The Role

The Senior DevOps Engineer will define and implement set of tools necessary for full software lifecycle in hybrid infrastructure, ensuring the delivery of best-in-class software. This role is ideal for someone who’s deeply experienced in Linux systems, has a solid grasp of networking fundamentals, and enjoys working in environments that blend on-premises infrastructure with cloud-native patterns.

Key Responsibilities

Make independent technical contributions to help their team deliver its commitments. In particular:

• Lead the definition of DevOps best practices, processes, and tools in the company.
  
  

Interact with colleagues across projects to unblock issues, or to reach consensus on technical topics. In particular:

• Work with hardware teams, influencing hardware/software co-design.
• Work with teams developing compilers, firmware, AI stacks, and middleware, and contribute as necessary.
• Collaborate with colleagues through code reviews, bug triaging, design documents,. . .
  
  

Contribute to shared team responsibilities (CI failure triaging, documentation, code fixits, rotations. . . ).

• Design, build, and manage infrastructure across on-premises and hybrid environments.
• Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure automation using Python, Go, and IaC tools (Terraform, Ansible, etc.).
• Operate and fine-tune Linux servers, focusing on performance, observability, and resilience.
• Implement containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Champion cloud-native patterns — for private and public hosted solutions.
• Champion security practices, managing keys, safe GitOps pipelines etc etc
• Drive monitoring, alerting, and incident response practices.
• Collaborate across distributed teams, contributing to technical decisions and long-term architecture.
• Help define and implement DevOps and DevSecOps practices, standards, and documentation from scratch.
• Understand and troubleshoot networking (DNS, firewalls, routing, VPNs, load balancing) in both virtualized and physical environments
  
  

Required Qualifications

Technical skills

• Bachelor or Master’s degree in a relevant field.
• Experience in the relevant field (3-5yr).
• 5+ years of DevOps / SRE / infrastructure engineering experience.
• Strong Linux skills
• Solid networking knowledge your way around DNS and routing.
• Experience building automation and tooling in Python and Go.
• Hands-on experience with container technologies and orchestration (e.g., Kubernetes).
• Familiarity with hybrid and on-prem infrastructure management.
• Comfort with infrastructure as code and config management tools (Terraform, Ansible, etc.).
• Fluency in English (written and spoken).
• Ownership mentality — proactive, accountable, and driven to solve problems independently.
• Experience with standard tools for source control (git), continuous integration, task management (Jira).
  
  

Soft Skills

• Team player: communicative and collaborative person who focuses on the outcome of the team above the
  
  

individual needs.

• Curious about learning new technologies/stacks.
• Capable of within- and cross-team collaboration at the technical level.
• Can-do attitude, proactive and willing to step up and resolve any obstacle. Self-aware, self-starter, and
  
  

self-motivated.

• Experience with GitOps, monitoring stacks (Prometheus, Grafana), and secrets management.
• Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure) — used as extensions, not core.
• Past experience in a startup or zero-to-one environment.
• Interest in shaping internal tooling, automation standards, and culture.
  
  

What We Offer

• We believe in investing in our employees and providing them with opportunities for growth and career development.
• Work in a hybrid environment with flexible scheduling.
• We offer a remuneration package that values your experience.
• Join an innovative team and experience company growth.
• A chance to work on one of the most transformative AI and silicon engineering companies in Europe.
• Opportunity to travel to other countries in Europe to meet the teams, collaborate and drive solutions.
• The position will be based in Ghent (Belgium).
  
  

We are looking for outstanding people willing to join our mission to change the silicon industry and help build a better world. If you identify with Openchip, please contact us.

At Openchip & Software Technologies S.L., we believe a diverse and inclusive team is the key to groundbreaking ideas. We foster a work environment where everyone feels valued, respected, and empowered to reach their full potential—regardless of race, gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or gender identity.