We are looking for a hands-on DevOps Engineer to join our Web Apps team, in our Zürich office. In this role, you will own our cloud infrastructure, automate our pipelines, be proactive and monitor our services, and ensure our systems are secure and cost-efficient.
The web apps team plays a central role at Auterion and owns the systems that add connectivity and remote interfaces for fleet management and operations. Our services are responsible for ingesting and analyzing flight telemetry data, managing and updating the fleet as well as integrating with other systems across the stack.
The ideal candidate is someone who’s a self-starter, can work independently, can work with ambiguity, can take decisions on their own and not be afraid to drive and push towards getting the project across the finish line.
Responsibilities and Duties
- Maintain, migrate, and scale our AWS infrastructure using Terraform and best practices for EC2, ECS, and data storage.
- Maintain and optimize our build/deploy pipelines using GoCD and GitHub Actions to ensure seamless delivery of our polyglot services (Node, Python, Rust, C++).
- Manage Docker images and orchestration on ECS to ensure consistent environments from dev to production.
- Implement and monitor metrics, logs, and alerts using Datadog. Proactively analyze traffic patterns to prevent issues before they impact users.
- Take ownership of infrastructure compliance standards, specifically maintaining requirements for SOC2.
- Analyze usage patterns and implement strategies to reduce AWS infrastructure costs without sacrificing performance
- Maintain and improve integrations with 3rd party services
- Audit, maintain and improve security best practices across our public and private access endpoints
Qualifications and Skills
- 3+ years of experience in a DevOps or SRE role.
- Strong proficiency with AWS core services (EC2, ECS, ECR, RDS, IAM).
- Production experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform).
- Solid experience with Docker and container orchestration.
- Experience building or maintaining CI/CD pipelines is a must (GoCD and GitHub Actions preferred).
- Experience with monitoring tools (Datadog, New Relic, or Prometheus).
- Experience navigating a polyglot environment (Node.js, Python, C++ or Rust) is a plus
- Knowledge of Database administration (Postgres) using ORMs (Prisma) is a plus.
- Experience handling infrastructure SOC2 compliance requirements is a plus.
Benefits
- Flexible working hours
- Stock Options
- Generous holiday allowance
- Company pension plan
- Car parking
- Enhanced maternity & paternity leave
- Mental health and wellbeing support
- Learning and development opportunities
About Auterion
We are building the leading software platform for AI-powered autonomous systems for enterprise and government customers. Our team is supporting the most important missions and solving the most challenging problems.
At Auterion, we bring together the sharpest minds who love to solve the hardest problems. Join a vibrant team built on innovation, openness, and excellence, where you’ll be empowered to develop ideas, collaborate across all levels, and make an impact that matters.
Skills Required
- 3+ years of experience in a DevOps or SRE role
- Strong proficiency with AWS core services, including EC2, ECS, ECR, RDS, and IAM
- Production experience with Infrastructure as Code using Terraform
- Solid experience with Docker and container orchestration
- Experience building or maintaining CI/CD pipelines
- Experience with monitoring tools such as Datadog, New Relic, or Prometheus
- Experience with GoCD and GitHub Actions
- Experience in a polyglot environment using Node.js, Python, C++, or Rust
- Knowledge of PostgreSQL database administration using Prisma ORM
- Experience handling infrastructure SOC 2 compliance requirements
What We Do
At Auterion we care about providing enterprise with an ecosystem of software-defined drones, payloads, and third party applications within a single easy to use platform based on open-source standards. We’re leaders in an open-source movement bigger than ourselves and we’ve been on the same mission for over a decade, since our co-founder Lorenz Meier created Pixhawk, MAVLink, QGC, and PX4 (the world’s most widely used open-source drone autopilot operating system). Our mission is to be the drone platform of choice for enterprise, government, and drone manufacturers while accelerating the drone industry by driving forward open standards to create a common, future-proof roadmap in a thriving, open ecosystem of buyers and vendors. At Auterion, we bring together the sharpest minds who love to solve the hardest problems. Join a vibrant team built on innovation, openness, and excellence, where you’ll be empowered to develop ideas, collaborate across all levels, and make an impact that matters.
