Senior Software Developer – Platform & Infrastructure Engineering (all genders)

Contabo GmbH; United States; Remote; USD 100,000 - 156,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work option

Flexible hours

Vacation days

Job summary

Contabo GmbH is seeking two full-time, permanent Senior Software Developer – Platform & Infrastructure Engineering to start as soon as possible. The role is remote-first in Germany, with the option to work hybrid or on-site depending on location.

You’ll build the business logic for a new product line, exposing infrastructure primitives, authentication, APIs, and on-top services for both customers and internal teams.

Qualifications

• Production experience with at least one modern backend language (Go, Python, Java, or Rust)
• Experience designing and building APIs as a stable interface for infrastructure consumption
• 10+ years combined experience in software development is a plus
• Fluent English; German language skills are beneficial

Responsibilities

• Develop the business logic for the new product line including authentication and infrastructure primitives
• Expose infrastructure primitives such as virtual servers, storage, networking, accounts, projects, and feature flags via stable APIs
• Contribute to design, code and infrastructure decisions in a green-field project
• Participate in on-call rotation and improve system reliability and redundancy

Skills

Go

Python

Java

Rust

API design

Tools

OpenStack

KubeVirt

QEMU

libvirt

Ceph

LVM

Kubernetes

Terraform

Ansible

Job description

Your creative field

We are looking for two full-time, permanent Senior Software Developer – Platform & Infrastructure Engineering (all genders) to start as soon as possible. We live remote-first within Germany, but you have the freedom to choose whether you want to work hybrid or completely on-site due to your proximity to one of our locations.

You’ll become an integral part of a new team which is going to be responsible for the creation and maintenance of Contabo's new product line. You’ll be part of a new team in a green field scenario making design, code and infrastructure decisions based on our product strategy and time-to-market.
We’re looking for brave, pragmatic risk takers who find a balance between speed and perfectionism, who participate in on-call but also proactively work with the team on improving the redundancy of our systems.

Your main focus is going to creating the business logic side of our new product line, which means authentication, exposing infrastructure primatives such as virtual servers, storage, networking but also accounts, project, feature flags and everything else that comes with it.

As the core team, you’ll be exposing our new product not just to our customers but other internal team who will be able to build on-top of our primatives to create more value on top like managed services.

What convinces us

Your personality, paired with:

Backend & API Engineering

• Production experience with at least one modern backend language (Go, Python, Java, or Rust)
• Experience designing and building APIs as a stable interface for infrastructure consumption

Infrastructure

• Proven expierence with IaaS provisioning stacks: OpenStack (Nova/Ironic/Octavia), KubeVirt/QEMU/libvirt, Ceph, LVM
• Kubernetes or comparable orchestration in production
• Virtualization platforms (KVM/OpenStack or similar)
• Infrastructure-as-code (Terraform/Ansible)
• Large-scale infrastructure operations

Mindset & Ways of Working

• Solution-agnostic: evaluates build-vs-buy without defaulting to a specific stack
• Ownership that spans backend and infrastructure, not one or the other
• Comfortable with on-call and production incident response

Plus: 10+ years combined experience, English fluent, German nice to have

We know that you may not currently meet all the requirements. But if you come to us with the right amount of commitment and enthusiasm, we can take off together and make a big difference.

Awesome Prospects

At Contabo, we are constantly evolving. Our growth creates space for new ideas, ownership, and real impact for people who want to make a difference.

What defines us is trust, direct communication, and an open feedback culture. We believe the best solutions are built together and that everyone has the opportunity to contribute, grow, and leave their own footprint.

Additionally, we offer:

• Work the way that fits your life – Remote or hybrid with flexible hours for a healthy work-life balance and the same technical equipment at home as in the office
• Experience real freedom – Workation across the EU and in our summer office in Mallorca
• Stay active and healthy – Access to EGYM Wellpass and thousands of fitness and wellness facilities
• Enjoy exclusive perks – Attractive discounts on many products and services through our corporate benefits program
• Recharge your energy – 30 days of vacation plus additional days off on Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve
• Give back – An extra day off to get involved in social activities through our Volunteer Day
• Make an impact – Take ownership and bring your ideas to life with real creative freedom
• Keep growing – Individual professional and personal development opportunities in an innovative tech environment
• Feel comfortable where you work – Modern, conveniently located offices across our European locations
• Be part of a diverse team – Work in an international environment shaped by diversity
• Create lasting memories – Company events and team activities you won’t forget

How to reach us

If you have any questions, you can reach out to Alina by phone [phone].