Senior System Engineer

meteoblue is a weather and climate data provider with customers in more than 100 countries all over the world.

meteoblue provides freely accessible weather data and visuals through our website and app to many millions of users worldwide.

Furthermore, we offer professional solutions for customers coming from many industries .

This position is based in Basel (CH), relocation possible if you are eligible for a work permit in Switzerland (EU citizens).

• Design, implement, and maintain robust, scalable, and secure system architectures that support business objectives.
• Lead the planning and execution of infrastructure upgrades, integrations, and migrations with minimal downtime and maximum reliability.
• Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, sharing knowledge and ensuring solutions align with both technical requirements and business needs.
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex application-layer and infrastructure issues, applying analytical thinking to deliver effective, realistic solutions.
• Drive automation, monitoring, and continuous improvement initiatives to enhance system performance, resilience, and maintainability.
• Work effectively in a remote or hybrid environment, demonstrating flexibility and adaptability in a distributed team setup.

• Minimum 5 years of professional experience in system engineering
  , with proven ability to design, implement, and maintain complex infrastructures.
• Strong hands-on experience with Kubernetes in production environments.
• Proficiency with Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) tools such as Terraform and Ansible.
• Solid understanding of traditional on-premises infrastructure, including hardware installation and maintenance.
• Experience with virtualisation platforms (e.g. Proxmox) and distributed storage solutions (e.g. Ceph).
• Skilled in storage and backup strategies, ensuring data integrity and disaster recovery readiness.
• Strong understanding of networking principles, protocols, and troubleshooting.
• Advanced Linux administration skills.
• Familiarity with continuous integration and deployment pipelines to streamline operations.
• Experience deploying and managing workloads across cloud and hybrid infrastructures.
• Fluency in English.

• Experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP) or other major cloud providers.
• Proficiency in development or scripting (Python, Bash, ...) to support automation and tooling.
• Knowledge of system and application security best practices.
• Experience managing and optimising relational databases.

Interested? Please send us an email containing your CV and all other relevant documents.