Senior DevOps Engineer

Picnic (Headquarters: Amsterdam)

Location: Amsterdam   |   Full-Time
AWS Kubernetes Docker Terraform Ansible Spacelift Teamcity PostgreSQL MongoDB Python Bash Back End Engineer Staff Engineer

About Picnic: Picnic is seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer to lead cloud infrastructure initiatives and drive operational excellence. You’ll play a critical role in designing, implementing, and maintaining scalable systems that power Europe’’s most advanced grocery delivery platform. This is an opportunity to shape technical strategy while fostering a culture of automation, security, and reliability in a fast-growing tech company.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Drive adoption of DevOps practices across development and operations teams
  • Architect and maintain cloud infrastructure on AWS using best practices for availability, scalability, and security
  • Build self-service platforms for infrastructure provisioning and management
  • Coordinate system operations to ensure high availability and performance
  • Implement security measures and compliance controls
  • Lead deployments and coordinate with development teams
  • Mentor junior engineers and contribute to technical leadership

Required Skills & Ideal Candidate:

  • Bachelor’’s or Master’’s in Computer Science or related field
  • At least 6 years of infrastructure or software engineering experience
  • Deep expertise in designing cloud architectures (AWS preferred)
  • Proficient in Kubernetes and container orchestration
  • Extensive experience with automation tools (Terraform, Ansible, Spacelift)
  • Strong scripting skills (Bash, Python)
  • Experience with CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure as code
  • Solid understanding of security, availability, and scalability principles
  • Proven ability to balance short-term priorities with long-term strategic goals
Post Date: July 24, 2025