Cloud DevOps engineer (AWS)

****Senior Cloud DevOps Engineer (AWS)**** ****About Qopla**** Qopla was founded by restaurant owners in 2018 with a simple goal: to help restaurants run their operations more smoothly and intelligently. Today, more than 2,000 restaurants rely on Qopla for table ordering, self\-service kiosks, and online ordering. We build and operate business\-critical systems used daily in real restaurant environments — where downtime directly impacts revenue. Reliability, stability, and scalability are at the core of everything we do. ****The Role**** We are looking for a **Senior Cloud DevOps Engineer (AWS)** to take ownership of our existing cloud platform and infrastructure. You will take over and evolve our AWS\-based Kubernetes environment, ensuring it is **extremely stable, highly available, and scalable** — with a strong focus on **zero downtime and proactive operations** . This is not a “set up from scratch” role — it’s about improving, hardening, and scaling a system already running in production at real scale. This is primarily an **on\-site role based in our Solna office** , working closely with the CTO. Some hybrid flexibility is possible, but we believe close collaboration is key for this role. ****What You’ll Work With**** Our platform includes: * Kubernetes (EKS) on AWS * Java (Spring Boot) services * Node.js / NestJS services * MongoDB, Redis * Kafka and event\-driven systems * React and React Native applications ****What You’ll Do**** * Take ownership of our AWS and Kubernetes infrastructure * Ensure high stability, uptime, and zero\-downtime deployments * Proactively identify weaknesses and eliminate potential failures before they happen * Set up and improve monitoring, alerting, and observability * Design and maintain reliable backup and disaster recovery strategies * Optimize performance, scalability, and cost in production environments * Improve CI/CD and deployment workflows for safe and predictable releases * Work closely with developers to ensure systems are built for reliability from day one ****What We’re Looking For**** * Strong experience running production systems on AWS and Kubernetes * Proven track record of building stable, highly available systems * Experience with microservices architectures and distributed systems * Solid understanding of observability, monitoring, and incident response * Experience with databases like MongoDB and Redis in production * Experience working with event\-driven systems (e.g., Kafka) * Pragmatic mindset — you focus on what actually works in production **Meriting:** * Experience with on\-premise infrastructure or hybrid cloud setups (we are exploring hosting some services ourselves) * Interest in hardware and infrastructure beyond the cloud * Willingness to take ownership of internal hardware (e.g., preparing and managing staff laptops and basic office infrastructure) as a smaller side responsibility since we still are a small company. ****Why Qopla?**** * Real\-world impact — your work runs in restaurants every day * Full ownership of a live, business\-critical platform * Small, experienced team with fast decision\-making * Focus on building long\-term, stable systems — not hype If you care about **stability, uptime, and building systems that just work — every time** — we’d love to hear from you.