DevOps/SRE

xFarm Technologies; Lombardia; Hybrid; EUR 45,000 - 50,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Job summary

xFarm Technologies is seeking a hands‑on DevOps / Site Reliability Engineer to join its CloudOps team. You will own the operational infrastructure keeping the backend platform running across Europe and LATAM, collaborating with the Cloud Architect and engineering squads as the first dedicated SRE hire in a new function.

You will deploy and operate Kubernetes, own GitLab CI/CD pipelines, and govern the Elastic/Grafana observability stack.

Qualifications

• Hands‑on experience as a DevOps/SRE/Platform Engineer in production.
• Solid production Kubernetes deployment, operations and troubleshooting experience.
• Experience designing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines (GitLab CI/CD preferred).
• Observability experience with Elastic stack and Prometheus/Grafana.
• Infrastructure as Code and cloud fundamentals (containers, networking, secrets, IAM).

Responsibilities

• Deploy, scale, secure and troubleshoot containerized backend services on Kubernetes.
• Own GitLab CI/CD pipelines end‑to‑end and bootstrap new repos/pipelines.
• Manage observability, dashboards and alerts with Elastic/Grafana stack; investigate production issues.
• Define SLIs/SLOs, respond to incidents and reduce toil via automation.
• Manage infrastructure declaratively with Terraform/Helm/GitOps for reproducible environments.
• Support engineering teams with tooling and runbooks; enable self‑service workflows.
• Ensure security and hygiene across pipelines and clusters.

Skills

Kubernetes in prod

CI/CD pipelines

Observability

Infrastructure as Code

Scripting

Tools

Kubernetes

GitLab CI/CD

Elastic Stack

Prometheus/Grafana

Terraform/Helm

Job description

xFarm Technologies is an independent tech company, created by farmers for farmers, promoting the digitalisation of the agri-food sector through a comprehensive platform accessible from PCs, tablets and smartphones.

The xFarm platform is designed to help agricultural entrepreneurs and industry players manage all business operations simply and efficiently. It is built around five core pillars: Farm Management, Agronomy, Precision Farming, Connectivity, and Sustainability. xFarm Technologies today supports the work of 630,000+ farms and is present on 24,000,000+ hectares in more than 100 countries around the world.

Who We Are

xFarm Technologies is an independent tech company, created by farmers for farmers, promoting the digitalisation of the agri-food sector through a comprehensive platform accessible from PCs, tablets and smartphones.

The xFarm platform is designed to help agricultural entrepreneurs and industry players manage all business operations simply and efficiently. It is built around five core pillars: Farm Management, Agronomy, Precision Farming, Connectivity, and Sustainability. xFarm Technologies today supports the work of 630,000+ farms and is present on 24,000,000+ hectares in more than 100 countries around the world.

Now it's time to accelerate and we need you!

We are looking for a hands‑on DevOps / Site Reliability Engineer to join our CloudOps team and own the operational infrastructure that keeps our backend platform running across Europe and Latin America. You will work closely with our Cloud Architect, and with the Tech organization's engineering teams, as the first dedicated SRE / Kubernetes hire in a newly established, high‑impact function.

Your Mission

• Kubernetes Operations: Deploy, scale, secure and troubleshoot containerized backend services on Kubernetes, managing workloads, resource limits, networking and rollouts;
• CI/CD Pipelines: Own and improve GitLab CI/CD pipelines end to end, setting up new projects and pipeline scaffolding for new services while keeping build/test/deploy fast and reliable;
• Observability: Govern the Elastic Cloud stack (logs and metrics) and operate the Prometheus/Grafana stack, building and maintaining dashboards, alerts and log/metrics pipelines, acting as the reference point for teams debugging production issues;
• Reliability & Incident Response: Define and track SLIs/SLOs, respond to incidents, drive root‑cause analysis and reduce toil through automation;
• Infrastructure as Code: Manage infrastructure declaratively (Terraform / Helm / GitOps or equivalent) to keep environments reproducible and auditable;
• Developer Enablement: Support engineering teams with tooling, environments and fast feedback loops, documenting runbooks and self‑service paths;
• Security & Hygiene: Apply secrets management, access control and dependency/image hygiene across the pipeline and cluster.

Opportunities

• Be the first dedicated SRE / Kubernetes hire in a newly established CloudOps function;
• Work directly alongside the Cloud Architect and the Tech organization's engineering teams across EU and LATAM;
• Play a high‑leverage, high‑visibility role: your work at the infrastructure layer helps the entire engineering organization ship faster and more safely;
• Help shape how CloudOps operates and grows from a formative moment onward.

Qualifications

• Proven hands‑on experience as a DevOps / SRE / Platform Engineer in production;
• Solid experience with Kubernetes in production — deployment, operations and troubleshooting, not just kubectl apply;
• Experience designing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines, ideally GitLab CI/CD, including bootstrapping new repositories and pipelines from scratch;
• Observability experience with both the Elastic stack (Elasticsearch / Kibana / Elastic Cloud) and the Prometheus/Grafana stack (metrics collection, PromQL, dashboards, alerting);
• Infrastructure as Code experience (any tool) and solid cloud fundamentals (containers, networking, secrets, IAM basics);
• Strong scripting ability (Bash / Python or similar);
• Full European‑hours availability (09:00–18:00 CEST) to support engineering teams in real time;
• Solid English for working across EU and LATAM chapters; Java/JVM knowledge, AWS and/or GCP experience are a plus.

Complete the Profile

• Collaboration and clear communication with non‑infra colleagues
• Analytical, root‑cause‑driven problem‑solving
• Composure under pressure during incidents
• Self‑motivation and ownership
• Reliability and accountability
• Continuous learning

Compensation

RAL: €45.000 - € 50.000 (commensurate with experience)

This role operates in a hybrid work model, combining on‑site presence and remote work.

Other Information

xFarm Technologies is a company that is committed to creating a work environment where diversity and inclusiveness are critical to the well‑being and growth of all employees.