Head of Infrastructure
This is the employer's own posting, not a copy on a job board.
What we know
Is it still open?
Confirmed still open
Last checked 1d ago — checked against the employer's own applicant tracking system, which is the company answering directly.
We re-read the employer's own applicant tracking system and the posting was still there. That is the company answering directly.
How old is it?
Posted 12d ago
The date the source published, not the day we noticed it (2026-09-03). Last seen at its source just now.
Is it remote?
Marked remote on the employer's board
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Who may apply?
Czechia
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Skills named in the ad
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The listing
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
Requirements
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.
Benefits
- 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