Forward Deployed Engineer (Infrastructure)
deepset GmbH
Berlin, Germany
2 days ago
Role details
Contract type
Permanent contract Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours) Working hours
Regular working hours Languages
English Experience level
SeniorJob location
Berlin, Germany
Tech stack
Bash
Software Bug Management
Continuous Integration
Linux
DNS
Python
OpenID
Prometheus
Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML)
Scripting (Bash/Python/Go/Ruby)
Grafana
Kubernetes
Enterprise Integration
Terraform
Programming Languages
Job description
- Own technical outcomes from POC production: integrations, data connectors, workflows, and infra-as-code (Kubernetes/Terraform/Helm).
- Produce reference architectures and reusable templates; upstream patterns to Product to reduce future "custom" work.
- Unblock enterprise environments: identity (OIDC/SAML), networking, storage, GPU scheduling, observability hooks.
Run & Harden
- Define SLOs/Error Budgets with customers; implement end-to-end observability (logs/metrics/traces) and dashboards.
- Create runbooks/playbooks; lead L3 incident response and RCAs; drive reliability roadmaps to closure.
- Plan/execute upgrades and security patches in change windows; ensure rollback and post-upgrade verification.
- Be an active member of the on-call rotation to make sure we deliver excellent customer experience
Partner & Enable
- Train customer teams on operations and emergency procedures; hand off cleanly to Support/CSM.
- Prioritize reliability and "productization" backlog with Product/Engineering based on field signal.
- Document clearly: setup guides, diagrams, SLOs, testing/DR procedures, and "golden path" standards.
Requirements
Do you have experience in Terraform?, Do you have a Master's degree?, * Hands on experience in programming language in Python (needed for improvements, bug fixing and small feature builds)
- 7+ years across SRE/Platform/Solutions/FDE, with evidence of shipping customer-facing builds and operating production systems.
- Strong with Kubernetes, containers, Linux, IaC (Terraform/Helm), CI/CD, networking (TLS, DNS, ingress/LB), backup/restore.
- Observability stacks (Prometheus/Grafana/OpenTelemetry/ELK); scripting (Python/Bash).
- Enterprise integration experience (SSO, secrets, compliance); confident communicator with execs and engineers under time pressure.
- Must be resident of the European Union with an EU Passport
Benefits & conditions
- Remote-first setup with flexible hours & tech of your choice
- 30 days vacation + extra days for family sick leave
- Competitive salary & stock options for every team member
- Monthly sports & mental health support allowance with Oliva
- Annual learning & development budget
- Monthly team socials & in-person meetups
- Dog-friendly Berlin HQ
About the company
Founded in 2018, deepset builds open and enterprise-grade tools that help teams build AI with purpose. From Haystack, our open-source framework, to the Haystack Enterprise Platform, we give developers and organizations the building blocks to solve complex, high impact challenges with AI with full control, transparency, and sovereignty. Backed by GV and Balderton, we're growing the world's production AI community and customer base solving challenges too critical to get wrong.