Job Description

About elevait
The mission of elevait is to turn data into strategic knowledge through a scalable platform that automates, validates, and connects information. Serving sectors like Energy, Finance, and the Public Sector, we enable confident decisions through enterprise-grade document intelligence. Our Dresden-based engineering team prioritizes modular ownership and collaborative design over silos. We focus on building the "Golden Path" for resilient software, bridging the gap between cutting-edge AI services and code-first orchestration.

Your Role
You won’t just be a "DevOps person" on the sidelines—you’ll be a core backend engineer who helps us modernize our build and release processes. You’ll take ownership of our CI/CD pipelines, ensuring our transition from Apache NiFi to a Python-based orchestration layer is smooth, fast, and transparent.
We’re not looking for someone who already knows everything. Instead, we want a curious, motivated engineer who is excited by the challenge of improving our systems, eager to learn, and willing to help us leave behind outdated processes.
You’ll have the chance to:Lead the modernization of our CI/CD world, with support to learn and grow. Collaborate with our infrastructure team to implement Helm-based deployments and FluxCD synchronization. Contribute to backend development, whether it’s building new APIs or improving our orchestration layer. Act as a "Product Owner" for developer experience, identifying bottlenecks and proposing solutions.


What You Will DoStandardize the Lifecycle: Design and maintain CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, Bitbucket Pipelines, or similar) for linting, testing, Docker image creation, and security scanning. We’ll support you in learning our tools and improving them. Infrastructure-as-Code: Maintain and evolve Helm charts for our core services. Experience with Kubernetes and GitOps is a plus, but we’ll help you get up to speed. Quality Engineering: Integrate automated testing (unit, integration, E2E) into our release flow. Your ideas for improving quality are welcome! Feature Development: Write clean, maintainable code in Python (and occasionally Java) to contribute to our platform’s processing and orchestration.


? Your Skills & Mindset

We’re looking for:

You have a solid track record of taking software from code to production and understand the architectural principles behind scalable backend systems. CI/CD Experience: You’ve worked with tools like Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or GitLab CI. If you’re familiar with Jenkins and Bitbucket, great—but we’re open to your ideas for improvement. Backend Engineering: Strong Python skills are important, as it’s the future of our orchestration layer. Java experience is a plus, but not required. Cloud-Native Curiosity: Familiarity with Kubernetes, Docker, or Helm is helpful, but we’ll support your learning if you’re new to these tools. T-Shaped Mindset: You’re happy to dive into new areas, whether it’s a database migration, REST API design, or CI/CD optimization. English Fluency: Our team is diverse, and clear communication is key.

Above all, we value:

A willingness to learn and modernize legacy systems. A collaborative, no-ego attitude—architecture is a team sport here. A passion for automation, quality, and developer experience.


What You Can Expect at elevaitFocus over Chaos: We limit active projects per sprint so the team can finish what they start. No-Ego Architecture: You’ll collaborate with architects and teammates to design the best solutions. Direct Impact: Your decisions will shape how we build and release software, directly influencing the speed and quality of the entire company. Growth Opportunities: We’ll invest in your learning, whether it’s Kubernetes, Python, or CI/CD best practices.


Why We Think This Role Is Exciting
This role is perfect for someone who wants to:Work at the intersection of backend development and DevOps. Help modernize legacy systems and shape the future of our platform. Learn new technologies and grow their skills in a supportive environment. Have a real impact on how our company delivers software.


Ready to Join Us?
Currently, our team is set up to support candidates who already hold a valid EU work authorization. While we’d love to welcome talent from everywhere, we are unfortunately unable to provide visa sponsorship or relocation support at this time.
If you’re excited by this challenge and eager to grow with us, we’d love to hear from you—even if you don’t meet every requirement. Send us your resume and a few words about why you’re interested!