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Head of Infrastructure

Talentgrator · Prague, Czech Republic

IT - Network / Systems / DB AdminExternal listingcontractabout 7 hours ago

About The Role

Engineering

  • Design infrastructure for high-load distributed systems, from bare-metal environments to cloud-based Kubernetes.
  • Own the platform’s reliability, performance, resilience, and security.
  • Troubleshoot bottlenecks and production incidents across networking, Kubernetes, messaging systems, and data infrastructure.
  • Build and execute infrastructure roadmaps covering migrations, high availability, monitoring, security, and CI/CD.
  • Drive Kubernetes adoption across all environments, including production.
  • Build and maintain fully operational failover and disaster recovery capabilities — not just theoretical designs.
  • Write and review Infrastructure as Code.

Leadership

  • Own the entire infrastructure area, including priorities, capacity planning, on-call processes, and collaboration with Engineering and Product/Project Management.
  • Plan and implement infrastructure changes in close collaboration with development teams.
  • Manage infrastructure projects end-to-end: break down initiatives, track progress, and remove blockers.
  • Own technical hiring: candidate screening, technical interviews, and final hire/no-hire recommendations.
  • Develop technical leads and empower them to make decisions independently without escalating every issue to the CIO.
  • Manage infrastructure costs and capacity.

Technology Stack

  • Linux / Virtualization: Debian/Ubuntu, Proxmox VE, QEMU/KVM, libvirt
  • Networking: routing, VPN, BGP, DNS, load balancing, high availability, Cloudflare, Fastly
  • Infrastructure as Code: Terraform, Ansible
  • Containers & Orchestration: Docker, Kubernetes, Helm, ArgoCD, GitLab CI
  • Monitoring & Logging: Grafana, Prometheus, VictoriaMetrics, ELK, Opsgenie, SigNoz
  • Databases & Messaging: PostgreSQL, MongoDB, ClickHouse, Redis/Valkey, Kafka, RabbitMQ
  • Scripting / Tooling: Bash, Python, Golang
  • Cloud: AWS, GCP
  • Practices: GitOps, DevOps, SRE

Engineer — Principal / Staff+ Level

  • Strong hands-on experience with high-load systems, including messaging queues, proxies, databases, networking, Kubernetes, CI/CD, and Infrastructure as Code.
  • Ability to independently troubleshoot and resolve complex production issues.
  • Strong experience with both bare-metal and cloud infrastructure, without being tied to a single technology stack.
  • Ability to design infrastructure for distributed systems and clearly explain and justify architectural decisions.
  • Hands-on experience leading and resolving production incidents.
  • Strong systems thinking: you understand the broader consequences of technical decisions and know how to simplify complex systems.

Leader — Head Level

  • 5+ years of experience as a Head or Team Lead in a product company.
  • Proven ownership of people management, prioritization, hiring, and delivery.
  • Strong hiring skills: you can identify and attract strong engineers and confidently make hire/no-hire decisions.
  • Proven ability to develop technical leads while maintaining strong technical oversight.
  • Strong ownership mindset: you focus on solving problems rather than assigning blame.
  • Ability to define the vision and direction for your area and drive it forward without waiting for tasks or instructions from senior management.
  • 20 vacation days and 5 family days yearly
  • Flexible start to the workday
  • Support from a professional corporate coach and psychologist
  • Regular internal and external activities, workshops, trips, and corporate events
  • Access to our internal knowledge base, meetups, and team-building activities
  • Ongoing training in new technologies and continuous professional development support

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