Senior Software Developer – Platform & Infrastructure Engineering

🕒 September 8

🇩🇪 Germany – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

👷 Infrastructure Engineer

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Contabo

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201 - 500 employees

Founded 2003

☁️ SaaS

SaaS

Contabo is a provider of cloud hosting services offering a range of virtual private servers (VPS), dedicated servers, and bare metal servers with a focus on affordability and performance. Known for its fast provisioning and award-winning customer support, Contabo operates globally with data centers in 9 regions and 12 locations. The company emphasizes German quality since 2003 and provides solutions for individuals and businesses seeking efficient and cost-effective cloud computing resources. Notable features include the Contabo API for programmatic access to resources, custom image deployments, and strong emphasis on security.

📋 Description

• Create and maintain Contabo’s new product line • Make design, code, and infrastructure decisions based on product strategy and time-to-market • Create the business logic for authentication, virtual servers, storage, networking, accounts, projects, feature flags, and related capabilities • Expose infrastructure primitives to customers and internal teams • Enable internal teams to build managed services and other value-added products • Participate in on-call rotations • Proactively improve system redundancy • Collaborate as part of a new core team in a greenfield environment

🎯 Requirements

• Production experience with at least one modern backend language: Go, Python, Java, or Rust • Experience designing and building APIs as stable interfaces for infrastructure consumption • Familiarity with IaaS provisioning stacks: OpenStack (Nova/Ironic/Octavia), KubeVirt/QEMU/libvirt, Ceph, and LVM • Kubernetes or comparable orchestration experience in production • Experience with virtualization platforms such as KVM/OpenStack or similar • Experience with infrastructure-as-code tools such as Terraform or Ansible • Experience with large-scale infrastructure operations • Solution-agnostic approach to build-versus-buy evaluations • Ownership spanning backend and infrastructure • Comfortable with on-call and production incident response • 10+ years of combined experience (plus) • Fluent English • German language skills are nice to have

🏖️ Benefits

• Remote or hybrid work with flexible hours • Same technical equipment at home as in the office • Workation across the EU and in the summer office in Mallorca • Access to EGYM Wellpass and thousands of fitness and wellness facilities • Discounts on products and services through the corporate benefits program • 30 days of vacation • Additional days off on Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve • Volunteer Day extra day off for social activities • Individual professional and personal development opportunities • Modern, conveniently located offices across European locations • International, diverse work environment • Company events and team activities • Creative freedom and ownership opportunities