
Infrastructure & Operations Engineer, Rust, NixOS
Cyberus Technology
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Dresden • Germany
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About the role
- Operate, maintain, and continuously improve a bare-metal Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) test infrastructure
- Deploy and run a Rust-based control plane for reserving and remotely interacting with physical devices
- Actively develop and improve Rust services where needed, especially around reliability, observability, and automation
- Manage NixOS-based systems end-to-end: provisioning, updates, rollbacks
- Integrate and automate hardware control (USB/serial, USB-OTG, power control, HDMI capture, networked devices)
- Leverage existing tracing and metrics to improve monitoring, alerting, and system reliability
Requirements
- Strong Linux systems engineering background with hands-on production responsibility
- Practical experience with Nix and NixOS (or strong motivation to work with it daily)
- Comfortable reading, modifying, and extending Rust services in a production setting
- Strong bias toward building predictable, debuggable, and maintainable systems
- Experience with hardware-adjacent infrastructure beyond “just servers”
- End-to-end mindset: you operate what you build, from metal to API
- Enjoy working in a small team where everyone contributes across ops and development
Benefits
- An open-minded, creative, and friendly team
- Complimentary drinks and fruit in our Dresden office
- Modern facilities & workspace with height-adjustable desks
- Flexible working hours
- Home office (partial or full remote options)
- Family-friendly working environment
- Competitive compensation and retirement plan
- Time and resources for personal development
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
RustLinux systems engineeringNixNixOSHardware-in-the-Loop (HIL)automationreliabilityobservabilitydebuggingsystem maintenance
Soft Skills
team collaborationproblem-solvingend-to-end mindsetpredictabilitymaintainability