Remote DevOps Engineer: Build the Backend for Sim Racing

Competition Company GmbH; United States; Remote; USD 91,000 - 137,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote-first

Flexible work environment

30 days paid vacation

Job summary

Competition Company GmbH is seeking a DevOps Engineer to build and improve the platform services behind RENNSPORT. You’ll collaborate with game, backend and SREs, focusing on Go and Kubernetes to ship reliable backend services.

This role requires extensive Go/Kubernetes/Linux experience, on-prem/cloud/hybrid infrastructure, Terraform for IaC, Python/Bash scripting, and strong English. Remote-first, residency in Germany is required.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in Go, Kubernetes and Linux.
• Experience with on-prem, cloud and hybrid cloud infrastructure.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code, preferably Terraform.
• Scripting in Python and Bash.
• Knowledge of Linux and networking, including HTTP/S and TCP.
• Experience with Git-based development workflows.
• Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills.
• Professional experience in DevOps, Cloud Engineering, Platform Engineering or a similar role.
• Professional working proficiency in English.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain backend services using Go, Postgres and Kubernetes.
• Maintain and improve cloud and hybrid cloud infrastructure.
• Build tooling that improves developer productivity and reduces manual work.
• Manage Kubernetes and containerized environments.
• Manage game server automation and image management
• Troubleshoot infrastructure and deployments across development, staging and production.
• Work with our Site Reliability Engineer on infrastructure, scalability and observability.
• Maintain secure infrastructure configurations and access controls.
• Document infrastructure, pipelines and processes.

Skills

Go

Kubernetes

Linux

Cloud & hybrid infra

Infrastructure as Code

Terraform

Python

Bash

Git workflows

Troubleshooting

English proficiency

Tools

Terraform

Job description

Competition Company GmbH is seeking a DevOps Engineer to build and improve the platform services behind RENNSPORT. You’ll collaborate with game, backend and SREs, focusing on Go and Kubernetes to ship reliable backend services.

This role requires extensive Go/Kubernetes/Linux experience, on-prem/cloud/hybrid infrastructure, Terraform for IaC, Python/Bash scripting, and strong English. Remote-first, residency in Germany is required.