DevOps Engineer with a focus on Kubernetes (hybrid working model - Düsseldorf, Germany) (m/f/d)

Your mission

Your Responsibilities

• Implementing best practices for automation, scalability, and system reliability on high-traffic web applications hosted with kubernetes

• Supporting in maintaining customer infrastructure across Kubernetes upgrades and software supply chain changes

• Participating in continuous improvement processes, with a focus on supporting full-stack developers managing complex deployments (in development environment)

• Supporting freshcells adopt and implement DevOps and MLOps best practices: In this position, you will have up to 25% of your working time for learning and experimenting, based on the needs and direction of freshcells

Your profile

Your Qualifications

• Expertise with containerization (Docker) and container orchestration (Kubernetes)

• Expertise with helm, including writing and maintaining custom Helm charts

• Hands-on experience with cloud platforms (Google Cloud Platform or similar)

• Experience running production workloads on Kubernetes

• Experience setting up and managing CI/CD pipelines

• Familiarity with GitOps and continuous delivery tools such as flux CD

• Solid understanding of infrastructure-as-code tools (ideally Terraform)

• Familiarity with linux, shell scripting and/or Python

• Experience with observability, understanding how to set up and use logging, metrics, tracing, alerting

• Experience with creating machine learning pipelines or willingness to learn it on the job

• Fluency in English

Nice to have

• Experience with on-call duty

• Experience with data engineering, MLOps and training AI workloads, metaflow

• Experience with Argo CD, Argo workflows

• Experience with SQL databases and Redis

Why us?

freshcells systems engineering GmbH is a software service provider based in Düsseldorf with a dynamic team of over 50 creative experts from various disciplines. At freshcells, authenticity, individual talent development, and open communication are at the heart of everything we do. We rely on respect, trust, and responsibility . As an innovation-driven company, we continuously invest in new ideas . We know the best results come from teamwork . Mistakes happen —but we learn from them. We are open and courageous when it comes to exploring new paths . Join us on our exciting journey in one of the most significant and future-shaping fields – software development – as a DevOps Engineer (M/E/N/S/C/H)!

What we offer you:

• Flexible working hours for early birds and night owls
• Dog-friendly work environment
• A secure and long-term position
• Company pension plan with employer contributions
• Regular exchange, feedback sessions, team meetings, and retrospectives
• Monthly company breakfast
• Room for your own ideas and personal development
• Free access to digital learning platforms for all employees
• Subsidy for Urban Sports Club membership
• Subsidy for the Germany Ticket (Deutschlandticket)
• Bike leasing via JobRad
• Support with relocation processes
• Free German language courses for newcomers

Everyone is welcome at freshcells , regardless of gender, age, sexual identity, background, religion, beliefs, or disability. What matters most is that you’re the right fit for our team.

About us

What can you expect at freshcells?

Designing, developing, and maintaining e-commerce applications is our business. Cutting-edge technologies, customers who want more than average, and a fun, vibrant team of over 40 web experts aged 20 to 50+ from five countries – plus seven office dogs. We also have a stylish office and rec room on the spacious premises of a former carpet factory in the heart of Dusseldorf.

We are vibrant and want to stay that way, and we always look forward to welcoming new colleagues. You should be able to communicate in English. German would be an advantage, but it’s not necessarily required. We are not a hire-and-fire company; we prefer to quench our thirst with a cold drink after work. You’d make a great addition to our team? Then check out our current vacancies to see where we’re currently expanding.