DevOps Engineer
Senior

Descrizione della Posizione Lavorativa

Location: Fully remote within Italy (an office space is available in Turin). Candidates must reside in or be willing to relocate to Italy for tax and legal compliance. No visa sponsorship.

Salary range: €50,000–€60,000 per year. Starting date: July–August 2026.

This posting is shared in collaboration with Ecosmic. The company's internal team manages the entire selection process; Welyk only supports visibility. For questions about the role or application status, contact Ecosmic directly.

About Ecosmic: Ecosmic builds software for Space Situational Awareness to reduce threat exposure in space. We are a fast-moving, data-driven space start-up with an international team of engineers and scientists, focused on impactful engineering.

Role summary: We are looking for a Senior DevOps Engineer to package in-house algorithms into reliable, secure, and easy-to-use products. You will enable space engineers by improving developer experience, production deployments and operational reliability.

How we work

• Small cross-functional teams where software and space engineers collaborate and own their work.

• Async-first communication with emphasis on clear written documentation and minimal meetings.

• We value high quality, accountability and sustainable work–life balance.

Tech stack (a glimpse)

• Python backend, FastAPI for APIs, C++ for performance-critical parts (exploring Rust).

• DynamoDB and S3 for storage.

• AWS serverless services (Fargate, Lambda) and infrastructure-as-code with Terraform; moving toward Kubernetes and more cloud-agnostic solutions.

• Collaboration tools: GitHub, Jira, Slack, Confluence.

Company equipment: We provide a MacBook Pro (M5 Pro).

Candidate profile

• 7+ years of experience, with extensive experience in software architecture and senior engineering roles.

• Track record of shipping products in a start-up environment, enabling fast iteration while keeping the platform reliable and secure.

• Strong judgement balancing scalability, maintainability and speed; ability to improve technical workflows and team practices.

• Familiarity with cloud-native architectures and infrastructure-as-code.

• Experience with on-premise or hybrid deployments and orchestrating services with Kubernetes.

• Fluent English (spoken and written) is mandatory.

What you'll work on

• Enable on-premises deployment of space algorithms using Kubernetes.

• Continuously improve the developer experience for software and space engineers.

• Collaborate to expose algorithms as services and take prototypes to production deployments.

• Enhance system observability and work on both long-term initiatives and short-term tasks (PR reviews, design docs, business-driven implementations, bug fixes, reducing tech debt).

Benefits

• Flexible remote work: work from anywhere in Italy, with the option to use our historic office in Turin.

• Flexible hours with core hours 10:00–12:00 and 14:00–16:00.

• Unlimited paid days off (mandatory paid leave of 22 days/year accrues per the National Collective Labour Agreement (CCNL), plus the option for additional unpaid days).

• Health insurance.

• Stock options and performance reviews tied to career progression and equity opportunities.

• €1,000/year (net) in flexible benefits provided via a dedicated benefits card.

• One or two company retreats per year.

The role is open to all genders and backgrounds in compliance with non-discrimination principles.

Requisiti

Minimum 7 years experience; senior software architecture/engineering background; experience shipping products in start-up environments; hands-on Kubernetes and on-premise/hybrid deployments; familiarity with cloud-native architectures and IaC; fluent English; legal ability to work in Italy (reside or willing to relocate).