DevOps Engineer at Pixelmatters

Porto, , Portugal -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

23 Jun, 26

Salary

61185.0

Posted On

25 Mar, 26

Experience

5 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Linux Systems, Shell Scripting, Encryption, Zero-trust Networking, Vulnerability Management, Kubernetes, Terraform, Pulumi, SST, GitOps, CI/CD Pipelines, Performance Optimization, AWS Infrastructure, Configuration Management, English, Portuguese

Industry

IT Services and IT Consulting

Description

Description Pixelmatters is a digital product studio. We’re a team of strategists, designers, and engineers creating top-quality digital products. Our mission is to empower businesses to achieve their full potential by delivering high-quality digital products while fostering strong relationships. We envision a world where great user experience is the norm, inspiring businesses and people to perform at their best. We're looking for you, a meticulous and adaptable DevOps Engineer with hands-on experience in configuration management tools, a strong understanding of DevOps practices. You excel at bridging gaps between development and distribution, ensuring smooth workflows, reliable deployments, and secure, scalable infrastructure. Your role will focus on driving the reliability, scalability, and efficiency of our systems. You will lead the design and implementation of CI/CD pipelines, manage AWS infrastructure, and enforce configuration management practices to ensure secure, maintainable, and cost-effective operations. You will collaborate with engineering teams to improve workflows, contribute to infrastructure decisions, and guide the technical direction of our platform. Some of your day-to-day tasks will automate deployment processes, maintain and enhance CI/CD pipelines, optimize cloud infrastructure, monitor system performance, troubleshoot production issues, and support teams in adopting DevOps best practices, while ensuring systems remain secure, scalable, and reliable. Strong experience with Linux systems (processes, networking, filesystems and shell scripting for daily operations) Solid understanding of security practices such as encryption (at rest and in transit), zero-trust networking, vulnerability management, and compliance automation Strong experience with Kubernetes, including networking, storage, RBAC, and troubleshooting cluster issues Proficiency in Infrastructure as Code (e.g., Terraform, Pulumi, SST) and scripting in GitOps workflows, including designing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines that support quality, security, and efficient deliveryHands-on experience Experience in performance optimization, including identifying bottlenecks, proposing improvements, and measuring results Experience working with multi-region or globally distributed systems at scale Fluency in English and Portuguese (written and spoken) Nice to Have Certifications such as CKA, CKAD, CKS, AWS Solutions Architect, or AWS Security Specialty Experience with DevSecOps practices and integrating security tools (SAST/DAST) into CI/CD pipelines Familiarity with security testing tools (e.g., OWASP ZAP, Burp Suite, Nuclei) Experience with advanced Git workflows and monorepo tooling (e.g., Turborepo, pnpm, Nx) Experience optimizing cloud costs (e.g., right-sizing, spot/reserved instances) Quality-driven, inspiring, and collaborative work environment. Competitive salary and benefits, including health insurance. We have a brand new office located at Porto’s downtown while continuing to back our “Remote as default, Office as an option” policy. Compensation The salary range from this role is between €43,685 to €61,185 annual gross which includes meal, vacation, and Xmas allowance.

Responsibilities

The role focuses on driving system reliability, scalability, and efficiency by leading the design and implementation of CI/CD pipelines, managing AWS infrastructure, and enforcing configuration management practices. Day-to-day tasks include automating deployments, optimizing cloud infrastructure, monitoring performance, troubleshooting issues, and guiding engineering teams in adopting best practices.