# Senior Infrastructure Engineer at Stream

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> Responsibilities: - Design, build and operate infrastructure

- **Company:** Stream (https://jobs.trythestack.co/companies/stream)
- **Location:** Netherlands
- **Work arrangement:** On-site
- **Employment type:** Full-time
- **Experience level:** 5–10 years
- **Visa sponsorship:** Offered, according to the listing
- **Key skills:** Infrastructure engineering, Kubernetes, AWS, GCP, Go, Python, PostgreSQL, Cloud architecture, System design, Reliability engineering, Cost optimization, Networking, Compute, Storage, IAM, Incident response
- **Posted by employer:** 2026-08-21
- **Added to The Stack:** 2026-08-22
- **Status:** May no longer be active (posted more than 60 days ago)
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/stream/d86db37b-1a62-415c-91be-d7c7e5f0d36b (the employer's own application page)
- **Human page:** https://jobs.trythestack.co/jobs/senior-infrastructure-engineer-stream

## About the role

Responsibilities:
- Design, build and operate infrastructure for high-scale real-time systems handling millions of connections and billions of requests.
- Lead Kubernetes work end-to-end: cluster architecture, workload design and migration of services to Kubernetes.
- Drive the AWS-to-GCP migration and re-architect workloads for cost and performance improvements.
- Migrate and operate Postgres shards to self-hosted infrastructure and optimise database performance and reliability.
- Write production Go/Python code and platform automation to improve deployment, observability and operations.
- Own cost and efficiency optimisation, on-call rotations, incident response and post-incident root cause fixes.

Requirements:
- 5+ years in infrastructure, platform, SRE or DevOps with production coding experience in Go or Python.
- Hands-on Kubernetes experience at production scale (architecture, migrations, workload design).
- Proven experience running high-load, real-time production systems and optimising cloud spend (AWS/GCP).
- Strong cloud fundamentals (networking, compute, storage, IAM) and observability practices.
- Comfortable owning migrations, capacity planning and translating architectural decisions into measurable outcomes.
- Collaborative mindset for working with backend, video and moderation teams on cross-service trade-offs.

## Responsibilities

Design, build, and operate high-scale infrastructure for real-time systems while driving Kubernetes migrations and cloud architecture transitions. You will also own cost optimization, write production-grade code, and participate in on-call incident response.

## Requirements

Requires 5+ years of experience in infrastructure or SRE roles with a strong software engineering background and production coding skills in Go or Python. Candidates must have demonstrated experience with Kubernetes at scale and cloud infrastructure optimization.

## FAQ

- **Is this Senior Infrastructure Engineer role still open?** It was posted on 2026-08-21. Listings more than 30 days old may no longer be active, so check Stream's site before applying.
- **Does Stream offer visa sponsorship?** This listing is marked as offering visa sponsorship. Eligibility rules are set by the employer, so check the details on Stream's site.
- **Where is this role located?** The listing gives the location as Netherlands. It is marked on-site.
- **What skills does this role ask for?** The listing names: Infrastructure engineering, Kubernetes, AWS, GCP, Go, Python, PostgreSQL, Cloud architecture, System design, Reliability engineering, Cost optimization, Networking, Compute, Storage, IAM, Incident response.

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