Core Systems Engineer (f/m/d)

X-CAGO B.V.; Roermond; Hybrid; EUR 75,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Bonus scheme

25 vacation days

Pension & travel allowance

Flexible/hybrid hours

Growth opportunities

Team lunches

Job summary

X-CAGO is seeking a seasoned SRE/DevOps engineer to build a resilient platform and scale high-traffic applications. You will modernize infrastructure with IaC, automated tests, and CI/CD pipelines, while shaping an observability stack for global clients. The role focuses on Python/Django backends, and scaling LLM-driven data pipelines.

You will work across containerized deployments, improve performance, and implement robust data processing architectures to support rapid growth and reliability.

Qualifications

• Hands-on backend development with Python/Django.
• Strong experience with SRE/DevOps and scalable systems.
• Familiarity with AI/LLM workflows is a bonus.

Responsibilities

• Elevate infrastructure to production-grade maturity with IaC and automated testing.
• Design observability stack, monitoring, alerting, and incident response frameworks.
• Scale core application and LLM data pipelines; optimize database access.

Skills

Backend development

SRE/DevOps

Docker/containers

CI/CD pipelines

Observability

LLM/AI workflows

Tools

Docker

CI/CD

Observability stacks

Kubernetes

Job description

About X-CAGO

With over 25 years of experience, X-CAGO (a PMG Presse-Monitor subsidiary) is the premier conversion partner for media companies around the world. As a recognized leader in tech innovation, X-CAGO boasts an established client database of top-tier international publishers, eKiosk providers, App providers and media monitoring organizations.

X-CAGO’s core mission is to transform content into highly structured, monetizable digital data formats. As we continue to push the boundaries of media technology, we have many innovative solutions from dynamic Digital Content Hubs to advanced AI Enrichment and intelligent RAG Chatbots.

Joining X-CAGO means representing a trusted Technology Partner that is actively shaping the future of digital publishing and media archiving.

Key Responsibilities

Build a resilient platform & infrastructure (SRE/DevOps)

• You will take our current infrastructure setup and elevate it to production-grade maturity. Introduce modern engineering practices like Infrastructure as Code (IaC), automated testing infrastructure, and seamless CI/CD pipelines.
• Design and implement our complete observability stack—including proactive monitoring, smart alerting, and incident response frameworks—so we sleep soundly while international clients interact with our systems.
• Leverage modern containerization and internal developer platforms to handle the heavy infrastructure lifting, ensuring our deployment engine is completely automated.

Scale the core application & LLM data pipelines

• Own, optimize, and expand our core application layer built on Python and Django, ensuring high code quality, smart schema design, and efficient background task processing.
• Harden and scale our LLM-based data pipelines, ensuring that the parsing of raw unstructured documents into cleanly structured output is fast, error-minimized, cost-effective, and resilient to failure (LLMOps).
• Optimize database query performance and manage data storage strategies as our document processing volume scales rapidly.

Qualifications & Requirements

• The intrinsic driver: You do not wait for permission or ask for the playbook. You see an unmonitored service, a slow database query, or a fragile step in an automated data pipeline and you proactively fix it.
• The automation purist: You genuinely despise manual steps and repetitive tasks. You look at infrastructure through the lens of a software engineer, seeking to automate everything from local setup to cloud deployments.
• The pragmatic SRE: You love systems engineering but prioritize business velocity. You know when to write a custom script and when to leverage ready-made tools to keep the team moving fast.
• Technical grounding: You have hands-on experience with backend development and large-scale systems, a strong mastery of database technologies, and a solid foundation in core cloud/DevOps concepts (Docker, CI/CD, observability). Exposure to AI and LLM technologies are a bonus.

Why X-CAGO?

Working at X-CAGO means being part of an innovative and international company where you will learn something new every day. We offer not only a challenging career but also excellent opportunities for personal development within a fast-growing and forward-thinking industry.

You will also have the opportunity to

collaborate with leading international companies in the media industry.

What we offer:

• Competitive salary.
• Performance-based bonus scheme.
• 25 vacation days.
• Pension plan and travel allowance.
• flexible working hours and hybrid working options.
• Opportunities for professional growth and personal initiative.
• A close-knit team, shared lunches, and

Ready to create the future?

We care about your drive, your technical judgment, and your vision for building great systems.