STACKIT LEAD CLOUD SOFTWARE ENGINEER – DBaaS (m/f/d)

Make an amazing climb in your career in an international team of experts. Our company provides technological services for the whole Schwarz group of more than 30 countries in Europe and the US. Our vision is to be the leading ecosystem for a better life. We built the European sovereign cloud STACKIT. With XM Cyber we set new standards in differing cyber crimes. We run AI better than anyone. With us you will find a variety of opportunities to grow and do your best at your calling – IT. We exist to improve life with our products and services – for today’s generation and future generations. We act future proof!

The impact you will create:

• Own the Valkey/SQLServer Integration: You will lead the technical design, architecture, and integration of our Valkey(and Redis-compatible)/SQLServer managed service into our sovereign cloud ecosystem.
• Automation & DBaaS: You will drive the automation of deployment, replication, backup, and patching processes, turning complex caching infrastructure into a seamless „self-service“ model controlled via Golang-based REST/gRPC APIs.
• System Design & Scale: You will design robust, highly available, and fault-tolerant caching solutions, proactively optimizing configurations and capacity to scale with customer demand.
• End-to-End Ownership: We live by „You build it, you run it.“ You will accompany your services from the first line of code through Kubernetes orchestration to incident analysis (Post-Mortems).
• Technical Leadership: You will guide the technical direction of the product and mentor team members, raising the bar for engineering excellence and modern SRE practices.

Must Haves:

• Strong System Design Foundations: You understand how to architect distributed, scalable, and highly available systems.
• Backend & API Engineering: Strong foundation in software engineering and clean API development (REST, gRPC), with a proven track record of controlling infrastructure. Flexible across languages and actively open to writing and adopting Golang.
• Continuous Learning Mindset: You are genuinely excited to master our tech stack, dive deep into golang, Kubernetes and database internals, and constantly upgrade your technical skills.
• SRE & Observability Culture: You care about reliability, fault tolerance, and know your way around monitoring ecosystems like Prometheus and Grafana.
• Communication: Fluent in English to collaborate effectively within our agile, international team.

Nice to Have:

• Caching Database Expertise: Deep understanding of Valkey / Redis / SQLServer architectures, including clustering, high availability setups, and performance tuning.
• Container-Native Landscapes: Experience with Kubernetes, containers, and ideally, Kubernetes Operators for database orchestration.
• Infrastructure as Code (IaC): You feel at home writing clean automation using Terraform or Ansible.
• Security First: Knowledge of securing data-in-transit/at-rest and network isolation in cloud environments.

Our offer:

• An attractive remuneration package depending on your seniority.
• Variety of opportunities with one of the strongest and largest retail companies in the world.
• A huge array of tools & technologies available on the spot and ready for a steady personal development.
• Food vouchers, MultiSport card, additional health insurance, travel expenses and a modern office close to Paradise Mall.
• A good work-life balance with flexible working time & options for mobile work.
• A pleasant and diverse environment with regular events, team buildings and stimulating activities.

Your application will be reviewed in strict confidentiality. Approved candidates will receive a notification via email about a registration in our company recruiting system and then be contacted for an interview. By applying for our job openings and by providing your personal data you explicitly agree with our Privacy Policy here: https://schwarz-digits.de/en/privacy-policy?hidebanner=true

Your data will be processed for the purpose of recruiting and for the purpose of possible signing of a labor contract. Your data will be stored and processed by „Schwarz Global Services Bulgaria” EOOD. Please have in mind that with this you give permission for your resume to be shared with other parties of the Schwarz Group.

Some are still thinking. You act.