Senior Platform (DevOps) Engineer

About bitaksi:

bitaksi is Turkey's leading taxi-hailing app, transforming urban mobility with innovative technology. Over the past eleven years, we've grown from a small startup to a pivotal part of people's daily lives, providing safe, easy, and modern transportation solutions.

Company Vision:

Our vision is to transform the way people move by leveraging cutting-edge technology and creating seamless experiences for both riders and drivers. We aim to be the preferred transportation platform of choice, setting new industry standards and reshaping urban mobility.

Why Choose bitaksi:

Impactful Work: By joining bitaksi, you will have the opportunity to work on projects that have a direct impact on the lives of millions of people. Your contributions will help shape the future of transportation and make a difference in the way people navigate their daily lives.

Innovation and Technology: Be part of a dynamic team that leverages the latest technology to develop user-centric solutions in a rapidly evolving industry.

Responsibilities:

• Creating tools to simplify and automate complex workflows.
• Managing and maintaining CI/CD environments.
• Developing and maintaining custom software solutions tailored to company challenges.
• Developing and maintaining existing cloud infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) principles.
• Improving the observability, performance, and reliability of existing systems.
• Collaborating on microservice architecture design and optimization, including Kubernetes and load balancer configurations.
• Ensuring infrastructure security and compliance, especially within AWS environments.
• Implementing and maintaining AWS security best practices, including IAM, VPC security, encryption, and compliance controls.
• Designing and optimizing database architecture to ensure scalability, reliability, and performance.
• Proactively identifying and resolving security vulnerabilities in cloud infrastructure.

Skills and Knowledge:

• 5+ years of experience in similar positions.
• Hands-on experience in Linux-based systems operation and automation.
• Strong knowledge of Unix and TCP/IP network fundamentals.
• Proven experience with public cloud providers, especially AWS (security, scaling, and infrastructure management).
• Experience in infrastructure automation and deployment for large-scale/high-complexity services in a microservices environment.
• Proficiency with Kubernetes and related microservice ecosystem tools (e.g., load balancers, service meshes).
• Knowledge of monitoring and observability tools such as Grafana, New Relic, Sentry, or CloudWatch.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and automation.
• Familiarity with at least one programming language (preferred: Golang or Python, but others are welcome).
• Experience in managing databases (e.g., PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB) with a focus on performance optimization, indexing, and scalability.
• Working knowledge of technologies like Elasticsearch, Redis, Kafka, Consul, or Vault.
• Strong AWS security expertise, including IAM, VPC, WAF, encryption, and compliance best practices.
• Ability to design and implement secure and scalable solutions in cloud environments.

What we offer?

• Open communication, teamwork and strong company culture of continuous development
• Competitive salary
• Private health insurance (family included)
• Meal card
• Transportation allowance
• We care about your wellbeing; free psychological counseling, legal advice, financial advice etc.
• Team and company activities for motivation
• Discounted gym membership
• Online education platforms

Join Us: Become part of a team that’s redefining urban mobility. Together, let’s create innovative solutions that enhance the lives of millions.