Site Reliability Engineer - Data Platform at N26

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About the role

Responsibilities:
- Build, operate and improve the Database Platform: design and maintain scalable, secure data storage infrastructure (PostgreSQL, AmazonRDS, S3).
- Implement infrastructure as code and automation to increase reliability and repeatability (Terraform / CloudFormation).
- Maintain containerized workloads and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes/EKS).
- Operate CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation (GitHub Actions, ArgoCD, Jenkins).
- Monitor and improve observability (metrics, logging, tracing) to meet SLOs (DataDog, Prometheus, Grafana).
- Participate in incident response and on-call rotations; troubleshoot production issues and drive root-cause fixes.
- Collaborate with product teams to streamline database provisioning and operational runbooks.
- Contribute code, documentation and the team roadmap; mentor and share knowledge.

Requirements:
- Strong hands-on experience with AWS and managing cloud infrastructure.
- Operational experience with relational DBs and managed services (PostgreSQL, AmazonRDS) and object storage (S3).
- Proficiency with Docker and Kubernetes/EKS in production environments.
- Practical experience with IaC tools (Terraform or CloudFormation).
- Competent in at least one programming language (Python preferred) and automation of CI/CD pipelines.
- Solid understanding of cloud networking and security best practices.
- Familiarity with observability tooling (DataDog, Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry).
- Nice to have: deep database internals (tuning, HA, replication, sharding) and backend engineering experience.
- Strong communication, ownership mindset and eagerness to learn.

Responsibilities

You will develop and maintain scalable database platform infrastructure while ensuring operational excellence through cloud best practices. Additionally, you will collaborate with product teams to facilitate database provisioning and participate in on-call rotations to maintain system reliability.

Requirements

The ideal candidate has hands-on experience with AWS, container orchestration, and infrastructure as code tools like Terraform. Proficiency in Python and familiarity with observability tools and database internals are also required for this role.

Key skills

• AWS — in 802 other listings on The Stack
• PostgreSQL — in 296 other listings on The Stack
• AmazonRDS — not in any other listing on The Stack
• S3 — in 25 other listings on The Stack
• Docker — in 464 other listings on The Stack
• Kubernetes — in 585 other listings on The Stack
• EKS — in 19 other listings on The Stack
• Terraform — in 470 other listings on The Stack
• CloudFormation
• Python
• GitHub Actions
• ArgoCD
• Jenkins
• DataDog
• Prometheus
• Grafana

On The Stack (as of 2026-11-05)

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• 166 visa-sponsored jobs in Germany on The Stack, posted in the last 60 days.
• 44 visa-sponsored devops engineer jobs in Europe on The Stack, posted in the last 60 days.

Frequently asked questions about N26

Is this Site Reliability Engineer - Data Platform role still open?

It was posted on 2026-10-02. Listings more than 30 days old may no longer be active, so check N26's site before applying.

Does N26 offer visa sponsorship?

This listing is marked as offering visa sponsorship. Eligibility rules are set by the employer, so check the details on N26's site.

Where is this role located?

The listing gives the location as Germany. It is marked on-site.

What skills does this role ask for?

The listing names: AWS, PostgreSQL, AmazonRDS, S3, Docker, Kubernetes, EKS, Terraform, CloudFormation, Python, GitHub Actions, ArgoCD, Jenkins, DataDog, Prometheus, Grafana.