Hybrid Senior Systems Engineer – Blockchain

at Staking Facilities GmbH

• Job title: Senior Systems Engineer – Blockchain
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Senior
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: No Education Requirement
• Tech skills: Ansible, Firewalls, Linux, Terraform
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Munich, Germany

About the role

• Senior Systems Engineer maintaining blockchain network infrastructure with a closely knit team. Participating in the development and documentation of new tech and processes in a pioneering blockchain company.

Responsibilities

• You’ll become part of an infra team of 3 working closely with our CTO
• You’re the team that keeps the engine running and fixes things fast
• Ensure uptime and performance of blockchain network infrastructure
• Own routine and emergency maintenance including updates and patches
• Monitor systems proactively and respond quickly to alerts or incidents
• Investigate and mitigate outages or downtime with urgency
• Design and improve network architecture and workflows
• Configure and maintain network hardware, bare metal servers, and firewalls
• Set up and maintain load balancers and secure networking practices
• Continuously develop operational processes and documentation

Requirements

• You are an experienced systems or infrastructure engineer with hero level Linux skills
• The only hard requirement is “LINUX” but Ansible, Terraform and bare metal are all nice to have
• You have hands on experience setting up firewalls and load balancers
• You’re no stranger to networking and architecture
• Able to independently manage, troubleshoot, and improve systems performance
• Crypto/blockchain experience is welcome but not required, we hire for potential and mindset
• Entrepreneurial mindset with high initiative and flexibility to adapt
• You need to be prepared to cover on call duties (fairly divided by the 3 in the team)
• Open to occasional travel and enjoy working in a distributed, self-directed team
• You don’t have to be the life of the party, but enjoying time with your teammates matters to us.

Benefits

• Excellent salary with long-term career growth opportunity in a pioneering blockchain infrastructure company
• Working with technology so new most people don’t even know about it yet
• The best and newest hardware available (always the newest CPU generation, Gen5 Disks, up to 100G network cards)
• You’ll work with Arista network devices, hypervisors like Proxmox, VMware and Nutanix
• A socially and ethically responsible employer, pushing boundaries but not at the cost of the planet
• A high-trust, remote-first culture with a base in Munich and a globally distributed team
• 30 days holiday plus bank holidays
• Flexible working hours
• Fully paid for team events and conferences such as Solana Breakpoint, Solana Accelerate, Berlin Blockchain week, Sui Base Camp
• Your peers bring strong expertise and a collaborative mindset, always eager to expand their skills, just like you
• Budget and support for personal learning, growth, and skills development