Site Reliability Engineer (f/m/d) - Observability

Site Reliability Engineer (f/m/d) - Observability at smartclip Europe GmbH

Requirements

Please note that this position requires work authorization for Germany.

Language: English - Fluent, German - Fluent

Be motivated by systems thinking and deep technical curiosity. Stop being a consumer – start being a builder.

Must-haves:

Apply an Observability Mindset: Implement a clear strategy for metrics, logs, and traces. Transform "noisy alerts" into "actionable insights."

Embrace Ownership: Live the "you build it, you run it" philosophy. Stop the ticket ping-pong and end the excuses.

Nice-to-haves:

Design and evolve production-grade setups on GCP or AWS.

Show us your contributions to open-source projects.

Turn your passion for root-cause analysis into blameless post-mortems.

Activities

Take full ownership of smartclip’s internal utility and platform tooling. Focus your energy on the intersection of observability, automation, and developer infrastructure. Don't just maintain existing systems – evolve them, research cutting-edge open-source alternatives, and implement them.

Forget expensive enterprise SaaS. Invest in deep in-house expertise. Understand our systems end-to-end, maintain total flexibility, and contribute back to the open-source ecosystem we depend on.

Face these challenges:

Build & Evolve: Operate and advance our observability stack (including Prometheus, Grafana, and Forgejo).

Go Open Source First: Replace "buy" decisions with robust "build & maintain" strategies.

Engineer the Platform: Design observability as a platform capability. Define SLOs and create actionable alerting to stop incidents before they start.

Secure the Stack: Embed security engineering into the delivery process. Find vulnerabilities before the pen tests do.

Master the Infrastructure: Navigate Linux systems and distributed tooling. Balance bold exploration with production stability.

Team

Ownership over tickets: You’re trusted with real responsibility, not just tasks. No unnecessary bureaucracy, no micromanagement – we rely on you to take things forward.

Build > Talk: We test what works – not what sounds good. Fail fast, learn faster.

High standards, low ego: We take our work seriously, but not ourselves. Direct feedback, honest collaboration, no drama.

Stay sharp: Hackathons, conferences, community – we invest in your growth and keep you at the cutting edge.

And yes – the fundamentals are covered too: 30 days of vacation + Dec 24 & 31 off, Smart Fridays (4 days week possible), mobility (Germany ticket & JobRad), sports & health offerings, mental health support, corporate benefits, RTL+ access, and more.

About The Company

About smartclip

smartclip is the adtech development unit of RTL Group — Europe’s leading free-to-air broadcaster group. Our proprietary advertising technology is custom-built for the needs of European broadcasters and publishers — enabling media owners to implement smarter monetisation strategies. We are committed to delivering the most innovative ad experiences spanning in-stream, out-stream, addressable TV, connected TV, audio, and gaming — ultimately empowering brands with true cross-screen storytelling opportunities on all devices.

For more information: Please visit www.smartclip.tv and follow us on LinkedIn.

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