Senior Infrastructure / DevOps Engineer

ABOUT FUTURAIL

Futurail is a leading technology startup and autonomy powerhouse based in Germany and France. We power the future of autonomous travel on rail with our holistic autonomy stack for self-driving trains. Our mission is to make trains even more attractive by offering frequent, reliable, cost-effective and low-carbon transportation, contributing to the broader goal of transitioning from road to rail. Founded by a team with extensive expertise in autonomous driving and rail, we are committed to shaping the future of rail transportation.

We are entering a phase of rapid growth. This is your chance to join an ambitious team at the forefront of autonomy and rail, working to transform how millions of people move every day!

JOB DESCRIPTION

Futurail seeks an experienced Infrastructure / DevOps Engineer to design, build, and maintain the systems powering our scalable, resilient, and secure software development lifecycle. You’ll enable developers to deliver faster by creating robust build systems, containerized environments, and high-quality CI/CD pipelines.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Design, implement, and maintain automated CI/CD pipelines for build, test, and deployment
• Build and support containerized development & production environments (Docker, Kubernetes)
• Maintain and optimize cloud infrastructure (AWS) and hybrid environments
• Ensure infrastructure is scalable, secure, and resilient, including networking, storage, and compute
• Collaborate with engineering teams to improve build, deployment, and release processes
• Drive automation across infrastructure, monitoring, and operations
• Contribute to observability practices: monitoring, logging, alerting, and incident response.

REQUIREMENTS

• 5+ years of experience in infrastructure, DevOps, or platform engineering roles
• Deep expertise with build systems (Bazel is required)
• Strong background in containerization and orchestration (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes)
• Proven experience designing, building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines and automated testing workflows
• Hands-on proficiency with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools (e.g., Terraform, Pulumi, CloudFormation).
• Strong knowledge of configuration management (e.g., Ansible, Puppet, SaltStack) for system and application setup.
• Proficiency in Linux/Unix environments
• Solid understanding of distributed systems , system-level architecture , and networking fundamentals
• Strong scripting and automation skills (e.g., Bash, Python)

Experience with cloud platforms (AWS required; GCP/Azure a plus)

Join us as a Senior Infrastrucutre / DevOps Engineer on our journey, and contribute to sustainable transportation for the future. If you are interested, please submit your application through this form. We look forward to hearing from you!