DevOps Engineering Lead (f/m/d)

ABOUT FUTURAIL

Futurail is a deeptech startup building the autonomy stack for self-driving trains. Our mission is to make rail the most attractive form of transport, by enabling frequent, reliable, low-carbon services powered by autonomous technology.

With our AI-based software stack, we help rail operators and manufacturers run safer and more efficient services, starting in depots and on branch lines, and expanding to mainline operations. Founded by experts in autonomous systems, we're rethinking how millions of people and goods move every day.

We’re backed by leading European investors and already working with mobility players across Europe and the US. As we enter our next phase of growth, this is your opportunity to join a high-trust, high-talent team that’s reshaping rail.

JOB DESCRIPTION

We are looking for a DevOps Engineering Lead to architect and evolve the high-performance infrastructure behind our autonomous driving software. This role goes far beyond maintaining systems! You will design the backbone of a safety-critical software platform, enabling teams to build, test, package, and deploy mission-critical code with speed, reliability, and confidence. You will lead the development of modern build systems, packaging strategies, containerized environments, and CI/CD pipelines, while growing and guiding the infrastructure team.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Grow and manage the DevOps/Infrastructure team.
• Develop, implement, and continuously improve the core build system (Bazel), supporting large-scale, multi-language codebases.
• Optimize build performance, caching, dependency management, and reproducibility across local and CI environments.
• Enable fast, deterministic, and reliable builds for C++ and Python projects.
• Architect high-performance CI/CD pipelines for build, test, and deployment.
• Design and maintain packaging and deployment strategies, including: AppImage-based application packaging and containerized (Docker) deployment workflows.
• Architect and evolve cloud infrastructure (AWS) and hybrid / on-premise environments.
• Ensure infrastructure is scalable, secure, and resilient, including networking, storage, and compute.
• Collaborate with engineering teams to improve build, deployment, and release processes.
• 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).
• Proficiency in C++ and Python, especially dependency management; Rust is a plus.
• Strong background in containerization and orchestration (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes).
• Experience with application packaging and distribution (e.g., AppImage).
• Proven experience designing, building, and maintaining CI/CD pipelines and automated testing workflows.
• 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.
• Experience with safety-critical or high-reliability systems is a strong plus.

BENEFITS

• High-impact role: Have real ownership and visibility from Day 1..
• Learning & development: We are committed to your continuous development and offer support tailored to your role and growth path.
• Competitive compensation package : We offer a competitive salary, including a virtual stock option program for full-time employees.
• Office in Werk1 - the most start-up friendly space in Munich: A cool and modern office in Munich's Werksviertel, with regular community events like weekly team lunches, monthly breakfasts, after-work events, and much more!.
• Gym Club membership: We cover part of your Egym Wellpass subscription - for when your brain needs a cooldown and your legs need a warm-up.

Join us as DevOps Engineering Lead on our journey, and contribute to sustainable transportation for the future. If you are interested, please submit your application through this.

We look forward to hearing from you!