1inch is the DeFi ecosystem building financial freedom for everyone. 1inch products help users and builders trade, hold and track digital assets - with the self-custody, comprehensive security and the intuitive user experience they need to unlock the potential of true crypto ownership. 1inch protocols and APIs provide core infrastructure across the DeFi industry and beyond. So if you're someone who thinks big, moves fast and wants to make an impact right from day one, then get ready to join our industry-changing team.
Your mission As Head of DevOps, you will lead the evolution of 1inch’s infrastructure and platform engineering capabilities, building resilient, secure, and scalable systems that support our global DeFi ecosystem. You will guide a high-performing engineering team responsible for multi-cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes operations, observability, and developer enablement. This role combines strategic leadership with deep technical expertise, driving automation, reliability, and operational excellence across the organisation. You will play a key role in empowering engineering teams through self-service infrastructure, standardised deployment workflows, and secure-by-design practices while ensuring our systems remain highly available, cost-efficient, and compliant with industry standards.
What you’ll do Define and execute the DevOps and platform engineering strategy aligned with company objectives
Lead, mentor, and scale a high-performing infrastructure engineering team
Oversee multi-cloud Kubernetes environments and drive Infrastructure as Code and GitOps adoption
Build and improve self-service tooling for infrastructure provisioning, deployments, and secrets management
Establish and maintain SLIs, SLOs, and SLAs for critical production systems
Drive observability, monitoring, incident response, and post-mortem processes across the organisation
Implement and enforce security best practices aligned with ISO 27001 and SOC 2 frameworks
Optimise infrastructure performance, scalability, and cloud cost efficiency across providers
Standardise engineering workflows and operational processes to improve developer productivity Who you are 8+ years of experience in DevOps, Infrastructure, or Platform Engineering roles
3+ years of experience leading and managing engineering teams in high-growth environments
Strong expertise in Kubernetes, including cluster management, networking, and security
Extensive hands-on experience with Terraform, Infrastructure as Code, and GitOps practices
Proven experience managing multi-cloud infrastructure environments such as AWS, GCP, and Hetzner
Deep understanding of microservices architecture, distributed systems, and service mesh technologies
Solid experience with observability tooling covering metrics, logging, and tracing
Strong knowledge of CI/CD security best practices and secure infrastructure design
Ability to balance long-term strategic planning with hands-on technical problem-solving
Experience coaching senior engineers and building scalable engineering processes Nice to haves Experience working with blockchain infrastructure, Web3, or DeFi ecosystems
Familiarity with event-driven architectures and messaging systems such as Kafka or NATS
Experience with chaos engineering and resilience testing practices
Knowledge of CDN optimisation and edge computing architectures
Strong understanding of the 1inch ecosystem and the broader Web3 landscape 1inch is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to evaluating all candidates on the basis of their skills, experience, and potential — regardless of race, ethnicity, nationality, gender, age, religion, disability, or any other characteristic. We believe diverse teams build better products, and we welcome applications from all backgrounds. Find Jobs in Germany on Arbeitnow
