Senior Software Engineer, Platform & Infrastructure (all genders)
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Job Summary
environments in our cloud. To ensure that these environments run smoothly we are looking for
you! Together with your colleagues on the Platform & Infrastructure team you will be
responsible for the scalability security and efficiency of our cloud infrastructure covering
AWS Kubernetes observability and the internal developer platform that our product teams build
on. We ship continuously on average 150 deployments to production every month and
your work is what keeps that pace fast safe and sustainable. You will actively contribute to
shaping our technical roadmap mentor engineers around you and help cultivate a progressive
and learning environment.
- Own and evolve our Kubernetes platform across multiple clusters: manage Helm chart deployments via an OCI registry hosting 40 charts enforce policy-as-code with Kyverno and operate GitOps workflows through Argo CD ApplicationSets with progressive delivery orchestrated by Kargo
- Drive technical designs for platform initiatives: scope the problem propose multiple solutions assess their trade-offs and defend your recommendation then see it through to production
- Harden the platforms security posture: workload identity via OIDC runtime security image scanning and secrets management
- Write and maintain custom Kubernetes operators and internal tooling in Go and Python that multiply the teams leverage across clusters we run Zalando postgres-operator alongside our own operators
- Maintain and improve our observability stack (Prometheus Grafana Thanos OpenSearch): build dashboards and alerts that give product teams real visibility into their services
- Keep GitLab CI/CD pipelines fast and reliable they power 150 production deployments per month; execute cross-team changes (rollouts database migrations certificate rotations) with care and clear communication
- Operate and evolve AWS infrastructure (EKS VPC IAM RDS S3) including dedicated customer environments in their own AWS accounts; drive cost-efficiency initiatives tracked via OpenCost
- Own incidents end-to-end: from alert to fix to postmortem
- Raise the teams bar through thorough code and architecture reviews mentor less experienced engineers and help us assess technical candidates in interviews
- Be the infrastructure partner product teams come to when things are unclear or broken
- Participate in a shared on-call rotation
- 5 years of professional engineering experience including 3 years in infrastructure platform or site reliability engineering
- Deep hands-on experience with Kubernetes: cluster operations workload management troubleshooting at scale
- Helm chart authoring: writing packaging and maintaining charts not just consuming them
- GitOps experience with Argo CD or an equivalent tool (Flux etc.)
- Working knowledge of AWS (EKS and supporting services such as IAM VPC RDS S3)
- Experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform or equivalent)
- Proficiency in Go or Python we write custom operators and internal tooling in both
- Experience owning production incidents end-to-end response mitigation and postmortem
- Strong English communication skills with the ability to explain technical decisions to both engineers and non-technical stakeholders
- Kubernetes operator development experience (Kubebuilder or similar)
- Progressive delivery tooling (Kargo Argo Rollouts or equivalent)
- Policy-as-code experience (Kyverno or OPA)
- Runtime security tooling (Falco or equivalent)
- Familiarity with observability tooling (Grafana OpenSearch/Elasticsearch or equivalent)
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines (GitLab CI preferred)
- Experience mentoring engineers or participating in technical hiring
- German language skills (helpful for customer site interactions)
Youll participate in an on-call rotation. Incidents require fast response and clear communication. On-call burden is tracked and addressed through rotation and capacity planning.
driven by a talented and passionate team. We offer full flexibility to suit your needs whether you
prefer working remotely in the office or in a hybrid setup. And if youd like to work from abroad
you can do so for up to 180 days. But thats not all! We also provide a competitive compensation
package and 30 days of paid vacation to help you recharge. And with a generous tech budget
you can choose the hardware and software that suits you best.
- Flexible working arrangements (remote office or hybrid)
- Modern office in the heart of Hanover for hybrid work
- Up to 180 days (6 months) of remote work from abroad
- Competitive compensation with benefits offering
- 30 days (6 weeks) of paid vacation
- Modern hardware and software solutions
people from more than 15 nations ranked among the top employers of 2500 German startups.
We stand together and work toward the same goal: to revolutionize an entire industry. Our
platform runs production-critical operations 24/7 for customers like Volkswagen shipping to
production around 150 times a month and we take security seriously: we are ISO 27001
certified and a TISAX participant. Can you identify with our principles
- We go above & beyond for our customers
- We always push forward
- We make informed decisions
- We challenge each other and win together
- We seize ownership
- We make bold moves
SYNAOS is transforming Intralogistics.
SYNAOS is at the forefront of advancing automation and digitalization in intralogistics. The intralogistics software company from Hanover directly influences how goods are manufactured in factories and moved in warehouses. Our intelligent and scalable SaaS solution the Intralogistics Management Platform (IMP) automates intralogistics processes and orchestrates complex material flows in production sites and logistics centers.
With us you have the opportunity to join and shape the rapid development of a deep-tech software scale-up from Germany. We place great emphasis on teamwork and innovation providing a motivating and flexible work environment that fosters creativity and collaboration. Working at SYNAOS is more than just a job you will be at the forefront of technological progress in the intralogistics industry.
If you resonate with our vision and want to actively shape the future of intralogistics we should talk!
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Senior IC
About Company
SYNAOS is transforming Intralogistics. SYNAOS is at the forefront of advancing automation and digitalization in intralogistics. The intralogistics software company from Hanover directly influences how goods are manufactured in factories and moved in warehouses. Our intelligent and sca ... View more
