Senior Infrastructure Engineer Lisboa

Overview

At Prisma, we’re redefining how developers work with databases. If you’re fascinated by the
- edge data infrastructure powering companies like Twitter, Airbnb, and Facebook, but want the agility, ownership, and impact of a
- moving startup, Prisma is the place for you.

Backed by
- tier investors, our small, distributed team is making advanced database technology accessible to developers everywhere. Our
- source tools are trusted by over 400, 000 developers each month, with a thriving community on Discord and Git
Hub. Prisma Postgres is our flagship product designed to supercharge Postgre
SQL with modern developer workflows, performance optimizations, and seamless scaling, alongside Prisma Accelerate and Studio.

By combining the power of
- source with
- edge commercial solutions, we’re shaping the future of databases, one developer at a time.

What would you do at Prisma?

You’ll be part of our Prisma Data Platform team which is responsible for Accelerate, Prisma Postgres and the bare metal cloud that those products are built on.

Responsibilities (selected examples)

• Choose and deploy a globally distributed configuration store (like etcd, rqlite) for encrypted authentication to enable global routing for Prisma Postgres.
• Improve automation of our servers to reduce maintenance overhead and provisioning times.
• Configure, deploy, monitor, and debug a
  - edge containerization platform that drives both internal and external tooling and services.
• Participate in a shared
  - call rotation to help ensure reliability of our systems, with emphasis on fair scheduling, strong tooling, and a culture that values
  - life balance.

Ideal Candidate Profile

• 8+ years of experience in infrastructure, Dev
  Ops, or platform engineering, operating
  - scale systems with a focus on Linux, networking, and cloud environments.
• Experience building and scaling resilient distributed systems across bare metal and cloud platforms (AWS, Cloudflare); strong understanding of systems architecture and reliability patterns.
• Proficiency with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Ansible, Puppet, or similar) and automation practices to manage reproducible, scalable environments.
• High standards for quality, taking ownership and driving meaningful impact; strong communication in English, both written and verbal.
• Deep expertise in Linux server administration and networking, including provisioning, configuration, maintenance, troubleshooting, performance tuning, and hardening aligned to security best practices. Bash and Debian;
  - level debugging is advantageous.
• Strengthen and scale a mature security posture across Cloud environments, IAM and secrets management, secure networking and
  - trust access controls, CI/CD and dependency hygiene, API and application security best practices, and audit readiness.
• Critical thinking with clear, structured reasoning; ability to plan, anticipate challenges, and keep stakeholders aligned.
• Advantageous: Hands-on programming experience in Go, Python, or other scripting languages to build tools and automation that improve developer and operator experience.

What’s it like to work at Prisma?

You’re likely to be a great fit if you have an ownership mindset, stay nimble in a startup environment, and are kind and collaborative.

What’s in it for you?

We put our people first. Strong pay, full flexibility, and benefits that make a difference. We offer time off to grow your career and do work that matters.

• Opportunity to shape Prisma’s
  - edge cloud products and redefine how developers build and scale applications.
• Fun and supportive team with a culture of collaboration and continuous learning.
• Competitive base salary and stock options, including extended
  - termination exercise windows.
• Fully remote work with flexibility to work from anywhere within required time zones; access to local
  - working space if preferred.
• Generous time off: 24 days paid vacation and paid sick leave.
• Parental benefits: 20 weeks of fully paid parental leave and child sick leave.
• Sabbatical leave: six weeks of fully paid time off after three years of continuous employment.
• Mental health support with four fully paid Mental Health Days per year and access to resources.
• Tech and ergonomic budget to equip you with necessary tools.
• Annual offsites for team gatherings at
  - paid locations.
• Relocation support for team members moving to Berlin after twelve months, if you relocate.
• [US] Health and pension benefits, including health, dental, vision, and 401k matching.

Remote Work

We can currently accept candidates within the timezone GMT -2 to GMT +3 for this position.

Hiring Process

• Introductory Call with Head of Engineering.
• Take-Home Assignment followed by Technical Interview.
• System Design Interview with peer engineer.
• Interview with COO.
• Final Interview with CEO.
• Offer.

The process may be adjusted as information is gathered.

Equal Opportunity

In line with our Fair Treatment and Equal Opportunity Policy and Disability Policy, Prisma commits to fair,
- based hiring practices. We evaluate candidates based on skills, experience, and qualifications, and do not discriminate based on age, race, ethnicity, sex, gender identity, parental status, trade union membership, disability, religious belief or lack thereof, life expectancy, sexual orientation, genetic information, or veteran/military status.