DevOps Engineer (Kubernetes/Kafka/Airflow) | Hybrid – Kraków

Traffit; Kraków; Hybrid; PLN 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private medical care

Sports card

Training courses

Job summary

People More is looking for a DevOps Engineer (Kubernetes/Kafka/Airflow) for a hybrid role in Kraków. You will deliver a PoC and support its development into a scalable, enterprise-ready platform. You will build and maintain containerised platforms on Kubernetes and design automation workflows.

The role requires 5+ years in DevOps, hands-on Kubernetes, and experience with Kafka or Airflow. Strong Python/Java skills and fluent English and Polish are essential.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in DevOps, Platform, SRE or Infrastructure Engineering.
• Hands-on Kubernetes experience in real-world delivery or operations.
• Experience with workload automation, Kafka or Airflow.
• Strong programming/scripting in Python or Java.
• Good English and Polish communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Deliver a PoC for an open-source workload automation solution and support its development into a scalable platform.
• Build and maintain containerised platforms and services on Kubernetes.
• Design, implement and operate automation and orchestration workflows, including scheduling and data pipelines.
• Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure automation.
• Support engineering teams in applying DevOps best practices focusing on reliability and secure deployments.
• Collaborate with teams across global locations and time zones.
• Contribute to test automation, integration testing and release validation.

Skills

Kubernetes

Kafka

Airflow

Python/Java scripting

English & Polish

Team collaboration across time zones

Tools

Jenkins

Ansible

GitHub / GitHub Actions

Job description

Hello,
We are called People More because we treat our employees with respect, but also because the projects we work on are for people and should be easy and pleasant to use. We are technological, but we look at the bigger picture :)
The company is made up of people with a huge client base in the country and abroad, for whom we build projects from scratch (UX, UI, frontend, backend, mobile) or in part. We work directly for our clients and also support our partners in their own solutions. This ensures a wide range of projects and the ability to change! We work with clients all over the world.
For the project that we are working on with our partner, we are looking for DevOps Engineer (Kubernetes/Kafka/Airflow) | Hybrid – Kraków.

Your duties will include:

• Deliver a PoC for an open-source workload automation solution and support its development into a scalable, enterprise-ready platform
• Build and maintain containerised platforms and services on Kubernetes.
• Design, implement and operate automation and orchestration workflows, including workload scheduling and data-processing pipelines.
• Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure automation.
• Support engineering teams in applying DevOps best practices, focusing on reliability, repeatability, observability and secure-by-design deployments.
• Collaborate with teams across global locations and time zones, communicating clearly and taking ownership of assigned tasks.
• Contribute to test automation, integration testing and release validation.

Requirements that must be met:

• At least 5 years of experience in a DevOps, Platform, SRE or Infrastructure Engineering role.
• Hands‑on experience with Kubernetes in real‑world delivery or operational environments.
• Experience with at least one of the following:workload automation, Kafka or Airflow.
• Strong programming or scripting skills in Python, Java or a similar language.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to collaborate with diverse teams across time zones.
• Experience with testing and incorporating quality throughout the development and delivery process.
• Very good English and Polish
• Willingness to work in a hybrid model: 2 days per week from the Kraków office and 3 days remotely.

Nice to have:

• Experience with tools such as Jenkins, Ansible, GitHub or GitHub Actions.
• Experience developing PoCs into production‑ready solutions, including scaling, security hardening, automation and monitoring.

What we offer:

• We are open and honest and we solve problems instead of generating them.
• Maybe it’s obvious, but we really respect our employees and associates. We used to be software developers, too, and we appreciate that job!
• A small team
• An international working environment and international projects
• Private medical care
• Sports card
• Training courses
• Work in a hybrid model: 2 days per week from the Kraków office and 3 days remotely.

Why it’s a good idea to work with People More?

• If you are not satisfied with your work or your tasks, we’ll find a way out together!
• If you get bored, we will offer you a new product and new, fascinating tasks
• We will work on your brand together: you will get an opportunity to attend conferences, including as a speaker, and we will help you publish in recognized magazines and online
• We will facilitate your access to challenges that are usually difficult to get
• At any time, you can talk directly to the board of People More—we talk your language because the company’s founders are software developers and designers!

What does the recruitment process look like?