Cloud Storage Engineer: Object Storage (Go, Ceph) – Remote

Hetzner Cloud GmbH; Germany (OH); Hybrid; USD 77,643 - 98,766; Full time

Job summary

Hetzner Cloud GmbH is seeking a Software Engineer (m/f/x) for its Object Storage team. You will help operate and scale a Ceph-based storage platform, building tools, services, and processes to keep it running reliably. The stack includes Go, gRPC, Kafka, and PostgreSQL; Linux and Kubernetes underpin the environment.

An on-call rotation can be performed remotely within Germany. The team works remotely across Germany and from the Munich office, focusing on robust, scalable systems and

Qualifications

• Must have well-tested Go code in production.
• Experience designing event-driven microservices.
• Comfort with Linux systems and Kubernetes.
• Fluent in English; German a plus.
• Reliable, self-motivated and team-oriented.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement robust architecture for object storage.
• Write, test, and run microservices using Go, gRPC, Kafka, and PostgreSQL.
• Design and operate public HTTP APIs for customers.
• Build tooling for maintenance and set up monitoring and observability.
• Collaborate with infrastructure engineers to scale large storage clusters.

Skills

English fluency

Self-motivated

Teamwork

Tools

Go

gRPC

Kafka

PostgreSQL

Linux

Kubernetes

HTTP APIs

Job description

Hetzner Cloud GmbH is seeking a Software Engineer (m/f/x) for its Object Storage team. You will help operate and scale a Ceph-based storage platform, building tools, services, and processes to keep it running reliably. The stack includes Go, gRPC, Kafka, and PostgreSQL; Linux and Kubernetes underpin the environment.

An on-call rotation can be performed remotely within Germany. The team works remotely across Germany and from the Munich office, focusing on robust, scalable systems and