OverviewIn this role you will own and evolve the service mesh to ensure reliability, performance, and security across our cloud-hosted platform.
You'll work with cross-functional teams to improve security, scalability, and availability, while adopting modern cloud-native practices.
The position combines hands-on engineering with strategic ownership of network and service mesh domains in a fast-moving, security-focused environment.
You'll be at the heart of platform reliability, influencing incident response and on-call practices to keep N26 running smoothly.
Compensaciones / Beneficiospersonal development budget
work from home budget
fitness & wellness discounts
language apps
public transportation
remote work flexibility
ResponsabilidadesDesign, implement and maintain the service mesh to ensure reliability, performance and security of services
Develop systems and solutions to improve security, reliability, scalability and availability across service mesh, internal networking, partner connectivity, secrets management and service discovery
Own the service mesh and underlying network stack, ensuring optimal performance and reliability
Create monitors and alerts,



diagnose and resolve service mesh issues to ensure high availability
Collaborate with other teams to bring critical new features to N26
Stay current with service mesh industry trends and new technologies
Identify and automate repetitive tasks
Monitor system health and participate in on-call rotations
Requisitos principalesProfessional experience as an SRE or DevOps engineer
Hands-on production experience with AWS
Knowledge of Go and/or Python
Broad understanding of Linux systems and networking (TCP/IP, DNS, TLS)
Experience with containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes) and service mesh implementations (Istio)
Performance monitoring and incident analysis
Knowledge of Git, CI/CD, Terraform, Vault, Consul, Salt/Ansible
Proactive with high autonomy
Desire to learn and improve systems
Proactive, autonomous working style
Mentoring and supporting junior/mid-level engineers
Ability to lead tech projects and discuss complex topics with engineering teams
AWS
Go or Python
Linux and networking (TCP/IP, DNS, TLS)

📌 Senior Site Reliability Engineer (España)
🏢 N26
📍 España