Head of Infrastructure
These days, whenever we need something, we go straight to the internet. That’s why businesses need to make sure they’ve got a solid strategy for both online and physical presence. Uberall brings both of these solutions together in one platform. Yep, just one.
Now they are seeking for an exceptional Head of DevOps to join the team, and believe me, this is one of those opportunities you don't want to miss out.
¿Qué harás?
Uberall is a digital marketing company founded in 2013 by two German friends with a clear mission: to help businesses connect with their customers. They started as a tool for managing business information in online directories (yep, like the good old Google Maps). But they quickly realized they could use their tech to offer businesses much more comprehensive solutions.
They’ve now developed 8 products that help businesses list all their locations, boosting their SEO, attracting new customers, building their online presence, and staying connected with their clients through social media.
Uberall has grown rapidly 🚀, and from Berlin to the world, it’s become one of the leading local digital marketing companies. They have over 1,800 clients, including big names like McDonald's 🍔, Starbucks 🥤, Shell ⛽, KFC 🍗, and SEAT 🚗.
But this is just the beginning—Uberall is growing at a rapid pace, with the business expected to expand by around 50% by mid-2025. This presents a huge challenge, as they need to be ready to welcome all these new customers, and the team must be prepared to scale accordingly!
The DevOps team is cross-functional, so you'll often be meeting with the Director of Engineering and the engineering team to oversee and plan the roadmap, identify bottlenecks, organise the team, and get them ready for what's ahead. At Uberall, leadership is all about setting the example, so they're looking for someone hands-on, willing to roll up their sleeves when needed.
Tu evolución
En 1 mes
In your first month, you’ll focus on integrating into Uberall's culture and processes:
- Orientation: Attend onboarding sessions to understand Uberall's products and team structure. Build relationships with the DevOps team and key stakeholders.
- Current Assessment: Review existing DevOps processes, CI/CD pipelines, and team projects. Identify immediate bottlenecks or areas for improvement.
- Strategic Goals: Meet with the Director of Engineering to discuss strategic objectives and align on the roadmap for the coming months.
Tus responsabilidades
Strategic Leadership: Define and drive the DevOps strategy, aligning it with overall technology and business goals.
Team Management: Lead, mentor, and grow a team of DevOps engineers, fostering high performance and growth.
Automation: Maintain and improve CI/CD pipelines, ensuring the automation of all processes such as builds, testing, and deployments.
Infrastructure as Code: Oversee infrastructure provisioning, ensuring scalability and reliability using tools like Terraform.
Cloud Operations: Manage our AWS environment ensuring cost efficiency, security, and scalability.
Monitoring & Performance: Extend monitoring and alerting solutions to ensure high availability, performance, and operational efficiency.
Security Best Practices: Continue work started with SOC 2 to integrate security protocols into the DevOps lifecycle, ensuring compliance and resilience against threats.
Collaboration: Work closely with engineering, product, and operations teams to streamline the software development lifecycle and improve cross-functional workflows.
Incident Management: Lead incident response, troubleshooting, and root cause analysis for system outages and performance bottlenecks.
Toolchain Optimization: Evaluate and adopt new DevOps tools and technologies, continuously improving workflows and practices.
Cost Management: Optimize cloud and infrastructure spending, ensuring financial efficiency across operations.
¿Cómo lo harás?
The team structure at Uberall exciting, full of purpose, structure, and agility. Ana, their CTO, oversees 5 Directors. Each Director is in charge of a specific "galaxy," and each galaxy is made up of 4 teams or squads.
In between, they have 2 Staff Engineers and 2 Principal Engineers, who work across teams and are assigned to different squads based on the needs of the project at hand.
Each squad is multidisciplinary, made up of both backend and frontend developers. On top of that, they have two cross-functional teams: DevOps and QA.
While Uberall’s Engineering team doesn’t follow TDD strictly, they put a lot of emphasis on testing. Every line of code that goes to production goes through multiple tests. Unit and integration tests are handled by the developers, while functional tests are the responsibility of the QA assigned to each squad. Just to give you an idea… they have a monolith with over 20,000 unit and integration tests! Impressive, right? 😉
Uberall is all about agile ❤️ and they follow all the rituals like dailies, weeklies, retros, and more. Most teams hold their daily stand-ups in the early afternoon to provide more flexibility for the team. 🍴
The DevOps team consists of 5 people, with 4 based in the EU and 1 in Argentina. They follow a Kanban approach, working with roadmaps and light sprints. In each sprint, one or two engineers take the lead on a project. While the work is split into sprints, the methodology is primarily Kanban.
