Senior Engineer Manager Infrastructure & Tooling
Consulteer
Zürich, Switzerland
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
Zürich, Switzerland
Tech stack
Artificial Intelligence
Azure
Code Review
DevOps
Monitoring of Systems
Linux System Administration
Prometheus
Systems Architecture
Grafana
HybridCloud
Kubernetes
Information Technology
InfluxDB
Machine Learning Operations
Terraform
Docker
Job description
- Lead and develop Infrastructure, DevOps, and Tooling teams while fostering a strong engineering culture built on collaboration, ownership, and continuous improvement
- Define and drive the infrastructure strategy and roadmap in alignment with product, robotics R&D, and business goals
- Own the reliability, scalability, security, compliance, and cost optimization of infrastructure platforms and services
- Establish and improve standards for CI/CD pipelines, observability, monitoring, automation, and developer experience
- Contribute hands-on to infrastructure architecture, automation, and critical technical initiatives
- Collaborate closely with software, robotics, AI/ML, and product teams to ensure stable and efficient development and production environments
- Guide architectural decisions across cloud, hybrid, and on-premise infrastructure landscapes
- Mentor engineers through technical coaching, regular feedback, design discussions, and code reviews
- Support hiring and scaling of engineering teams together with the recruiting organization
- Continuously improve infrastructure processes, tooling, operational readiness, and platform performance
Requirements
Do you have experience in Terraform?, Do you have a Bachelor's degree?, * Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience
- Strong background in Infrastructure, DevOps, Platform Engineering, or related technical domains
- Several years of experience leading engineering teams and supporting the growth of technical talent
- Hands-on expertise with Linux environments, Kubernetes (AKS), Azure, Terraform/OpenTofu, Docker, and GitOps practices
- Experience designing and operating hybrid cloud and on-premise infrastructures for complex engineering or R&D environments
- Strong understanding of system architecture, networking, storage, scalability, monitoring, and observability concepts
- Experience with monitoring and observability tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, or InfluxDB
- Proven ability to manage and operate business-critical production systems
- Pragmatic and solution-oriented mindset with a strong focus on long-term platform stability and scalability
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills in cross-functional environments
- Experience with robotics, edge infrastructure, MLOps, or Nix is considered an advantage