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Ultimate.ai

Ultimate.ai

Software Engineering, Other Engineering
Berlin, Germany
Posted 6+ months ago
Engineering · Berlin · Hybrid Remote

Site Reliability Engineer (Platform Engineer, Infrastructure)

Please note, you must have the right to work in Germany to apply for this opportunity. We are not able to provide visa sponsorship for this role.

THE ULTIMATE OPPORTUNITY

Imagine a virtual customer service agent that works 24/7, speaks 109 languages, and instantly and intelligently gives customers the answers they’re looking for.

You don’t need to imagine because that’s Ultimate - the customer support automation platform you won’t outgrow. And, since we were acquired by Zendesk in March 2024, we’ve become even more powerful. Together with Zendesk we’re joining forces to build the world’s most advanced AI agents in CX.

Powered by industry-leading AI, a laser-focus on CX and a world-class team across the globe, we’re committed to bringing joy and innovation to customer service. With customers regularly ranking us #1 on G2, it’s no wonder some of the best brands in the world have already scaled their digital support with Ultimate - from Taskrabbit to Trade Republic, Zalando to Finnair.

THE ULTIMATE DESTINATION FOR YOUR CAREER

At Ultimate, and within Zendesk, careers accelerate. New opportunities arise as the company is constantly evolving and our culture means that everyone has a seat and a voice at the table. You’ll learn from some of the best and brightest minds, as well as having the opportunity to show us your brilliance and see the impact of your work. We truly offer career-defining opportunities.

Our Nordic roots have created a culture where we can all lead by example and shape the company - and industry - we want to see, together. Between Ultimate’s startup mindset and Zendesk’s resources and years of experience, you get an unstoppable combination of talent, innovation, and support to drive your career to new heights.

The Ultimate Role

We are seeking a skilled Site Reliability Engineer (Platform Engineer, Infrastructure) to join our Infrastructure & DevX squad. This is an exciting role where you'll have the opportunity to contribute significantly to how we scale and support our growing product offerings across multiple regions.

The main responsibilities are to architect, maintain, and enhance our cloud-based infrastructure across multiple regions. In this critical role, you will drive infrastructure automation, optimize system reliability, and ensure outstanding developer productivity.

  • Architect and Maintain Cloud Infrastructure: Design and build highly scalable cloud infrastructure solutions, ensuring reliability and performance.

  • Provision Key Infrastructure Components: Focus on the provisioning of networking infrastructure and other critical system elements.

  • Champion Automation: Automate infrastructure processes and deployments using infrastructure-as-code tools like Terraform.

  • Build for Reliability: Proactively identify and resolve potential bottlenecks or vulnerabilities.

  • Own Monitoring and Alerting: Build and maintain robust monitoring and alerting systems to ensure the health and stability of our applications.

  • Security & Monitoring Focus: Design and implement security-conscious network infrastructure and establish robust network monitoring practices to identify and address potential vulnerabilities.

We're looking for a communicative, experienced engineer who takes pride in building stable and performant systems, can take a lead in projects when needed and help the whole team succeed.

Who you are:

  • Experience: Significant expertise in the field of proven Infrastructure Engineering

  • Containerization Mastery: Extensive experience with Docker for hosting microservices at scale.

  • Kubernetes Orchestration: Production-level Kubernetes experience is essential.

  • GitOps Proficiency: Experience with ArgoCD or comparable GitOps tools.

  • Cloud Savvy: Deep familiarity with Google Cloud services; experience with AWS and/or Azure is a significant plus.

  • Observability Enthusiast: Demonstrated very good knowledge analyzing metrics, events, logs, and tracing and creating meaningful dashboards out of them.

  • Developer Productivity Mindset: Strong drive to improve developer workflows and efficiency through automation and self-service tools.

  • Security Minded : Solid understanding of network security concepts and mentoring the developers to follow best practices when it comes to security

  • Fluency in English, which is our company language

The Ultimate Hiring Process:

  • Initial Call with Talent Partner: 15 mins

  • Hiring Manager Interview: 30-45 mins

  • Take Home Challenge: 2 hours

  • Peer interview: 60 mins

  • Final Interview with CTO & Hiring Manager: 45 mins

Our Commitment to You:

Recruiting and developing a diverse range of talent is critical to our growth philosophy. We understand we might need to adapt our process and we’re happy to cater to any reasonable adjustments you may require. Please let the Talent team know if we can help you with the application process in any way and at any stage.

If you want to find out more about us check out our Ultimate Open Culture which will provide a deep dive into life at Ultimate x Zendesk.

We are an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or disability status. Ultimate prohibits discrimination and harassment of any kind: Ultimate is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment.

Department
Engineering
Locations
Berlin
Remote status
Hybrid Remote
Employment type
Full-time

Berlin

The Ultimate Perks

  • Great Compensation

    You bring your best and so do we. This means we recognize real impact and show appreciation with actions, not just words.
  • Stock Options

    As we succeed, everyone gets to share in the spoils. Join our journey into a billion-dollar company and reap the rewards.
  • Scaled Professional Growth

    Your success is our success. We’re passionate about internal promotions and providing our people the best opportunities.
  • Bespoke Personal Growth

    Whether you want to learn a language, train for a marathon or take a coding course, our personal development budget has you covered.
  • Flexibility, Globally

    Everyone has a different circadian rhythm and is encouraged to work during their own superpower hours, plus preferred location.
  • Trust is our No.1 Value

    Our founders are passionate about trusting people to do their best work. You’ll feel it from day one.

The Ultimate Team

We're smart, enthusiastic and mission-driven about changing the world of customer support. Great culture is core to that - because we believe people are more inventive when inspired, more productive when passionate and more resourceful when recognised.

We trust our people to be brilliant and empower them to own their impact. Join our team and work alongside some of the smartest people we know.

About Ultimate

Founded in 2016
Co-workers 160
Engineering · Berlin · Hybrid Remote

Site Reliability Engineer (Platform Engineer, Infrastructure)