Senior Infrastructure Engineer – ON-SITE

Job Overview

Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Remote: Europe · Full-time · Senior
About the companyMy client are rebuilding the path to observability using a real-time streaming analytics pipeline that provides monitoring, visualization, and alerting capabilities without the burden of indexing.By enabling users to define different data pipelines per use case, we provide deep Observability and Security insights, at an infinite scale, for less than half the cost.
About the roleWe are seeking a Senior Infrastructure Engineer to join the Core SRE team and help build the next generation of my client’s stream-based observability platform. They deliver real-time data analytics at scale to some of the world’s leading tech companiesThe Core SRE team is responsible for the foundational infrastructure that powers my client:Kubernetes Infrastructure: Managing over 10,000 nodes across multiple cloud providers and regions. Their production is 100% Kubernetes basedKafka Clusters: Maintaining critical, large-scale Kafka clusters processing billions of events per second.Automation & Operators: Building and maintaining both open-source and custom Kubernetes operators to manage complex stateful workloads like Kafka. Our tech stack is constantly evolving. It includes: Kubernetes, Go (Golang), AWS, GCP, Kafka, Istio, and more.
Responsibilities:
Act as a hands-on technical leader with deep expertise in modern cloud infrastructure.Serve as a go-to person in the team — leading through influence, not hierarchy.Collaborate cross-functionally to refine requirements and propose innovative, scalable solutions.Drive long-term, high-impact infrastructure projects across multiple teams, from design to implementation, within defined timelines.Contribute to improving system reliability, performance, and cost-efficiency at scale.
Requirements:
5+ years of experience in DevOps, SRE, platform engineering, or infrastructure roles.Deep understanding of Kubernetes: API, CNI, scheduling, container runtimes and such.Strong hands-on experience with Kafka and Istio (or similar technologies ), and core networking protocols (HTTP, gRPC, TLS).Proven experience managing large-scale cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP, etc.).Experience in incident response and troubleshooting complex distributed systems.Some software engineering experience, preferably in Golang.Passion for automation, performance tuning, and operational excellence.
This role is located across is fully remote across Europe, but due to my clients current situation, they CAN ONLY hire in the following countries: Bulgaria, Croatia, Czechia, Georgia, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Sweden, UK. If you are not from one of these countries or planning to relocate and live in one, please do not apply. My client are not offering sponsorship for this role and therefore you must have a valid right to work Europe.
If you think this role sounds like what you are looking for then please click ‘Apply Now’ and get in touch with Aaron today. If this role is not right for you, but you know someone who might be interested, please get in touch with me at [email protected]
Thank you!!