About Safe:
Safe is the account abstraction leader on Ethereum and the EVM with the most secure smart wallet infrastructure and platform. Our mission is to accelerate the transition to smart accounts. Safe{Wallet} is a leading non-custodial smart contract wallet for securely storing digital assets, trusted by individuals and organizations globally with $80 billion in total-value-locked.
💻 About the role:
As the Head of Infrastructure & DevOps at Safe, you will have the opportunity to lead and scale our DevOps, IT, and Security functions, owning all infrastructure-related responsibilities while building high-impact teams that enable and accelerate the entire organization.
You’ll be joining a growing team that currently includes 90+ people overall. This role is based in Berlin 🇩🇪. Most of our team is based in Berlin, Germany, but we also have awesome teammates in Switzerland 🇨🇭, Spain 🇪🇸, Portugal 🇵🇹 and other countries.
🗃️ What you will be doing:
- Ensure efficient and transparent coordination with other teams.
- Lead infrastructure-related incident response, ensuring swift resolution and continuous improvement.
- Support the evaluation and implementation of certification and security standards.
- Proactively support execution to remove blockers and drive progress on high-impact initiatives.
🎒 What you will bring:
- Solid experience in Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), with a strong focus on Implementing best practices around CI/CD Pipelines, AWS Cloud Infrastructure and Kubernetes.
- Proficiency in DevOps tools and methodologies, including monitoring, incident management, and automation.
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to collaborate across multidisciplinary teams.
- Experience in managing teams (~5 people), including conducting performance reviews, and creating growth plans.
- Experience with development processes such as Kanban and Scrum, or other agile frameworks.
- Experience with goal-setting processes such as OKRs.
➕ Nice to have:
- Familiarity with incident response specific to Web3/ Blockchain and Decentralized Applications.
- Solid Familiarity with Web3 Ecosystems, Protocols and Tools.
- Have worked on certification processes before (preferably SOC2 or ISO 27001).
- Experience in IT administration within larger organizational setups.
ESSENTIAL TRAITS:
- You proactively navigate ambiguity by seeking clarity, actively listening, and delivering constructive, high-impact feedback to stakeholders.
- You demonstrate strong ownership by proactively identifying needs, driving solution design, and partnering cross-functionally to refine and execute ideas with impact.
- You apply a strategic, incremental, and iterative approach to problem-solving—balancing speed with long-term impact and continuous improvement.
🎁 What we can offer you:
- 💻 Home Working Budget: Personalize your home office with a dedicated budget! Choose from a sleek desk, top-notch headphones, a comfy chair, and more. We're committed to creating a workspace that inspires you.
- 🔥 State-of-the-Art Hardware: Enjoy the latest laptop of your choice! We understand the importance of having the right tools and we provide you with the best-in-class hardware for seamless productivity.
- 📚 Continuous Learning: Invest in yourself with our personal education and conference budgets. Stay ahead of the curve by attending conferences, workshops, and courses that align with your professional growth.
- 🎨 Innovative Fridays: Unleash your creativity! Spend Friday afternoons diving into research or working on a side project within our exciting ecosystem. It's the perfect opportunity to explore new ideas and contribute to innovative endeavors.
- ⌛ Flexible Work Schedules: Embrace work-life balance with our flexible working schedules. We understand that everyone has unique needs, and our hybrid work policies empower you to choose a working style that suits you best.
Please apply with your English resume.
Variety is the spice of life and a celebrated component of our culture. At Safe, we strive to create an inclusive environment that empowers our employees. We believe that our products and services benefit from our diverse backgrounds and experiences and are proud to be an equal opportunity employer: all qualified applicants are considered for positions regardless of race, ethnic origin, age, religion or belief, marital status, gender identification, sexual orientation, or physical ability.
