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# Senior/Tech Lead Backend Engineer (Managed Kubernetes)

- **Company:** Nebius
- **Location:** Berlin, Germany
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Application Layers, Software Engineering, Load Balancing, Backend, Kubernetes, Golang, Programming Languages
- **Published:** September 6, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.adzuna.de/details/5872138016

## About the Role

* 8+ years of professional software engineering or management experience
 * Excellent knowledge of Golang, or you are ready to quickly switch to this programming language
 * Expertise with

 * Multi-month technical projects
 * Tech leading engineers
 * Owning multi-month technical projects.

It would be an added bonus if you had:

 * Experience with Team management, Kubernetes administration, Developing Kubernetes controller., Applicants must be authorized to work in the country in which they apply and will be required to provide proof of employment eligibility as a condition of hire.

## Description

* Lead by example. Set the quality bar by spending a significant portion of your time on IC work: writing and reviewing code, leading projects, and participating in on-call rotation, incident mitigation, and post-incident analysis.
 * Manage 4-8 mid-to-senior engineers. Provide context, coach, and give regular feedback.
 * Maintain the technical vision for your area of responsibility.
 * Collaborate with the Product Manager and Service Owner to shape product vision and plans.

Examples of outcomes you could drive as a Team Lead

 * Optimize the service control plane to create and manage 20K GPU nodes in a single Kubernetes cluster, enabling a major contract for the company.
 * Integrate cluster autoscaling approaches (e.g., Karpenter) to improve resource utilization and support seamless auto-upgrades.
 * Provide a Kubernetes-native way to use local disks to reduce disk I/O bottlenecks for AI training and inference, improving efficiency.
 * Deliver managed Layer 7 load balancers to reduce operational overhead for customers.


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