We simplify Bitcoin. Founded in 2021 in Salzburg, we’re a leading Bitcoin investment platform that aims to help people trust themselves enough to build their financial freedom — with Bitcoin.

In 2023, the German Volksbank Raiffeisenbank Bayern Mitte acquired a stake in 21bitcoin to help build the Bitcoin financial platform of the future.

So if you’re someone who thinks big, moves fast and wants to make an impact right from day one, then get ready to join our industry-changing team. Let’s go!

👋 The Role

As a Senior DevOps / Platform Engineer, you will work within the Platform team while also supporting the Backend team in the cloud environment. This role blends infrastructure development with hands-on engineering, helping to unblock teams and drive cloud initiatives forward.

It’s an ideal opportunity for engineers who excel at building clean, efficient cloud systems while designing and managing the infrastructure that powers them. You will contribute to feature development and core platform improvements, ensuring that our cloud-native environment is scalable, reliable, secure, and high-performing.

This role combines elements of DevOps, Platform Engineering, and DevSecOps, offering a broad and impactful scope across the organization.

🚀 Your Mission

As a Senior DevOps / Platform Engineer, you will:

• Take Ownership of Infrastructure: Architect, deploy, and manage cloud-native infrastructure using AWS services, ensuring it supports seamless development and reliable operations.
• Optimize Developer Workflows: Create and maintain CI/CD pipelines, improve development tooling, and implement GitOps practices to enhance developer velocity.
• Bridge Backend and Platform: Collaborate closely with the engineering team to ensure backend systems integrate seamlessly with the underlying platform and infrastructure.
• Implement Secured Infrastructure : you will integrate security practices into the DevOps workflow, ensuring that infrastructure and applications are built securely from the start. You will automate security processes, identify vulnerabilities early, and drive a culture of security across development teams.
• Champion Automation and Best Practices: Use Infrastructure as Code (IaC) frameworks like Terraform, or CDK to automate infrastructure and ensure maintainability.

🎯 What Success Looks Like

• Backend systems are high-performing, reliable, and easily scalable to meet product demands.
• Cloud infrastructure is robust, automated, and supports seamless development and deployment processes.
• Features are delivered faster and with greater confidence, thanks to optimized CI/CD pipelines and streamlined workflows.
• Backend and infrastructure are tightly integrated, ensuring smooth operations and exceptional developer experience.
• Durable execution and workflow orchestration systems are in place to handle complex backend processes reliably.
• Cloud resources are resilient and protected in line with security best practices.

🛠️ Your Toolbox

• Infrastructure & Cloud: AWS (Serverless, Fargate, Lambda, ECS, Networking, ControlTwoer, Organization, ApiGateway), LocalStack, Docker, CloudFlare
• IaC Frameworks: Terraform, CDK
• Containers & CI/CD: Docker, GitOps, GitLab CI
• Monitoring & Observability: Datadog, AWS CloudWatch
• Security: SaST, IAC security, AWS SecurityHub, DataDog SIEM, ELK
• Languages: Python, TypeScript (is a Huge plus)

⭐ What We’re Looking For

To succeed in this role, you should:

• Be a Backend & Platform Expert: 5+ years of experience in software engineering and DevOps/Platform, with a proven ability to balance coding and infrastructure responsibilities.
• Write Exceptional Code: You take pride in crafting clean, maintainable, and efficient backend systems that set new standards for quality.
• Master Cloud Infrastructure: You’re skilled at designing and managing cloud-native architectures using AWS services, containers, and serverless technologies.
• Optimize Workflows: You have experience building CI/CD pipelines, implementing GitOps, and streamlining development workflows.
• Secure Infrastructure: You have experience in designing, implementing and operating technical security controls at the infrastructure level, including: logging, monitoring and alerting.
• Take Ownership: You thrive on taking responsibility for your work, whether it’s a feature rollout or deploying a scalable infrastructure solution.
• Bring Valuable Extras: Production experience with tools like Terraform Cloud, GitLab, JumpCloud, and workflow orchestration frameworks (e.g., Temporal, Restate, or Inngest) is a significant advantage.
• Must be located within ±2 hours of the CET timezone to facilitate collaboration.
• Being based in Munich, Salzburg, or Vienna is a significant advantage, with relocation assistance available.

🚀 Why YOU should join 21bitcoin

1. Impact Across the Stack: Work on both backend systems and the infrastructure that powers them, making a lasting impact on the company’s growth and scalability.
2. Cutting-Edge Technologies: Use the latest tools and frameworks for backend development and platform engineering in a cloud-native environment.
3. Ownership & Responsibility: Take full ownership of critical systems, from backend code to infrastructure, in a fast-paced startup environment.
4. Collaborative Excellence: Join a highly skilled team where collaboration, innovation, and shared ownership are at the core of everything we do.
5. Shape the Future: Be part of a mission-driven startup shaping Bitcoin financial services and setting new technical standards.

💸 Competitive compensation: We will offer you a mix of cash and stock options based on your appetite for upside.

🏢 Remote First, with In-Person Magic: We prioritize remote work for flexibility but cherish the power of face-to-face collaboration. Join us at our vibrant hubs in Munich, Salzburg, and Vienna to experience the best of both worlds! We provide relocation assistance.

🕑 Flexible working hours: We value focus time. Encouraging everyone to minimize fixed meetings and leverage asynchronous communication.

Salary Range: From EUR 60,000 - 120,000 gross annually

*Final compensation will be determined based on the candidate's qualifications, skills, previous experience and location.

🤝 Let’s Build the Future of Bitcoin Together

If you’re excited to work on challenging problems, write best-in-class backend code, and contribute to innovative product development, we’d love to hear from you.

Apply now and become a key part of the team driving 21bitcoin’s success.

📝 Interview Process

How to apply?

Please reach out to us and include a bit about yourself, your resume/CV, examples of past projects, and a few bullet points about why you’re interested in joining 21bitcoin and what you expect.

BTW: CVs are important, but don't forget to include your favorite Bitcoin meme in the application!

🗒️ Resume Review - Portfolio of Work: Drop a link to your portfolio/previous work or CV which we can review (LinkedIn, Github, Twitter, …)

📞 Exploratory Call - We'll discuss what excites you about this role and a few questions based on your past experiences

🧠 Test assignment - We will share a take home creative assignment with you to work on (usually 1 week time frame)

🗣️ Engineering Deep Dive - During the deep dive session, we will discuss specific skills for each role through a case study or a technical interview.

👬 Meet Us (Workshop) - During the workshop, we will explore various real-world problems that you will be expected to solve in your role.

👍 Decision time!