IT & Infraestructure Engineer

IT & Infrastructure Engineer

About us

At THEKER were taking on one of the greatest challenges of the 21st century: redefining how physical work is done in the world.

Were a robotics and AI company building intelligent adaptable systems capable of solving problems that traditional automation never could. From Barcelona our mission is to build an era-defining company leading the robotics revolution.

By joining us youll have the opportunity to do the most meaningful work of your life setting a new standard for industrial automation and driving advances with global reach surrounded by a focused immensely talented team that shares this ambition and is here to win.

Your role

Were looking for an IT & Infrastructure Engineer to own the entire IT backbone that keeps THEKER running. Every network every server every device our engineers and operators touch. Youll be the first dedicated IT hire which means you build the foundations from scratch: firewall switches VLANs VPN servers monitoring and the security posture that protects our proprietary technology.

This is a build-from-scratch role at a company that grows fast and breaks things even faster. Youll walk into offices and lab spaces that need real infrastructure a team that expects the network to just work and hardware that ships to customer sites. You own the full cycle: you buy the gear set it up monitor it secure it and fix it before anyone notices it was broken.

Day to day youll manage users in Bitakora and Microsoft run MDM across the Windows and Apple fleets plan AP distribution and network infrastructure for new spaces and stand up the internal services the team relies on. Some days youll build and configure IsoKernels from scratch alongside the engineering team. Youll report to and work directly with the founders and technical leads. When anything IT-related touches THEKER it goes through you.

What were looking for

• Hands-on experience administering networks and IT infrastructure (firewall managed switches VLANs VPN DNS/DHCP).
• Solid experience in Linux and Windows server administration plus fleet management (MDM) on Windows and macOS.
• Practical cybersecurity knowledge: VPN/VPS hardening access control endpoint security backup and recovery.
• Comfortable racking cabling and provisioning hardware with your own hands.
• Scripting ability (Bash Python or PowerShell) to automate provisioning monitoring and repetitive tasks.
• Based in Barcelona or willing to relocate. This is a 100% on-site role.

Nice to have

• Experience self-hosting services (GitHub Enterprise / Gitea GitLab CI runners artifact registries).
• Familiarity with industrial or IoT environments (ESP-based telemetry machine power-consumption monitoring CCTV systems).
• Exposure to embedded or edge computing hardware provisioning.
• Networking or security certifications (CCNA Security or equivalent).
• Experience with software such as: pfSense OPNsense Fortigate or Unifi Gateway.

Youll fit in at THEKER if

• Youre motivated by a fast-paced ambitious environment. The opportunity ahead of us is enormous and were going all in to capture it.
• You want responsibility from day one delivering to world-class standards for leading customers.
• You enjoy experimenting iterating fast and embracing change as part of learning.
• You enjoy building things from scratch and leaving them better than you found them.

What we offer

• Being part of a fast-growing robotics and AI company with real ambition where your career can accelerate alongside ours.
• The opportunity to build THEKERs entire IT and infrastructure stack from scratch and own it as the company scales.
• A focused immensely talented team where your work is seen and your decisions count.
• An environment where new ideas are encouraged and your input shapes both the product and the company.
• 100% on-site work in Barcelona.

Closing note

Were committed to equality diversity and inclusion. We welcome all applications regardless of background age gender disability sexual orientation or beliefs.