Staff Engineer - Systems, Networking & Automation

Otovo SRL; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Otovo SRL is seeking a hands-on engineer for our Houston office. You will own and operate self-hosted infrastructure, build internal tools, and connect business platforms through APIs and data integrations.

A strong background in Linux, networking, and systems automation is essential. You will work across internal products, infrastructure, and automations, collaborating with marketing and sales on lead routing and attribution.

Qualifications

• Must have strong engineering fundamentals and experience building and operating real systems.
• Practical experience administering physical servers and self-hosted infrastructure.
• Strong Linux and networking skills: TCP/IP, DNS, routing, VPNs, and firewalls.
• Familiarity with storage, virtualization, monitoring, backups, and recovery testing.
• Software development and scripting; experience with TypeScript, APIs, relational DBs.
• Good judgment on security, access management and production changes.
• Ability to turn business needs into working technical solutions.
• Clear communication, curiosity, and follow-through.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain internal applications, services, and integrations.
• Operate and troubleshoot physical servers, including hardware, OS, storage, and virtualization.
• Maintain networks, DNS, VPNs, firewalls, and secure remote access.
• Improve monitoring and reliability across systems.
• Automate infrastructure administration and workflows.
• Connect business platforms through APIs, webhooks, and data integrations.
• Collaborate with marketing and sales on lead routing and attribution.

Skills

Engineering fundamentals

Linux networking

APIs & data integration

Security & access control

Communication & follow-through

Business-to-technical translation

Problem solving across infra & apps

Self-hosted infra experience

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Infrastructure automation

Identity providers

Device management

Job description

Otovo SRL is seeking a hands-on engineer for our Houston office. You will own and operate self-hosted infrastructure, build internal tools, and connect business platforms through APIs and data integrations.

A strong background in Linux, networking, and systems automation is essential. You will work across internal products, infrastructure, and automations, collaborating with marketing and sales on lead routing and attribution.