international company
• International career in a multicultural environment with lots of opportunities to grow
• Annual vacation of 28 calendar days and 1 additional day off on your birthday
• Mental Wellbeing Program – providing you and your immediate family members with free and confidential mental and physical health support services for a wide range of personal and work-related issues
• Opportunities for advancement, further trainings (over 650 courses on soft and hard skills on our e-learning platform) and coaching
• Free English and German language classes
• Flexible working hours and hybrid work

 

Join us today and let’s create a success story together!