Junior/Regular DevOps Engineer

Junior/Regular DevOps Engineer

We are looking for a highly passionate individual to strengthen our infrastructure and DevOps team at Blender HQ in Amsterdam. This in-house position works closely with the invisible team behind the scenes that makes everything possible!

The current infrastructure and DevOps team consists of 2 in-house and 1 remote engineers.

Responsibilities

• Maintenance of the running services (general and security updates).
• Implement pipelines to automate development processes.
• Extend, maintain and improve our existing tools.
• Provide support for other team members during critical stages of development.

Requirements

• Good knowledge of scripting in Python or Shell.
• Ready to experiment with new technologies and software to meet development requirements and limitations.
• Knowledge of version control systems (Git/Git LFS).
• Basic knowledge of Unix-based systems and command line usage.
• Basic knowledge of infrastructure-as-code concept.
• Fluent written and spoken English.
• Open-minded and willing to work iteratively, based on feedback.
• Able to work in a team environment.
• Social, easy to communicate with, friendly, empathetic.
• Able to work on-site from Blender HQ in Amsterdam.

Nice to haves

• Experience with running self-hosted services (professional, homelab or cloud-based).
• Understanding of tools: OpenTofu, Terraform, Ansible, SaltStack, Docker, Proxmox VE etc.
• Experience with containerization (Docker/K8s/Podman/LXC), virtualization (QEMU/KVM), network booting (iPXE).
• Basic understanding of networking protocols (DHCP, DNS, TCP/IP).
• Experience with Linux, macOS, and Windows operating systems.
• Understanding of development cycle for mobile platforms (Android and iOS).
• Experience working with open-source projects.
• Drive to expand the area of interest and influence.

What we offer

• Working in a place where everyone really does something meaningful and makes a difference for the Blender community.
• An international creative team of over 50 people across multiple continents.
• A full-time on-site job (32h-40h) in an open, collaborative environment where ideas are welcome and encouraged.
• An annual salary between 42k and 66k euros gross for full time (plus holiday pay), depending on experience.
• Five weeks of vacation + holidays.
• Budget for training or education.
• Assistance with work permits and finding accommodation in Amsterdam.

Send an email with your best motivation letter, CV and link to your portfolio to [email protected]. We look forward to hearing from you!