Software Engineer - Infrastructure

Motherduck
Amsterdam, Netherlands
3 days ago

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Working hours
Regular working hours
Languages
English
Compensation
€ 13K

Job location

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Tech stack

Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Computer Programming
Software Debugging
Python
Prometheus
Datadog
Data Logging
Autoscaling
Grafana
Reliability of Systems
Backend
Kubernetes
Terraform

Job description

  • Own and evolve our Kubernetes platform, including cluster architecture, upgrades, multi-tenancy, and workload isolation
  • Build and maintain infrastructure components using Go and Python across compute, networking, and storage
  • Design and improve CI/CD pipelines that enable safe and fast software delivery
  • Implement observability tooling and dashboards that surface system health and improve oncall effectiveness
  • Automate operational workflows, especially around K8s operations, to reduce manual intervention and increase consistency
  • Collaborate with product and backend teams to embed operational best practices into product development
  • Participate in incident response and ongoing efforts to improve system reliability and security

Example Projects

  • Autoscaling our Kubernetes clusters in the EU region and building out private link networking
  • Designing secure CI/CD pipelines with observability baked in from the start
  • Building logging frameworks that make cross-system debugging way less painful

Requirements

  • Hands-on Kubernetes experience... you've operated clusters in production, not just deployed workloads onto them
  • Experience working with cloud-native infrastructure more broadly (AWS, Terraform, service meshes, etc.)
  • Programming skills in Go and/or Python, and the ability to design systems that are secure, scalable, and maintainable
  • Familiarity with observability tooling such as Prometheus, Grafana, or OpenTelemetry
  • A real sense of ownership and a pragmatic approach to engineering tradeoffs
  • Interest in building internal tools and automation to make development and operations easier for others

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