About the role
About Codesphere
Codesphere is a Virtual Cloud Provider from Germany building the future of sovereign cloud infrastructure. Our platform gives enterprises and governments full sovereignty without giving up modern cloud capability – a vision recently validated by a series of multi-million European government tenders.
Since our founding in Karlsruhe in 2020, we’ve expanded into an international team of 60+ experts. Based in Karlsruhe and Munich and backed by top-tier investors, we are chasing a bold vision.
We’re scaling fast and would love for you to join us and grow alongside us 🚀
What you'll drive
* You define and enforce SLOs, SLIs, and SLAs across production
* You monitor system health, plan capacity, and automate deployments, patching, and infrastructure provisioning
* You diagnose and resolve production incidents fast – including 24/7 on-call participation
* You lead post-mortems and turn findings into prevention; maintain runbooks and escalation procedures
* You manage cloud infrastructure via IaC and own CI/CD pipeline design and maintenance
* You drive scalability, fault tolerance, disaster recovery, and security compliance
* You partner with Dev teams on production readiness, Shift Left practices, and error budget management
What makes you a great fit
* Proven experience in an SRE, DevOps, or platform engineering role with hands-on production ownership
* Strong knowledge of Kubernetes, Terraform, and Ansible
* Familiarity with Ceph or comparable distributed storage systems
* Experience with SLOs, SLIs, error budgets, and CI/CD pipeline design
* Degree in a relevant field or comparable qualification
* Calm, structured, and fast under pressure – strong debugging and incident response skills
* Good communicator, able to translate operational concerns into guidance for Dev teams
* Go development experience is a plus
What's in it for you
* 32 days of paid time off – 30 regular vacation days plus Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve off
* Meal allowance – up to 15 digital vouchers per month, adding up to over €100 net for you
* Flexibility – hybrid work setup with mobile work options and flexibility around core hours
* Steep learning curve – fast-moving environment, real ownership, and a front-row seat to scaling a company
* Job-Rad – lease a bike through us, tax-free
* Gym access – stay active on site (Karlsruhe office only)
* Employee events – from team offsites to regular get-togethers
* Company pension scheme – company-supported pension to set you up for later
* Great public transport links – both offices are within walking distance of tram and metro stops