Cultural heritage data lives in databases, paper archives, books, and collections across the globe. But new digital tools can help connect those silos, encourage collaboration, and enhance transparency. NavigatingArt is a nonprofit organization that protects and promotes cultural heritage by empowering teams with the tools to create and publish digital catalogues raisonnés and archives.

We're seeking a Senior AWS Engineer to join our cloud engineering team and help architect, implement, and maintain complex infrastructure and deployment pipelines using the latest AWS services and best practices.

By joining NavigatingArt, you’ll contribute to a meaningful and ambitious initiative that bridges technology and cultural heritage. Help us bring it to life!

As a Senior DevOps & Infrastructure Engineer, you’ll be at the core of our infrastructure team, responsible for designing and maintaining robust, scalable, and highly available cloud environments.

You will:

• Build and manage cloud infrastructure using Terraform and AWS CDK
• Deploy and optimize services on ECS, EC2, Lambda, and API Gateway
• Design and manage scalable data solutions using RDS, Aurora, and PostgreSQL
• Implement secure and automated networking with VPC, Route53, and CloudFront
• Integrate and manage identity and access control using Cognito, IAM, Secrets Manager, and Parameter Store
• Support CI/CD workflows using Git, Bitbucket, and Jenkins
• Monitor and trace distributed systems with OpenTelemetry, CloudWatch, and other observability tools
• Containerize and orchestrate microservices with Docker and Kubernetes
• Develop automation scripts in Shell, Python, or Node.js
• Design and manage reliable asynchronous and synchronous integrations via REST APIs, Webhooks, and Step Functions

You are a proactive and collaborative cloud engineer with a strong background in AWS and infrastructure automation. You bring deep technical expertise, curiosity, and a passion for best practices.

Must-have skills:

• Proven experience building, maintaining and automating complex infrastructure using Terraform and leveraging advanced techniques such as modules, workspaces and remote states
• In-depth understanding of AWS services including ECS, EC2, Lambda, S3, VPC, RDS, and more
• Experience with Docker and container orchestration (Kubernetes)
• Strong expertise in Database management (Query Optimization, Parameter tuning, Backup & Restore), ideally for PostgreSQL
• Ability to maintain the CI/CD setup using Jenkins
• Familiarity with Observability, tracing, and telemetry systems (OpenTelemetry or similar)
• Strong scripting abilities (Shell, Python, Node.js)
• Experience with Git-based workflows and CI/CD using Jenkins/Bitbucket
• Knowledge of API design and integration (REST, Webhooks, etc.)

• Competitive salary and work in small, autonomous teams with a high degree of creative freedom
• A collaborative and open company culture that values diversity and work-life balance among our talented and inspiring colleagues from all over the world
• Discounted public transport ticket (Deutschland Ticket) or Urban Sports Club membership
• The chance to work on cutting-edge technology and opportunities for professional development and career growth
• A pleasant office space in Berlin Kreuzberg/Mitte with great coffee, offering the flexibility of a hybrid work environment.

In 2021, a group of art historians and developers recognized the potential of new technologies to ease the creation of digital catalogues raisonnés and archives for global audiences. NavigatingArt has since applied digital strategies to meet the needs of institutions, increasing the availability of historical materials and lowering the barrier to comprehensive research. It became a nonprofit organization in 2024, supported by the Hasso Plattner Foundation, thereby aligning its legal status with its mission to protect and promote cultural heritage.

Our values

• Integrity: transparency, authenticity, and responsibility are at the fore of everything we do.
• Expertise: we grow personally and professionally while learning from mistakes and striving for excellence.
• Durability: we prioritize longevity in the products and materials we create in an effort to do things only once — even when this emphasis requires slow thinking and development.
• Collaboration: we work across teams to overcome complex challenges that require everyone’s contribution, not just those at the top.

NavigatingArt is committed to providing a friendly and safe environment for everyone who works here or with us, regardless of gender, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, body size, race, age, religion (or lack thereof), and art preferences.