Senior DevOps Engineer to join our transformation phase!
If you enjoy balancing practicality with long-term architectural thinking, and know when to optimize, when to simplify, and when to change direction - then this is the role for you!
About the Role
We're seeking an experienced, hands-on Senior DevOps Engineer to join our Platform Team during a critical transformation period. You'll be instrumental in maintaining our legacy systems while driving our migration to a modern, serverless architecture. This role requires someone who values pragmatism over complexity and can make smart trade-off decisions at different stages of our journey.
You'll work within the DevOps wing of our Platform Team, reporting to our DevOps Lead and collaborating closely with a data engineer and other platform team members to build and maintain the platform that supports our development team and entire logistics operation. We're in an exciting phase of building new systems while maintaining critical operations, making this perfect for someone who enjoys both stability and innovation.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead infrastructure initiatives while supporting both legacy systems and new platform development
- Design and implement event-driven, serverless architectures on AWS
- Manage containerized applications using ECS and related technologies
- Implement and maintain Infrastructure as Code practices across the organization
- Ensure robust security practices including IAM management and compliance
- Handle critical infrastructure components (DNS, networking, database scaling, message brokers)
- Support and mentor developers on platform best practices
- Balance pragmatic solutions with long-term architectural goals
- Develop and improve processes for continuous platform evolution
- Continuous development and maintenance of our CI/CD pipelines and practices
About you
We seek a pragmatic engineer who thrives in environments where technology decisions are guided by business value and practical outcomes. You'll excel here if you appreciate the importance of evolutionary architecture - knowing when to optimize, when to maintain, and when to innovate.
The ideal candidate brings a balanced perspective to infrastructure decisions, understanding that both legacy systems and modern solutions have their place in a successful platform strategy. You should be energized by the opportunity to shape technical direction while maintaining operational excellence.
We're looking for someone who has
- Minimum 5 years of hands-on experience with AWS (EC2, S3, VPC, ALBs, Security groups, Lambda AWS Gateway)
- At least 2 years hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code (Pulumi preferred but other tools are also welcomed, terraform, CDK)
- Deep knowledge of containerisation
- Proven experience with event-driven systems and architectures
- Experience with monitoring and observability platforms (Datadog, Splunk, New Relic, or similar)
- Experience working in scale-up or smaller companies
- Track record of working effectively in small, autonomous teams
- Strong security mindset with IAM and IAM Identity Center experience
- Systematic problem-solving approach with attention to details
- Humble attitude with respect for existing systems and infrastructure changes
- Experience of modern CI/CD practices and development
- Solid understanding of:
- Networking concepts and implementation
- Database scaling (vertical and horizontal)
- Message brokers (RabbitMQ or similar)
- Caching systems (Redis or similar)
High value of if you also bring
- Go programming language
- ECS on the AWS platform
- Pulumi experience (Terraform or CloudFormation also valuable)
- MongoDB Atlas platform knowledge
- Compliance and regulatory experience
- Logistics or supply chain industry experience
About Zendr
Zendr is a fast-growing SaaS company developing cloud-based solutions for B2B freight. We take pride in our innovative platform and the passionate team that contributes to our success every day. At Zendr, collaboration and well-being are key – we offer a workplace where you can truly make an impact. We're proud of what we do and of our commitment to making our customers' work easier. We believe it's important that you feel valued, engaged, and empowered to influence our journey. At Zendr, you can grow quickly – both professionally and personally – while being part of building something meaningful.
What we offer
- Direct impact on platform decisions and architecture
- Work with modern AWS serverless technologies
- Be part of a small, focused Platform Team with significant autonomy
- Balance of maintaining critical systems and building new solutions
- Opportunity to shape DevOps practices and culture
- Collaborative environment with direct access to Chief Architect
- A competitive salary in the range of 55'-70' SEK per month, tailored to your background, skills, and previous experience, along with a locally adapted benefits package designed to support your well-being and growth.
Our hiring process
We respect your time and aim to make the recruitment journey fast, transparent and enjoyable:
Application review – We'll review your application promptly and get back to you within a few days
First conversation – An informal video call to learn more about you and your previous experiences
Meet the Chief Architect – A 30 minute meeting during which you'll get to know each other a bit better and talk further about the infrastructure challenges we're facing
Practical session – A collaborative working session on a real infrastructure challenge (no take-home assignments)
Final meeting – Meet the broader team and ensure we're the right fit for each other
From first contact to final decision, you can expect clear communication, timely feedback, and respect for your time.
Addition information
We review applications on a rolling basis, which means the position may be filled before the closing date.
Start date: As soon as possible
Scope: Full-time, permanent position
Location: Jönköping or Stockholm, Solna
- Team
- Tech
- Locations
- Jönköping, Solna
- Remote status
- Hybrid
About Zendr
At Zendr we truly care about shipping. We are a partner that makes the entire logistics chain simpler, smarter and more cost-efficient. Thanks to your technical platform, expertise and experience with shipping, we help our customers optimize processes and find solutions that save both time and money.
For us, it's important to create a workplace where our people feel good and grow. We work in dynamic teams where freedom, responsibility and community are the cornerstones. Here it's easy to make an impact, take initiative and be a part of something bigger.
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