We're Project Lary, a team of product, tech, and design specialists based in Munich and Berlin. We specialize in creating digital products that deliver exceptional user experiences for forward-thinking companies. Our expertise spans from messaging to e-commerce, and from logistics to construction. Our cloud-based web and mobile applications set the standard for digital innovation.

In this position you will lead our newly established Lary OpsHub team. The Lary OpsHub team empowers our product teams with a rock-solid, secure production infrastructure so they can focus 100% on user-oriented features.

We defined the guiding principles for the OpsHub as followed

1. Seamless Operations: We empower our product teams with a rock-solid, secure production infrastructure so they can focus 100% on user-oriented features.
2. Embrace Change: We actively seek and implement system improvements.
3. Proactive Solutions: We anticipate and solve problems before they occur.
4. Risk Mastery: We assess and manage risks, not avoid them.
5. Team Collaboration: We understand the OpsHub as a platform for product teams to collaborate on cross-cutting concerns.
6. Technology Adoption: We are early adopters for cutting-edge DevOps and AI tools.
7. Pursuit of Excellence: "It just works" is not enough, we seek to fully and thoroughly understand and master the technologies we are using.

Tasks:

• Strategic Infrastructure Planning: Develop and execute a strategic plan for our AWS infrastructure that supports our digital products.
• Hands-on Library Development and Maintenance: Engage in the development and maintenance of shared, cross-project libraries. This includes, but is not limited to, a CDK library for the infrastructure of web and mobile applications, services for the integration of external APIs, and the development of CI/CD pipelines.
• Collaboration with Technical Leadership: Work closely with the technical leads across our product teams to ensure alignment on infrastructure, operations, and potentially broader aspects such as testing strategies and technical debt management.
• Monitoring and Incident Response: Take the lead in defining and refining our approach to monitoring production systems and subsequent incident response plans. Monitoring tools include AWS Cloudwatch, Datadog and Sentry.
• Streamlining Operational and Maintenance Processes: Take charge of streamlining processes surrounding operation and maintenance.
• Hands-on development support for product teams: Occasionally you are also joining the product teams in smaller tasks like fixing some infrastructure-related bugs or supporting refactoring efforts.

• Cyber Security Contributions: Play a pivotal role in our Cyber Security Strategy by managing security risks and implementing best practices. Utilize tools such as AWS SecurityHub, AWS GuardDuty, AWS CloudWatch, and Datadog to safeguard our systems and data.

Requirements:

• at least 5 years of experience as a Software Engineer, ideally gained within a startup or digital agency setting. Experience should center around developing cloud-based software solutions leveraging modern technology stacks.
• a minimum of 2 years of hands-on experience in DevOps roles, specifically with major Cloud Service Providers (e.g., AWS, Google Cloud, Azure). This includes proficiency in infrastructure as code, containerization, serverless architectures, and database management.
• at least 1 year of technical leadership experience. This should include direct experience in guiding software development teams or leading significant portions of a project.
• Candidates must be able to clearly convey technical concepts and collaborate efficiently with both technical and non-technical team members.
• adept at managing multiple priorities, maintaining a comprehensive overview of projects, and ensuring that no detail is overlooked.
• German language proficiency is a plus.

Benefits:

• Hybrid work from Munich or Berlin (50% home office).
• Flexible working hours and fair compensation based on your experience.
• Annual budget for personal career development, including memberships, certifications, and conferences in a professional context.
• Annual team vacation: Italy, Tunisia, and '24 will be just as epic!
• 30 days of paid vacation. Munich also has 13 public holidays.
• Monthly team events. Recently: BBQ, bowling, board game night, Oktoberfest.
• Daily €6.90 subsidy for your lunch.
• No corporate culture: results-oriented, few meetings. Internal survey: 91% agreed, 9% neutral, 0% disagreed.
• Thriving developer culture: peer programming, code reviews, and active knowledge sharing on the latest tech.
• Work with the latest Mac, Github CoPilot, and ChatGPT Plus.
• Choose between Urban Sports Club and the Deutschland-Jobticket.
• Our Munich office is located in the most vibrant district of Munich (Maxvorstadt).
• See for yourself: ✭✭✭✭✭ 4.9 stars on glassdoor.com/project-lary