DevOps Engineer

Solid Company; Kraków; On-site; PLN 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Solid Company in Kraków is seeking a seasoned DevOps/Platform Engineer to join a newly formed team delivering a PoC for an open-source workload automation platform. You will build and operate containerized services on Kubernetes, design orchestration and data workflows, and drive CI/CD automation with modern tooling.

Collaboration with global teams and a focus on reliability, observability, and security are essential.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in DevOps, Platform Engineering, SRE, or Infrastructure Engineering.
• Hands-on experience managing Kubernetes environments in production.
• Experience with Workload Automation, Kafka, Apache Airflow.
• Strong programming or scripting skills in Python, Java, or similar languages.
• Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines.
• Strong communication skills and experience working with distributed teams.
• Solid understanding of testing practices, including automation, integration testing, and quality-focused delivery.

Responsibilities

• Deliver a Proof of Concept for an open-source workload automation platform and support its evolution into a scalable, production-ready solution.
• Build, maintain, and optimize containerized platforms and services running on Kubernetes.
• Design, implement, and operate workload automation and orchestration solutions, including scheduling and data-processing workflows.
• Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure automation processes.
• Promote DevOps best practices focused on reliability, observability, repeatability, and security.
• Collaborate with globally distributed teams and take ownership of technical outcomes.
• Contribute to testing activities, including automation, integration testing, and release validation.
• Support the continuous improvement of platform stability, scalability, and operational excellence.

Skills

DevOps

Platform Engineering

SRE

Infrastructure Engineering

CI/CD

Python/Java

Distributed teamwork

Testing practices

Tools

Kubernetes

Airflow

Kafka

Job description

PROJECT

Join a newly formed engineering team focused on delivering a Proof of Concept for an open-source workload automation platform and helping evolve it into an enterprise-grade solution. This role combines platform engineering, automation, orchestration, and DevOps practices, offering the opportunity to work with modern technologies such as Kubernetes, Kafka, and Airflow in a global environment.

YOU WILL

• Deliver a Proof of Concept for an open-source workload automation platform and support its evolution into a scalable, production-ready solution.
• Build, maintain, and optimize containerized platforms and services running on Kubernetes.
• Design, implement, and operate workload automation and orchestration solutions, including scheduling and data-processing workflows.
• Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure automation processes.
• Promote DevOps best practices focused on reliability, observability, repeatability, and security.
• Collaborate with globally distributed teams and take ownership of technical outcomes.
• Contribute to testing activities, including automation, integration testing, and release validation.
• Support the continuous improvement of platform stability, scalability, and operational excellence.

Kogo poszukujemy?

MUST HAVE

• 5+ years of experience in DevOps, Platform Engineering, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), or Infrastructure Engineering.
• Hands-on experience managing and operating Kubernetes environments in production.
• Experience with at least one of the following areas: Workload Automation, Kafka, Apache Airflow.
• Strong programming or scripting skills in Python, Java, or similar technologies.
• Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines.
• Strong communication skills and experience working with distributed teams across multiple locations.
• Solid understanding of testing practices, including automation, integration testing, and quality-focused delivery.

NICE TO HAVE

• Experience with Jenkins, Ansible, GitHub, and GitHub Actions.
• Experience transforming Proofs of Concept into production-grade solutions.
• Knowledge of platform scaling, automation, monitoring, and security hardening.
• Familiarity with observability and operational monitoring practices.