DevOps Team Lead

At Similarweb, we're changing how businesses engage with the digital world by uncovering everything that happens online. Our powerful platform and unique data empower over 4,300 customers—including industry leaders like Google, eBay, and Adidas—to make impactful decisions.

Since going public on the New York Stock Exchange in 2021, we've continued to grow! 

Now, we're expanding our global presence with a new office in Prague. At Similarweb, you'll innovate quickly, collaborate with brilliant minds, tackle big challenges, and work with cutting-edge technologies to make a real impact on some of the world's most innovative companies.

We're looking for someone who will join our team in our Prague office 🇨🇿

At Similarweb, we’re tackling big data challenges at scale, handling over 51 petabytes and millions of events per second. As a DevOps Team Lead, you’ll both manage and mentor our DevOps team and actively contribute to building developer platforms and tools used by 350+ engineers. This role is a unique blend of leadership and hands-on engineering as you’ll work really close with the development teams towards accomplishing companies goals.

Tech stack you’ll be working with:

AWS, K8S (EKS), Karpenter Autoscaler, ArgoCD , Terraform at Scale (more than 3000 states)  , KEDA Autoscaler, Databricks, Airflow and Datadog

So, what will you be doing all day?

• Build and lead a new team, providing technical mentoring, supporting personal growth, and driving execution. 
• Lead the design of complex applications within a Big Data environment, tackling challenging server-side issues.
• Collaborate with application software engineering teams to design and implement scalable, reliable, and secure systems.
• Develop and maintain infrastructure as code (IaC) to automate deployment and scaling of services.
• Implement and manage monitoring, alerting, and logging solutions to ensure proactive identification of issues.
• Automate repetitive tasks and manual processes to improve operational efficiency and reliability.
• Troubleshoot and mitigate production incidents as part of an on-call rotation alongside engineers from within all other R&D groups 

This is a great opportunity for someone who has:

• Leadership experience: 2+ years of experience leading engineering teams
• 2+ years of experience developing server-side applications and tooling using Python/Java/Node.js/Go.
• Experience running a large-scale operation on Amazon Web Services/Google Cloud Engine.
• Good knowledge of Web Servers, Load Balancers, Caching Systems, databases, networking, etc.
• Familiarity with CI/CD tools (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab CI, CircleCI).

It’s a plus if you also have:

• Experience with infrastructure as code tools such as Terraform & Pulumi
• Experience with Docker and container orchestration solutions such as Nomad & Kubernetes
• Understanding of security best practices and experience with security incident response.

Why join Similarweb:

• Impact😎: Work with the most powerful digital intelligence platform in the world, loved by both customers and employees.
• Innovation🚀: We value open dialogue and empower everyone to bring their ideas forward. You'll have the support and resources to take initiative and drive real change
• Hybrid Work Model: With our hybrid model, you get the perfect balance—3 days in our vibrant office and 2 days working from home🏡.
• Our Office: Join us in our modern, newly designed office in the vibrant DOCK IN area (Prague 8). It's built to inspire focus and collaboration, stocked with snacks, drinks, fruits, and plenty of space for socializing. 
• Comprehensive Benefits: We offer 5 weeks of vacation, an extra day off during your birthday month, 3 sick days or a multisport card 😎
• Top-tier hardware👩🏻‍💻: We prioritize a great developer experience—you'll work with a MacBook Pro M3, dual monitors, and electric standing desk.
• Team events: At Similarweb, we love community! That’s why we host team-building events, parties, weekly lunches, and happy hours throughout the year 🎉.
• Access to Equity programs💸: Join in the success of Similarweb by becoming a shareholder!
• Grow your career any way you choose: Want to become a VP or switch departments? With Career Week, personalized coaching, and our ongoing learning solutions, you’ll find everything you need to grow your career right here!🚀.

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