Senior Cloud Infrastructure Engineer

Why this role is exciting

At Vay, cars are remotely operated on public streets in real time. Running this safely at scale requires a highly reliable, low latency, security critical cloud infrastructure.

As a Senior Cloud Infrastructure Engineer, you will own and evolve the systems that keep our fleet and remote control stations available, observable, and cost efficient. You'll work on AWS infrastructure, monitoring, CI/CD, and release tooling that directly supports live customer operations.

You'll join a pragmatic, experienced engineering team working on a production system already used by customers, with clear ownership, real operational responsibility, and room to shape how the platform scales.

What you'll be driving

You will be a senior, hands on contributor responsible for the reliability, scalability, and operational excellence of Vay's cloud infrastructure.

Cloud infrastructure

Design, operate, and continuously improve our AWS based cloud infrastructure with a strong focus on availability and reliability

Monitoring and observability

Build and evolve monitoring, alerting, and observability solutions to proactively detect and resolve issues

Fleet orchestration

Orchestrate software configuration and deployment across 100+ vehicles and remote control stations

Cost and performance optimisation

Improve infrastructure reliability while optimising cost efficiency as the fleet scales

CI/CD and release tooling

Increase release frequency and safety by improving CI/CD tooling, automated testing, and self service release processes

Architecture evolution

Contribute to and help shape the evolution of our cloud and infrastructure architecture as the system grows in complexity and scale

Our Tech Stack: AWS, GitHub, CircleCI, Kubernetes, Terraform, Grafana

What are we looking for

You will be a seasoned Senior Cloud Infrastructure or DevOps engineer who is comfortable owning complex infrastructure end to end. You combine strong systems knowledge with a pragmatic, automation first mindset and thrive in environments where reliability matters.

Systems expertise

Strong background in Linux systems, servers, storage, networking, and databases

Cloud and security

Solid understanding of AWS, cloud networking, and security best practices

Containerisation

Hands on experience with Docker and Kubernetes

Infrastructure as Code

Proven experience with IaC and automation using tools such as Terraform and Ansible

CI/CD

Hands on experience with CI/CD tooling such as GitHub Actions and CircleCI

Scripting and automation

Comfortable scripting in Python and or Bash/Shell

Autonomous execution

Ability to work independently, take ownership, and make sound technical decisions in a production environment

Why choose Vay

💪 A global team of smart, motivated people from 30+ countries who love tackling hard problems and turning bold ideas into reality

🌍 Huge scope for impact in a fast paced environment

💰 ESOP stock options: A stake in Vay's future - not just a salary

🌴 Unlimited Paid Vacation Days

🎫 Subsidised Deutschland ticket (Berlin)

🏋️‍♂️ Subsidised Urban Sports Club or FitX Membership

🚗 All Vay team members receive 30% off their Vay rides

🛍️ Exclusive external discounts

💼 €350 Home Office Set-up

✈️ Relocation financial assistance when relocating to Berlin

📚 Fully funded German Lessons

🎊 Regular team events throughout the year

Benefits: ESOP, Paid Holidays, Team Events Remote Model: Hybrid Country Code: de