Senior Systems Engineer
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Job description
Senior Systems Engineer at Servebolt responsible for designing, building, and running the Linux-based infrastructure behind a premium managed hosting platform. The role spans infrastructure, software, and operations, with the engineer becoming a technical co-owner of the platform.
At a glance
- Work mode
- Remote · Europe
What you'll do
- Linux platform engineering
- Production operations and incident response
- Security hardening and patch management
- Web stack performance tuning
- Database operations - MariaDB and PostgreSQL
- Platform reliability and observability
- On-call participation
- Documentation and operational maturity
- Becoming a technical co-owner of the platform
What we're looking for
- Linux administration and OS internals
- OS and application patch management
- Security hardening and firewall management
- Networking and DNS
- Web servers - Apache
- Databases - MariaDB and PostgreSQL
- Performance tuning across the full stack
- Incident response and production troubleshooting
- Monitoring and observability tooling
- Deployment automation and CI/CD pipelines
- Release management and change control
- Infrastructure documentation
- Capacity planning
- Datacenter remote operations
- Backup and business continuity
- Communicates clearly - written and verbal, across technical and non-technical contexts
- Works methodically - diagnoses before acting, documents after resolving
- Takes ownership - follows things through, does not drop the ball
- Comfortable operating production systems responsibly - understands the cost of mistakes
- Can balance reliability, security, and performance - knows when to push and when to hold
Nice to have
- PHP
- Bash and Python
- Ansible
- Node.js or TypeScript
- MongoDB
- Package building and software distribution
- Hosting industry experience
Benefits
- Competitive salary based on experience and capability
- Flexible remote working within Europe
- A highly technical environment where engineering excellence is the standard
- Real ownership and influence over systems, architecture, and operational practices
- Working alongside experienced engineers across infrastructure, software, performance, and security
- Exposure to large-scale environments and genuinely difficult technical problems
- Support for professional growth and technical development
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About Servebolt.com
Premium managed hosting built for performance at scale
Servebolt is a Norwegian-founded premium managed hosting company built for performance at scale. It processes approximately 1.4 billion requests every week and serves visitors from virtually every country in the world, running on a Linux-based infrastructure designed, built, and run by its engineering team. It is a highly technical company built by engineers for engineers, spanning infrastructure, software development, performance engineering, security, and hosting operations.
Key facts
- Managed hosting
- Processes approximately 1.4 billion requests every week
- Serves visitors from virtually every country in the world
- Linux-based infrastructure
- Team spans multiple countries and disciplines
- Services many thousands of websites
What they value
- Engineering excellence is the standard
- No shortcuts and no hand-waving about reliability
- Everyone is expected to contribute, challenge assumptions, and help shape the platform