Senior Software Engineer - Platform & Infrastructure (f/m/d)
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Requirements
- Several years of professional software engineering experience, most of it designing and shipping production systems
- Fluency in software engineering as a craft: concurrency, error handling, testing and designing APIs other teams build on
- Working knowledge of the Kubernetes control plane and the operator/controller pattern, including unhealthy-cluster behaviour
- Hands-on experience with AWS and infrastructure as code (Terraform and Ansible)
- Comfort across several languages, mostly Go and Python with Rust and C++ elsewhere in the stack
- Experience building distributed systems and understanding how they fail (partitions, partial rollouts, clock skew, retries, reconciliation)
- A good sense for software architecture and maintainability
- Strong command of Linux, scripting and automation
- Experience instrumenting software for telemetry and using it to answer questions about running systems
- Strong communication skills in English
- Willingness to take part in compensated on-call and weekend work when installations need it
- Experience using AI for engineering
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Strong savings potential: You could save €2,067 monthly, which is €24,804 per year.
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Eligible for the EU Blue Card
A salary of €79,122 meets the EU Blue Card minimum of €45,300 (2026).
The EU Blue Card is a residence permit for highly qualified non-EU workers. It offers a fast track to permanent residency and allows family reunification.
Also eligible: EU Blue Card (Shortage Occupation) (€41,042+)
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📍 Life in Berlin
About Berlin
- •Creative and tech hub
- •Diverse neighborhoods
- •Excellent public transport
Climate
- •Continental climate
- •Cold winters
- •Mild summers
- •Four distinct seasons
Safety
- •Generally safe
- •Higher petty crime than Munich
- •Some areas less safe at night
Healthcare
- •Good hospital network
- •Charité is world-renowned
- •Wait times can vary
Culture
- •World-class museums
- •Vibrant art scene
- •Rich history
Nightlife
- •Famous club scene
- •Diverse nightlife
- •24/7 culture
Recreation
- •Many parks
- •Lakes
- •Tiergarten
- •Active outdoor scene
Cost of Living
- •More affordable than Munich
- •Prices rising rapidly
- •Still cheaper than many European capitals
Berlin-based pro-audio company that develops the Matrix Array — proprietary hardware combining Wave Field Synthesis with audio beamforming for spatial sound. Acquired by Sphere Entertainment in May 2024, it powers Sphere Las Vegas's Immersive Sound and continues operating as a wholly-owned subsidiary serving live entertainment, venues, conferences, and transport.
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