Cloud Infrastructure Engineer

Job description

☁️ Cloud Infrastructure Engineer

💶 Mid-level: €75,228.28 / Senior: €85,257.86 - based on 38h

🕒 flexible working time 30-38h/week 🏠 fully remote within EEA

🧭 Our levels are internal benchmarks, independent of years of experience or titles, and based on how your skills and impact compare within Hivemind

🚀 Your mission

Are you an Infrastructure Engineer with a strong DevOps mindset and a passion for Infrastructure as Code (IaC)? Do you want to build scalable, secure infrastructure for real-world systems?

We’d love to meet you.

We actively encourage applications from non-males and other underrepresented groups.

📌 Permanent position — no contractors

🧠 What Hivemind does

We build and operate production systems under real constraints—where reliability, security, and continuity matter.

Our focus:

📊 Data Engineering — real-time data platforms & pipelines

🤖 AI Systems — production-grade intelligent systems

☁️ Cloud Native Platforms — scalable, reliable infrastructure

🔐 Secure Infrastructure — security and resilience by design

👤 Your profile

🛠️ What you’ll do

* Own cloud architectures end-to-end

* Build scalable, secure infrastructure

* Act as senior technical counterpart

* Shape architecture and best practices

* Mentor others (no forced management track)

💡 You bring

* Strong cloud/platform engineering experience

* Hands-on with a hyperscaler

* Kubernetes (EKS, AKS, OpenShift)

* Terraform & multi-account setups

* CI/CD & GitOps

* Networking, observability, and security fundamentals

* Experience building resilient systems

🤝 How you work

* Systems thinker, clear communicator

* Fluent in English

* Low-ego, collaborative mindset

* Based in EU/EEA/U.K. (±3h CET)

* You value kindness, respect, and work-life balance

🌍 Why us?

Hivemind is fully independent and owned by its directors. We have no external investors, which means no outside pressure on how we work, who we work with, or what we prioritize. You’ll work in small, cross-functional teams on real production systems—no silos, no endless maintenance.

Our engineering culture:

* Continuous refactoring & fast feedback

* Functional Programming & XP practices

* Strong DevOps ownership

✨ Autonomy included:

* No forced project assignments

* No fixed tech stack

* Freedom to choose better solutions🎁 Benefits

🏠 100% remote (EU)

⏰ Flexible working hours (30–38h, 4-day possible)

🧘 Freedom to adjust working days and hours whenever life changes

🌴 30 days vacation + Christmas break 🎄

🚫 No overtime

💰 Transparent & fair compensation

Salary (38h):

* Mid: €75,228.28

* Senior: €85,257.86

* Equal pay (no negotiation, no bonuses)

• Yearly salary increases (≥ inflation)

* Clear promotion criteria & career paths

* Part-time adjusted proportionally

💛 Well-being & support

* Compassionate leave

* Parental- and family-friendly environment

* Work that genuinely fits around your life

📚 Growth & development

* Paid learning & conferences

* Mentoring & feedback culture

* Internal knowledge sharing

* Time to explore new topics

💻 Choice of equipment (Mac/Linux)

🏢 Co-working budget (e.g. WeWork)

🤝 Cross-functional teams

✈️ Annual onsite in Berlin

🚫 No racism, sexism, or discrimination

🤝 Psychological safety and respect are non-negotiable

🔎 Interview process

1. Intro interview (alignment & expectations)

2. Take-home challenge (~2 weeks, flexible)

3. Technical discussion (collaborative, no grilling)

4. Final level (mid/senior) is determined collaboratively based on your experience, challenge, and technical discussion.