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Senior Platform & Reliability Engineer (all genders)
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23 September 2026 (Yesterday)
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21 December 2026
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We are looking for a full-time permanent Senior Platform & Reliability Engineer (all genders) to start as soon as possible. We live remote-first but you have the freedom to choose whether you want to work hybrid or completely on-site due to your proximity to one of our locations (Berlin Cologne Hamburg Munich).
As a Senior Platform & Reliability Engineer at Contabo you take architectural ownership of our shared infrastructure services the foundation that multiple development teams build on: API gateway and ingress (Kong Nginx Ingress) persistent storage (Ceph Longhorn) secrets and identity infrastructure (Vault Keycloak) edge security and WAF (Cloudflare) and our observability stack. Youll be taking over grown partially under-documented systems and thats exactly where the appeal of this role lies: you work your way deep into these systems identify and remediate known weak points evaluate aging components with solution-agnostic build-vs-buy reasoning and decide which legacy pieces get fixed replaced or retired.
One of your central mandates: you design and establish an on-call process including runbooks for platform and infrastructure incidents where no formal process exists parallel you mature our observability practices rolling out distributed tracing SLOs/SLIs and meaningful dashboards across the stack building on our existing tooling with Prometheus Grafana Alloy and system design reviews you bring your strong grounding in the fundamentals load balancing caching sharding replication consistency trade-offs and apply them to new and existing services alike.
You wont be managing a team but you will be the technical authority multiple teams rely on: you advise across teams on shared infrastructure services document your knowledge consistently and actively distribute it so that critical know-how never again depends on a single person. Success in this role means: known risks are resolved a solid on-call process is up and running and single points of failure are measurably reduced platform-wide. The position is remote (Germany) with hybrid or on-site work optional; occasional travel for datacenter visits and team offsites is part of the role.
As a Senior Platform & Reliability Engineer at Contabo you take architectural ownership of our shared infrastructure services the foundation that multiple development teams build on: API gateway and ingress (Kong Nginx Ingress) persistent storage (Ceph Longhorn) secrets and identity infrastructure (Vault Keycloak) edge security and WAF (Cloudflare) and our observability stack. Youll be taking over grown partially under-documented systems and thats exactly where the appeal of this role lies: you work your way deep into these systems identify and remediate known weak points evaluate aging components with solution-agnostic build-vs-buy reasoning and decide which legacy pieces get fixed replaced or retired.
One of your central mandates: you design and establish an on-call process including runbooks for platform and infrastructure incidents where no formal process exists parallel you mature our observability practices rolling out distributed tracing SLOs/SLIs and meaningful dashboards across the stack building on our existing tooling with Prometheus Grafana Alloy and system design reviews you bring your strong grounding in the fundamentals load balancing caching sharding replication consistency trade-offs and apply them to new and existing services alike.
You wont be managing a team but you will be the technical authority multiple teams rely on: you advise across teams on shared infrastructure services document your knowledge consistently and actively distribute it so that critical know-how never again depends on a single person. Success in this role means: known risks are resolved a solid on-call process is up and running and single points of failure are measurably reduced platform-wide. The position is remote (Germany) with hybrid or on-site work optional; occasional travel for datacenter visits and team offsites is part of the role.
What convinces us
Your personality paired with:
- 7 years of experience in platform infrastructure or SRE roles ideally with end-to-end responsibility for a private cloud or IaaS platform
- Hands-on production experience with distributed storage systems (Ceph) and Kubernetes persistent storage (Longhorn or comparable)
- Experience operating API gateways and ingress (Kong Nginx Ingress or comparable) including debugging cross-cutting concerns like CORS and rate limiting
- Experience with CDN/edge security DDoS mitigation and WAF configuration (e.g. Cloudflare) as well as firewall-rule design
- A strong grounding in system design fundamentals (load balancing caching sharding/replication consistency models message queues) and the judgment to apply them to real-world trade-offs
- Experience designing or maturing observability (tracing metrics SLOs/SLIs) with tools such as Prometheus Grafana and OpenTelemetry is desirable
- Experience with secrets/identity infrastructure (Vault Keycloak) messaging systems (NATS) and building on-call processes and incident runbooks from scratch is a plus
- Composure working with grown incompletely documented systems paired with the right mix of pragmatism and perfectionism: fix whats broken retire whats dead rather than rewriting everything
- Genuine enjoyment of acting as the technical go-to person across teams actively sharing and documenting your knowledge
- Professional fluency in English (our working language); German language skills certifications (CKA/CKS Ceph training) and experience with virtualization platforms (Proxmox OpenStack) are a plus
Awesome Prospects
At Contabo we are constantly evolving. Our growth creates space for new ideas ownership and real impact for people who want to make a difference.
What defines us is trust direct communication and an open feedback culture. We believe the best solutions are built together and that everyone has the opportunity to contribute grow and leave their own footprint.
Additionally we offer:
What defines us is trust direct communication and an open feedback culture. We believe the best solutions are built together and that everyone has the opportunity to contribute grow and leave their own footprint.
Additionally we offer:
- Work the way that fits your life Remote or hybrid with flexible hours for a healthy work-life balance and the same technical equipment at home as in the office
- Experience real freedom Workation across the EU and in our summer office in Mallorca
- Stay active and healthy Access to EGYM Wellpass and thousands of fitness and wellness facilities
- Enjoy exclusive perks Attractive discounts on many products and services through our corporate benefits program
- Recharge your energy 30 days of vacation plus additional days off on Christmas Eve and New Years Eve
- Give back An extra day off to get involved in social activities through our Volunteer Day
- Make an impact Take ownership and bring your ideas to life with real creative freedom
- Keep growing Individual professional and personal development opportunities in an innovative tech environment
- Feel comfortable where you work Modern conveniently located offices across our European locations
- Be part of a diverse team Work in an international environment shaped by diversity
- Create lasting memories Company events and team activities you wont forget
How to reach us
If you have any questions you can reach out to Max by email at.
About us
Contabo - High-quality Cloud Hosting Made in Germany!
As a leading infrastructure service provider in the field of cloud instances and dedicated servers we have stood for first-class quality reliability and favorable prices since our foundation in Munich in 2003. Meanwhile morethan 300000 customers in over 190 countries trust our services.
We specialize in providing German quality to users worldwide focusing on the stability and security of our data centers the optimization of internal processes and excellent customer support.
Become a part of our future-oriented company which plays a significant role in the development of digital cloud hosting and support us with your ideas and commitment.
As a leading infrastructure service provider in the field of cloud instances and dedicated servers we have stood for first-class quality reliability and favorable prices since our foundation in Munich in 2003. Meanwhile morethan 300000 customers in over 190 countries trust our services.
We specialize in providing German quality to users worldwide focusing on the stability and security of our data centers the optimization of internal processes and excellent customer support.
Become a part of our future-oriented company which plays a significant role in the development of digital cloud hosting and support us with your ideas and commitment.
Required Experience:
Senior IC
About Company
Contabo - High-quality Cloud Hosting Made in Germany! As a leading infrastructure service provider in the field of cloud instances and dedicated servers, we have stood for first-class quality, reliability and favorable prices since our foundation in Munich in 2003. Meanwhile, more tha ... View more
