Platform / DevOps Engineer

Wolk; Utrecht; Hybrid; EUR 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Impactful work

Flexible remote options

MacBook Pro

35 vacation days

Office Utrecht

LLM tokens for work

Job summary

Wolk is building a sovereign data & AI platform and a cloud-native infrastructure to support sustainable innovation. You will design, implement, and maintain cloud infrastructure and CI/CD pipelines for clients and Wolk's Databaas product in a hybrid work setup across Europe.

You will work with Kubernetes, OpenTofu and Terraform, and collaborate with data/AI engineers to ensure robust, scalable environments and customer-friendly on-call readiness.

Qualifications

• 4+ years in a DevOps/platform engineering/infrastructure role.
• Strong communication skills in English.
• Kubernetes and Docker are core tools you use daily.
• Hands-on with CI/CD tools: GitHub Actions, GitLab CI and ArgoCD.
• IaC tools: OpenTofu, Terraform or similar.
• Cloud-agnostic across European providers (e.g., Scaleway).

Responsibilities

• Design, build and maintain cloud infra and CI/CD pipelines for clients and products.
• Shape Databaas platform architecture and SaaS rollout.
• Work with IaC to keep environments reproducible and scalable.
• Set up and manage Kubernetes clusters across multiple environments.
• Collaborate with data and AI engineers to ensure reliable infra.
• Engage with clients to translate infra needs into solutions.
• Be a proactive, decision-taking team player.
• Occasionally cover on-call shifts.

Skills

DevOps experience

Communicator

English fluency

Tools

GitHub Actions

GitLab CI

ArgoCD

OpenTofu

Terraform

Job description

Join Wolk: Build the platform for sustainable innovation

About Wolk

At Wolk, we're on an exciting mission to create meaningful changethrough the power of data and AI. We are a young, growing companyaiming to accelerate sustainable innovation with modern data solutions.We partner with forward-thinking companies that contribute to a moresustainable future. With data driven insights, we help them makeinformed decisions and optimize operations. For more info, you cancheck out our website: https://www.wolk.work/ .

We're currently also building Databaas, our own sovereign data & AIplatform. It is built on open source tooling and runs on any EU cloud.We want this platform to compete with Databricks and Snowflake, whichare not available on EU clouds, and we need you to take it to the nextlevel. More info about the product here: https://www.databaas.eu/

Role Overview: What you will do

• Design, build, and maintain cloud infrastructure and CI/CD pipelines for our clients and our own products
• Shape the platform architecture behind Databaas, our sovereign data platform, and help bring it to market as a SaaS product
• Work with Infrastructure as Code (we like terraform / OpenTofu) to keep environments reproducible and scalable
• Set up and manage Kubernetes clusters across diverse environments, from European cloud providers (Scaleway, OVH) to customer-managed clusters
• Collaborate with our data & AI engineers to make sure they have solid, reliable infrastructure to build on
• Occasionally work directly with clients to understand their infrastructure needs and translate them into solutions
• Be a key player in our growing, impact-driven organization
• Periodically pick up an on-call shift

This role may be for you if

• You're passionate about using technology for positive change
• You have 4+ years of experience in a DevOps, platform engineering, or infrastructure role
• You're comfortable with containers and orchestration. Kubernetes and Docker are your bread and butter
• You have hands‑on experience with CI/CD tools like GitHub Actions, GitLab CI and ArgoCD
• You know your way around Infrastructure as Code (OpenTofu, Terraform, or similar)
• You're cloud-agnostic at heart, comfortable working across different cloud providers, including European ones like Scaleway
• You enjoy automating things that shouldn't be manual
• You are proactive and not afraid to make decisions by yourself
• You are a good communicator and fluent in English

Bonus points if you have experience with:

• Building or operating SaaS platforms
• Networking, security, and observability in cloud-native environments
• Open-source tooling and communities
• Data infrastructure (data pipelines, lakehouses)

We know that confidence gaps and imposter syndrome can deter talented people from applying. Even if you don't tick all the boxes but are excited about our mission, we'd love to hear from you!

What we offer:

• Genuine impact: your work directly contributes to sustainability, social change and digital sovereignity
• Work-life balance: 35 vacation days because we believe in recharging. In addition, you also have the ability to work from abroad a few weeks a year
• Modern setup: latest MacBook Pro and tools you need to succeed
• Unlimited access to LLM tokens for work related purposes (pick your weapon of choice)
• Flexible working: mix of in-office and remote work
• Location: office in the beautiful Werkspoorfabriek in Utrecht
• Travel: your own NS business card
• Learning culture: work on R&D projects that spark your curiosity and help develop a new product
• Team spirit: regular team trips, borrels, events, and yes - amazing havercappu's

Please keep in mind that we require applicants to already live in the Netherlands.

Questions before applying?

Feel free to reach out to Stijn Meijers at [e-mail] - we're happy to chat!