# Head of Infrastructure

> Talentgrator · Prague, Czechia (Remote) · — · Posted 2026-09-03

**Workplace:** remote

**Department:** Saas Platform| iGaming

## Description

### Engineering

-   Design infrastructure for high-load distributed systems, from bare-metal environments to cloud-based Kubernetes.
-   Own the platform’s reliability, performance, resilience, and security.
-   Troubleshoot bottlenecks and production incidents across networking, Kubernetes, messaging systems, and data infrastructure.
-   Build and execute infrastructure roadmaps covering migrations, high availability, monitoring, security, and CI/CD.
-   Drive Kubernetes adoption across all environments, including production.
-   Build and maintain fully operational failover and disaster recovery capabilities — not just theoretical designs.
-   Write and review Infrastructure as Code.

### Leadership

-   Own the entire infrastructure area, including priorities, capacity planning, on-call processes, and collaboration with Engineering and Product/Project Management.
-   Plan and implement infrastructure changes in close collaboration with development teams.
-   Manage infrastructure projects end-to-end: break down initiatives, track progress, and remove blockers.
-   Own technical hiring: candidate screening, technical interviews, and final hire/no-hire recommendations.
-   Develop technical leads and empower them to make decisions independently without escalating every issue to the CIO.
-   Manage infrastructure costs and capacity.

### Technology Stack

-   **Linux / Virtualization:** Debian/Ubuntu, Proxmox VE, QEMU/KVM, libvirt
-   **Networking:** routing, VPN, BGP, DNS, load balancing, high availability, Cloudflare, Fastly
-   **Infrastructure as Code:** Terraform, Ansible
-   **Containers & Orchestration:** Docker, Kubernetes, Helm, ArgoCD, GitLab CI
-   **Monitoring & Logging:** Grafana, Prometheus, VictoriaMetrics, ELK, Opsgenie, SigNoz
-   **Databases & Messaging:** PostgreSQL, MongoDB, ClickHouse, Redis/Valkey, Kafka, RabbitMQ
-   **Scripting / Tooling:** Bash, Python, Golang
-   **Cloud:** AWS, GCP
-   **Practices:** GitOps, DevOps, SRE

## Requirements

### Engineer — Principal / Staff+ Level

-   Strong hands-on experience with high-load systems, including messaging queues, proxies, databases, networking, Kubernetes, CI/CD, and Infrastructure as Code.
-   Ability to independently troubleshoot and resolve complex production issues.
-   Strong experience with both bare-metal and cloud infrastructure, without being tied to a single technology stack.
-   Ability to design infrastructure for distributed systems and clearly explain and justify architectural decisions.
-   Hands-on experience leading and resolving production incidents.
-   Strong systems thinking: you understand the broader consequences of technical decisions and know how to simplify complex systems.

### Leader — Head Level

-   5+ years of experience as a Head or Team Lead in a product company.
-   Proven ownership of people management, prioritization, hiring, and delivery.
-   Strong hiring skills: you can identify and attract strong engineers and confidently make hire/no-hire decisions.
-   Proven ability to develop technical leads while maintaining strong technical oversight.
-   Strong ownership mindset: you focus on solving problems rather than assigning blame.
-   Ability to define the vision and direction for your area and drive it forward without waiting for tasks or instructions from senior management.

## Benefits

-   20 vacation days and 5 family days yearly
-   Flexible start to the workday
-   Support from a professional corporate coach and psychologist
-   Regular internal and external activities, workshops, trips, and corporate events
-   Access to our internal knowledge base, meetups, and team-building activities
-   Ongoing training in new technologies and continuous professional development support

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