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CloudCops GmbH is a cloud and DevOps consultancy that designs, builds, and secures cloud-native and cloud-agnostic infrastructure for startups, SMEs, and enterprises. The company focuses on Infrastructure-as-Code, GitOps, Kubernetes platform engineering, automation, observability, and security/compliance using open-source CNCF tools to optimize DevOps KPIs like deployment frequency, cycle time, and mean time to recovery. 

CloudCops offers cloud strategy, migration, ongoing support, and cost/performance optimization across AWS, Azure, and GCP with a strong security-first and vendor-agnostic approach. 


11 - 50 employees


Founded 2023

🤝 B2B

🔒 Cybersecurity

Senior Software Developer – Backend
Yesterday

🇺🇸 United States – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

🔙 Backend Engineer

🗣️🇩🇪 German Required

AWS

Azure

Cloud

Django

Docker

Google Cloud Platform

Kafka

Kubernetes

NoSQL

Postgres

Python

RabbitMQ

Redis

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📋 Description
• Design and build scalable backend services with Django / Django REST Framework
• Lead architecture reviews in client projects and our own start-ups
• Create rock-solid task queues with Celery + Redis / RabbitMQ / Kafka
• Implement event-streaming integrations via Kafka or RabbitMQ (publishing, consuming, schema management)
• Performance tuning, caching strategies and database optimisation (PostgreSQL, plus NoSQL where it makes sense)
• Own the full lifecycle: Docker/Kubernetes, CI/CD, observability, incident response
• Drive code reviews & mentoring for mid- and junior engineers
• Use AI coding tools responsibly – knowing when they add value and when they don’t

🎯 Requirements
• 5+ years production experience with Django (incl. DRF)
• Proven open-source contributions (share your GitHub)
• Deep knowledge of Celery, distributed messaging (Kafka/RabbitMQ) and async processing
• Git power user, strong in shell & scripting (Bash/Python)
• Hands-on with containers & cloud (Docker, Kubernetes, AWS/GCP/Azure)
• Clean-code mindset

🏖️ Benefits
• Remote-first – work from anywhere
• Output-oriented culture: we measure results, not time at the desk
• Flat hierarchy, large say in tech & tooling decisions
• Annual budget for conferences, certifications & hardware of your choice
• Freedom to shape your contract: working hours, vacation, etc. are flexible – you come first
• A team that truly lives Open Source & Clean Code