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Senior Systems Engineer (f/m/d)
Aleph AlphaGermanyfull_timeVerifiedPosted 14 Jul 2025
About the role
<h2>Overview: </h2><p>We are seeking an experienced Senior Systems Engineer to join our growing infrastructure team. As we advance our AI stack and scale our infrastructure, you will play a pivotal role in designing, maintaining, and optimising our systems. Your expertise will help ensure high availability, security, and performance while enabling seamless deployment for our customers and internal teams. </p><p>As a key technical team member, you will drive improvements across our infrastructure. Your contributions will be instrumental in shaping the future of our AI-powered solutions. </p><p> </p><h2>Your Responsibilities: </h2><ul><li><p>Be part of the design, development, and optimisation of the Pharia AI stack and the supporting infrastructure. </p></li></ul><ul><li><p>Help define best practices and guide teams in writing Helm charts and deploying their artefacts efficiently. </p></li></ul><ul><li><p>Maintain highly available Kubernetes (K8s) clusters on StackIT or similar cloud platforms. </p></li></ul><ul><li><p>You know how to design, build and maintain Kubernetes Operators. </p></li></ul><ul><li><p>Provide strategic guidance and hands-on assistance to customers for deploying and maintaining our products on their infrastructure. </p></li></ul><ul><li><p>Ensure compliance with security and reliability best practices; represent the team in audits and respond to security questionnaires. </p></li></ul><ul><li><p>Drive automation efforts and improve CI/CD pipelines to enhance deployment efficiency and system resilience. </p></li></ul><ul><li><p>Collaborate with cross-functional teams to align infrastructure with business and product goals. </p></li></ul><p> </p><h2>Your Profile: </h2><ul><li><p>Extensive experience in designing, deploying, and maintaining Kubernetes clusters in production environments. </p></li></ul><ul><li><p>Automation & CI/CD Expertise: Proficiency in tools such as Helm, Ansible, Terraform, ArgoCD, GitLab CI, and JFrog. </p></li></ul><ul><li><p>Experience with Kubernetes Operators design and implementation. </p></li></ul><ul><li><p>Strong programming skills in at least one language from our stack: Rust or Go. </p></li></ul><ul><li><p>Deep understanding of security, reliability, and scalability best practices for infrastructure. </p></li></ul><ul><li><p>Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with a track record of contributing to a culture of learning and innovation. </p></li></ul><ul><li><p>Experience working in fast-paced startup environments is a plus. </p></li></ul><p> </p><h2><strong>What You Can Expect From Us:</strong> </h2><ul><li><p>Become part of an AI revolution! </p></li></ul><ul><li><p>30 days of paid vacation </p></li></ul><ul><li><p>Access to a variety of fitness & wellness offerings via <a href="https://wellhub.com/de-de/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank"><u>Wellhub</u></a> </p></li></ul><ul><li><p>Mental health support through <a href="http://nilo.health" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank"><u>nilo.health</u></a> </p></li></ul><ul><li><p>Substantially subsidised company pension plan for your future security </p></li></ul><ul><li><p>Subsidised Germany-wide transportation ticket </p></li></ul><ul><li><p>Budget for additional technical equipment </p></li></ul><ul><li><p>Flexible working hours for better work-life balance and hybrid working model </p></li></ul><ul><li><p>Virtual Stock Option Plan </p><p></p></li></ul>
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