E-commerce DevOps Engineer
Dr. Max is the leading pharmacy chain in Central Europe. In every country where we are active, Dr. Max is dedicated to improving the level of health care available by guaranteeing access to a broad assortment of medicines and pharmacy services. Pharmacies are currently present in 6 countries (Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Italy) with great expansion plans across Europe for the near future. The Group level headquarters Dr. Max BDC is expanding the structure of the IT team, so we are looking for an E-commerce DevOps Engineer to join us. If you are looking for an opportunity to implement your knowledge and experience in organization where you can have an impact and truly make a difference, this is the right opportunity for you! This role which will be a part of our Group E-Commerce IT team and will be responsible for IT infrastructure, focusing on operation systems and networks. You’ll be part of team responsible for movement of Dr. Max E-commerce platform into the cloud. You will report to a Cloud Platform Team Lead.
Required education: School-leaving exam
Required languages: Czech or Slovak, English (advanced)
Employment form: Full-time work
- Design and implement the cloud infrastructure that forms the backbone of our e-commerce platform, with a strong focus on scalability, resilience, and automation
- Manage environments from integration to production - including deployment pipelines, monitoring, backups, and security
- Collaborate with developers and architects to embed DevOps and Platform thinking into everything we build
- Write infrastructure as code with tools like Terraform, Ansible, Helm, and ArgoCD
- Improve observability with Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, and more
- Investigate and resolve complex system issues with curiosity and a cool head
- Help define best practices across the platform team
- Be part of our on-call rotation (approx. once per month)
- Cloud & Automation: Azure, Kubernetes (AKS), ArgoCD, Terraform, Ansible
- Apps & Backend: Golang, Nginx + PHP-FPM, Nuxt.js
- Databases: PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB Atlas, Redis/Keydb
- Messaging: RabbitMQ, Azure Service Bus
- Monitoring & Security: Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack, Cloudflare, Crowdstrike, New Relic, Betterstack
- Experience in IT Operations or DevOps (ideally in e-commerce or high-traffic apps)
- Experience with containerization and Kubernetes
- Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines
- Knowledge of cloud platforms (Azure preferred, but AWS/GCP is OK too)
- Network and security basics (VPNs, firewalls, load balancers, etc.)
- Understanding of Infrastructure as Code principles
- Strong communication skills and a proactive approach to problem-solving
- Ability to think critically, troubleshoot systematically, and work independently
- Fluent English; native-level Czech or Slovak
- Willing and able to participate in the on-call rotation, approximately once a month
- Working for the largest pharma retail company in CEE with great expansion plans
- A responsible global level job with an impact on the business as a whole
- Space for professional growth within the growing organization
- Attractive financial compensation (salary and bonuses)
- Flexible working hours, possibility of home office
- Company’s laptop and mobile phone for personal use
- 5 weeks of holidays, discount in Dr. Max pharmacies, meal coupons, contribution to free time activities and many other benefits
If you are interested in this opportunity, please send your CV to groupHR@drmax.eu
Dr. Max Group is a European pharmaceutical concern owned by Penta, an investment group established in 1994, operating primarily in the countries of Central and Eastern Europe. Their offices are located in Prague, Bratislava, Warsaw, and Limassol. The business areas of Penta Investments include long-term investing in healthcare, financial services, retail, manufacturing, media and real estate development. The companies of Penta’s portfolio employ more than 43,000 people, with more than 15,000 professionals working in healthcare. The group’s assets value reached €14 billion in 2022.