DevOps Engineering Intern (Nix, NixOS, Rust)

atvari is a technology company specializing in software and cloud architecture custom software engineering cloud engineering DevOps and IT consulting. The team is passionate about building robust modern solutions with a strong focus on Rust Nix and open-source technologies. atvari values clean maintainable code and collaborative engineering practices. Applicants can expect to work in an environment that encourages learning experimentation and contribution to the open-source community.

Role Description

As a DevOps Engineering Intern at atvari you will support the design implementation and maintenance of Nix-based development and deployment environments. You will assist in writing and refining Nix and NixOS configurations automating build and deployment workflows and integrating Nix with existing software projects. Day-to-day tasks include collaborating with engineers on backend services troubleshooting environment and dependency issues and documenting configuration and tooling. This is a fully remote internship where you will work closely with the engineering team and gain hands-on experience with Rust Nix and cloud-native practices.

Internship Details

This is an unpaid internship for the duration of 1-3 months based on your needs. It is either offered as a voluntary internship (Freiwilliges Praktikum) or a mandatory internship (Pflichtpraktikum) and it is only available to German residents.

You are eligible if one of these conditions apply to you:

• you do not have a completed apprenticeship or university degree (Freiwilliges Praktikum)
• you need a mandatory internship as part of a degree program (Pflichtpraktikum)

• Strong foundational knowledge in Computer Science including algorithms data structures and operating systems.
• Exposure to Software Development and Programming with experience in at least one high-level language (Rust experience is a plus).
• Understanding of Back-End Web Development concepts such as APIs microservices and server-side frameworks.
• Familiarity with Functional Programming (FP) principles and their practical application in codebases.
• Interest in Nix / NixOS reproducible builds DevOps and infrastructure as code.
• Ability to learn quickly work in a team setting and communicate clearly about technical topics.
• Comfort working remotely in Germany and collaborating in a cross-functional engineering environment.

Our Tech Stack

• Nix / NixOS
• Rust
• TypeScript & React
• Kubernetes & Podman
• OpenTofu / Terraform
• gRPC Protobuf & buf
• GraphQL
• Grafana Loki Tempo Mimir
• OpenTelemetry
• WebAssembly
• OpenCode & Claude Code
• GitHub GitLab Forgejo
• Hetzner Cloud GCP AWS Azure OpenStack

Other tools we use:

• Proton Workspace (Proton Mail Proton Calendar Proton Drive Proton Pass Proton Meet Proton Lumo AI)
• Element / Matrix