Celtra, Inc. is hiring a

Director, DevOps (m/f/d)

Zagreb, Croatia
Full-Time
Remote

Our business is continuously growing and our organization is getting bigger. To support Celtra’s exciting growth needs we are now hiring for a Director, DevOps. 

Reporting to the VP of Engineering, Product Delivery, in this role you take advantage of your unique DevOps and leadership skill set and closely partner with the QA and Release Engineering team as well as with other Engineering teams. 

About the Role

In this role you will gain an understanding of Celtra's platform and adjacent technologies in the ecosystem (authoring tools, ad servers, etc.), and develop relationships with the most relevant internal and external partners. You will make sure our production environment, tools, and processes are running smoothly and all challenges in the DevOps team are executed to the highest standards. By leading our DevOps team you will make sure our platform is running at the highest availability, performance, and scalability. 

Your tasks

  • Design and deliver software to improve the platform’s availability, efficiency, and scalability.
  • Manage 5 eager DevOps Engineers and coach them to reach their full potential.
  • Maintain existing (Business Continuity, Disaster Recovery procedures, post-mortems, on-call rotations, incidents, etc.) and establish new processes and documents.
  • Partner with feature development teams to design scalable, stable, and efficient services.
  • Work with InfoSec to ensure compliance with our production environment.
  • Support Release Engineering and QA teams.
  • Jump in and support the DevOps team in case of difficulties in the production environment. 

To support Celtra's focus on creating a thriving environment for our employees, you will: 

  • Set measurable expectations and regularly assess the team's performance. 
  • Take the initiative to acquire and retain the best talents. 
  • Lead by example and demonstrate transparency and integrity. 

We are therefore looking for a true Leader with: 

  • 2+ years of leadership experience (team up to 3 members) or being active in mentoring, coaching, or leading project engineering teams (all on top of technical background).
  • Background in programming (we are using PHP, Node.js, Python, Golang, Scala, Javascript, Typescript, Vue.js, MySQL, Redis, Mongo, Snowflake) and following modern software development processes.
  • Experience with the state-of-the-art deployment/provisioning tools (Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform) and building mission-critical scalable infrastructure using AWS or other similar cloud providers.
  • Ability to grow the team, set objectives, and make sure all team members are empowered, motivated and engaged. 
  • Fluent English language skills.
  • As we are hiring on a permanent employment agremeent and as this position is open in Ljubljana (SI) or Zagreb (CRO) you need to fulfill legal labor requirements (non-EU citizens need working permits, and both non-EU and EU citizens need residence permits). 

Our offering

  • Remote working. We are a remote-first company with offices in US, Asia and Europe (our Devops team is located in Ljubljana, nevertheless this is a remote position available in Croatia).
  • Flexible schedule. We are not a “clock in, clock out” company. You’re fully trusted to create the right conditions for your best productivity.
  • Continuous education. Up to 5000 EUR per year for conferences, books, and courses of your choice.
  • Equipment of your choice.
  • WFH budget. An additional budget of 500 EUR to set up your home space.
  • Employee well-being. Dedicated budget for any kind of sports activities such as fitness, yoga, etc.

About Celtra

Celtra is a global, remote-first SaaS company creating design software tools (products) and operating within the AdTech industry. With our two cloud-based software products we help brands, media and agencies make their content (ad) production more efficient and enable their creativity at scale. Celtra was established in 2006 and is today driven by 240+ talents from Ljubljana (SI), Boston (MA), New York City, London (UK), and Singapore. 

Empowering Creativity through Diversity & Inclusion

Our mission is to empower creativity - and we cannot fulfill our mission without different perspectives. Diversity drives innovation, and Celtra is committed to diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging. 

Every employee is empowered at Celtra - no matter your race, age, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, physical or mental ability, or ethnicity.  We hire the best, and develop our teams through continuous education and mentorship, in a community where everyone can bring their whole selves to work.

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