To stay in touch and keep the good vibes flowing, everyone’s just a click away on Slack. However, since Uberall is made up of people from different countries, English is the common language. It’s essential for the new joiner to have a solid command of English since they’ll be working with colleagues from places like Italy and Egypt.
We could go on with endless details, but since a picture is worth a thousand words…
¿Cuándo trabajarás?
You'll have plenty of flexibility to organize your day, as long as you're available for key moments to move things forward with the team. One of these moments is the daily stand-up with the DevOps team at 15:00 CET, as well as monthly check-ins with AWS.
Some members of the team are spread across Europe, but also Argentina, but despite the different time zones, everyone makes sure to overlap between 9 am and 6 pm (GMT) to sync up and get things done.
Día laborable
Jornada completa
Vacaciones
25 días
Jornada laboral
Flexible¿Dónde trabajarás?
Remoto
Freedom is key! 🌍
You can work from wherever you feel most comfortable, whether that’s a beach in Ibiza or your own cozy home. 🏖️☕
Uberall does have an office in Barcelona, so feel free to join at any moment. That said, the team usually takes a yearly trip to Berlin for some team-building sessions.
Teams often organize after-hours activities to hang out, and they also hold a Hackathon once a year— but all of this is completely optional!
¿Con quién trabajarás?
You’ll mainly be working with the DevOps team, but they won’t be the only ones. Here are some of the people you’ll be interacting with on a daily basis, so you can start getting familiar with your new crew:
- David Carter: Engineering Director
- Maxence Decrosse: Principal DevOps Engineer
- Mauro Júnior: Principal DevOps Engineer
¿Qué piden?
This is a one-of-a-kind role within the company, requiring a high level of expertise and experience. We're searching for an exceptional individual to lead a highly skilled DevOps team, and they'll be focusing on the following areas:
Must-Have:
- Experience: A strong background in IT/Engineering roles, ideally with around 10 years of experience and at least 5 years in DevOps leadership or management, as this position involves making critical decisions that will shape the future of the company.
- Technical Expertise: Strong understanding of AWS, containerization technologies (Docker, Kubernetes, Istio), and infrastructure automation tools (Terraform, Ansible).
- Leadership Skills: Proven track record in managing and mentoring engineering teams, along with strong project and stakeholder management abilities.
- CI/CD Expertise: Extensive experience in setting up and managing CI/CD pipelines using tools like Jenkins, GitLab CI, or similar.
- Security Conscious: Solid grasp of security best practices in DevOps, with experience in compliance and governance standards.
Bonus points, but also really relevant to the role:
- Automation Focused: A keen focus on automation and experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC).
- Communication: Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to translate technical concepts for non-technical stakeholders.
Tecnologías
Innegociable
AWS
Avanzado 
Terraform
Avanzado 
Kubernetes
Avanzado 
Docker
Básico
Estaría bien
Jenkins
Básico 
Linux
Básico 
MySQL
Intermedio
Suma puntos
Databricks
Básico 
GitLab
Básico
Otras habilidades
Innegociable
Liderazgo
Capacidad de mentorización
Visión estratégica
Trabajo en equipo
Estaría bien
Visión crítica
Comunicación intercultural
Capacidad de abstracción
Suma puntos
Proactividad
Idiomas
¿Qué ofrecen?
📚 Language classes: specifically German and English for business, plus virtual coffee chats in 7 different languages
🍎 Health and Wellness: paid leave for special circumstances
💻 Top-notch technology: MacBook Pro, Magic Mouse, secondary monitor... Need anything else? Just let the People and Culture team know
💵 Training allowance: up to $1,000 for courses, conferences, etc.
🏖️ Annual leave days plus all bank holidays applicable in your country of residence. (The total number of holiday days will vary based on local legislation. For instance, if you’re in Spain, you’ll receive 23 days of leave plus 14 public holidays, giving you a total of 37 days off each year!)
Beneficios
Clases de Idiomas
Presupuesto para formación
Eventos de formación internos
Dinámicas y eventos de teambuilding
Pack de bienvenida
Posibilidad de elegir equipo
What the FAQ?
This position is valid for people residing in the UE.
First interview: With David, focusing on strategic planning and roadmap discussions. The aim is to talk about previous projects without diving too deep into technical details.
Second interview: With two DevOps engineers from the team, much more technical, with questions about daily tasks and the technical aspects of the role.
Optional interview: A 30-minute meeting with the CTO.
NO. This position is 100% remote, although if you are near Barcelona, you can drop by their offices whenever you want.
They usually meet once a year in Berlin for team building days. The teams usually do after-hours activities to get together and play games, and they also do one hackathon a year, but all of this is optional!