Senior/Tech Lead Backend Engineer (Managed Kubernetes)

Senior/Tech Lead Backend Engineer (Managed Kubernetes) in Berlin

Nebius, a Nasdaq-listed cloud infrastructure provider for the global AI economy, is looking for a Senior/Tech Lead Backend Engineer (Managed Kubernetes) to join its IT team in Berlin. In this role, you will lead the mk8s Core team as it scales to manage customer workloads across tens of thousands of GPU servers in multiple data centers.

You will start as a hands-on individual contributor writing code, reviewing work, and participating in on-call rotations before transitioning into a hybrid technical and managerial role. Responsibilities include managing a team of 4 to 8 mid-to-senior engineers, setting the technical vision, and collaborating with product managers to optimize the service control plane, integrate cluster autoscaling like Karpenter, and deliver managed Layer 7 load balancers.

Requirements and Background

• Bachelor's degree
• 8+ years of professional software engineering or management experience
• Excellent knowledge of Golang, or readiness to quickly switch to the language
• Proven expertise leading multi-month technical projects
• Bonus skills: Team management, Kubernetes administration, and developing Kubernetes controllers

Nebius offers market competitive compensation alongside career growth opportunities, flexibility, and an international, collaborative environment. Specific salary figures and application deadlines are not detailed in the listing.