Senior DevOps Engineer - Observability (Remote, Poland)

This is a remote contract position for those based in Poland. 

Nearform is an independent team of engineers, designers, data experts and strategists who build intelligent digital solutions and capability at pace. We create software solutions that enhance digital experiences, empower developers, and deliver measurable results. In these ways, we partner with ambitious enterprises to deliver enduring impact.

Our deep expertise in solving the world’s most complex digital problems, along with our collaborative, people-first approach, enables enterprises to build breakthrough products and modernise legacy systems, with confidence.

Today, our team of 500 experts in 20+ countries is trusted by leading enterprises including Lululemon, Puma, Sun Life, Starbucks, Travelex, Virgin Media 02, and Walmart.

As part of our Engineering function, you will work closely with clients to translate complex business requirements into innovative digital products.

Whether you are a Senior Engineer, Tech Lead, or DevOps Engineer, you will collaborate with distributed teams, leveraging cutting-edge technologies to build secure, high-performance applications. Our Nearform engineers are known for building high quality, scalable solutions that solve real world problems.

The Role

As a DevOps Engineer at Nearform, you will work on client projects developing infrastructure to support cloud-based applications, creating deployment architect and continuous delivery pipelines, designing high-availability approaches, and implementing monitoring architecture (dashboards, alerts, escalations).

Essential skills

• Proficient communication in English (oral and written)
• Experience delivering at an enterprise level and a remote agile environment.
• Experience of one or more of the following cloud platforms, AWS/Azure/GCP 
• Experience with observability tooling (Grafana, Datadog, Prometheus etc)
• Knowledge of observability, monitoring, logging, tracing and dashboard definition/Integrations
• Experience working with containers and container orchestration 
• Experience with infrastructure as code technology
• Experience with CI and building CD pipelines
• Data storage experience with RDBMS and NoSQL technologies
• Solid understanding of observability practices across the stack
• Strong understanding of security best practices across CI/CD pipelines, cloud infrastructure, and microservices.
• Ability to clearly articulate technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Exceptional communication and collaboration skills to work with stakeholders, feeling comfortable in client-facing roles where you will drive technical discussions and advise on best practices and approaches.

About Us

At Nearform, we value collaboration and a curious mindset that fuels our dynamic team. With a decade of experience, we've achieved meaningful results for our clients while maintaining the agile and transparent ethos of a startup.

Our focus on digital transformation means creating practical, user-centric products that help enterprises enter markets quickly, enhance customer experiences, and reshape workflows. Bolstered by recent investment, Nearform is gearing up to extend its impact to more enterprises.

Despite our global presence, Nearformers form a close-knit community built on trust and camaraderie. Our annual company retreat, in non-pandemic times, brings us together, reflecting our commitment to open-source values and the exchange of thoughts and ideas. Join us at Nearform and be part of a journey marked by innovation and progress.

Application Process

1. A Video Interview with someone from the recruitment team (30 mins approx.) to introduce to you Nearform and the role, and to make sure your experience is relevant for the position.
2. An assessment with a member of the hiring team (1 hr approx.), this session is carried out using a screen share. You will be given a challenge and asked to provide a working solution to a specified problem.
3. A video call with one of our Hiring Managers (45 mins approx.) which allows us to gain a better insight into what interests you, and your technical background, and give you an overview of the work we do at Nearform.

There may also be an additional interview with the client depending on the project. We also conduct background checks for anyone who joins Nearform.

Inclusion

Inclusion is one of our core values. We don’t discriminate by race, religion, national origin, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

All persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the country where employed. We are not offering working visa sponsorship at this time.