Senior Software Engineer (f/m/d) Managed NFS

IONOS Cloud offers NFS as a managed service, and you develop and maintain it. The product is highly available and redundant, so customer data stays accessible even when a component fails. It runs on Kubernetes and is written mostly in Go.

Tasks

• Develop and maintain the NFS product for IONOS Cloud.

• Build and extend Kubernetes Operators that manage the product's lifecycle.

• Design and implement features that keep the service highly available and redundant, including failover.

• Improve the product's reliability and replication.

• Analyze and resolve complex issues in a highly available, distributed storage setup.

• Migrate from legacy components step by step, without breaking existing customers.

Qualifications

• Expert Go skills and several years of professional development experience.

• Experience developing Kubernetes Operators.

• Solid knowledge of NFS and SMB/CIFS, plus experience with ZFS and DRBD.

• Experience building highly available, redundant systems, including replication, failover and distributed-systems fundamentals (idempotency, retries, consistency, failure handling).

• Deep knowledge of Linux, including the kernel, and experience with LinuxKit and VMs (libvirt, QEMU, cloud-init).

• Fluency with Git, Docker, shell and CI/CD, including GitOps workflows (for example ArgoCD).

• Experience with observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana) to monitor availability and troubleshoot issues.

• Daily use of AI coding assistants (for example Claude) in your development work.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills and a structured, independent way of working in a team.

• Willingness to undergo a security clearance (SÜ-2).

Benefits

• Hybrid working model.

• Flexible working hours through trust-based working hours.

• At some locations a subsidized canteen and various free drinks.

• Modern office space with very good transport connections.

• Various employee discounts for activities and products.

• Employee events such as summer and winter parties, as well as workshops.

• Numerous training and development opportunities.

• Various health offers, such as sports and health courses.