No location-based pay cut
The same level yields the same gross salary at every work location — even if someone works permanently from home. We see no reason to pay less for the same work just because rent is lower elsewhere.
Operators looking for operators
Most positions at ENTRONYX CLOUD are technical — in the network, in operations and on the platform. We operate the platform ourselves; many questions therefore end with a person and not with a ticket to a third party. If you like that, you are in the right place.
All details regarding working hours, holidays and compensation refer to full-time; for part-time, they apply proportionally to the agreed number of hours.
As of 09/2026
- Open positions
- 8
- Spread across 8 departments
- Feedback
- 5 working days
- On every application, even in case of rejection
- Compensation levels
- 7
- From entry level to department management, defined in writing
- Weekly working hours
- 38 h
- Part-time from 20 h in almost all roles
You and your team decide where you work — with two exceptions
There is no compulsory attendance and no quota of office days. Two areas do not allow this; which ones they are is stated here and not in the third interview.
- Remote, with a clear boundary
- We hire where we can register as an employer; for all open positions, this is Germany. It is not possible elsewhere — not out of reluctance, but because we do not organise bogus self-employment. The location for a position is stated in the job advert.
- Two areas are location-bound
- Hardware engineering with deployments at the locations where the platform runs, and level 2 technical support work on-site or in shifts. We write this in the job advert and not in the small print.
- Two meetings a year
- Each team meets twice a year for three days in Cologne. Travel, accommodation and working time are paid; those who cannot travel are not disadvantaged.
- Trust-based working hours, except where they cause harm
- There are no core hours; you distribute the agreed hours across the week yourself. In shift and on-call duty, schedules, time tracking and supplements apply, because trust-based working hours would lead to unpaid overtime there.
Location-bound — what that means
- Shift schedule
- Three shifts in a two-week rotation. The schedule is set eight weeks in advance; short-notice changes require your consent.
- Allowances
- For nights, weekends and public holidays according to a fixed schedule, paid out and not offset against time off.
- Access
- Anyone working on the systems undergoes a security check. We cover the time and costs for this.
- On-call duty
- Voluntary, at most one week in every six, and never without a second contactable person.
None of this applies to all other roles: a desk in the office remains reserved, even if it is rarely used. Attendance is neither counted nor evaluated.
Fixed levels, not negotiating skill
Grading follows a written definition that every employee can view. Therefore, negotiations are about the level and the decisions that belong to it — not about the final amount.
| Tier | Description | Classification | Decision-making scope |
|---|---|---|---|
| E1 | Entry | Early career, works under supervision | Works on assigned tasks; results are reviewed |
| E2 | Intermediate | Independent in familiar areas | Makes decisions within own area of responsibility, consults on deviations |
| E3 | Experienced | Takes responsibility for topics, supports others | Decides on implementation approach and guides the onboarding of others |
| E4 | Senior | Designs solutions across team boundaries | Decides on design within own area and represents it to other teams |
| E5 | Principal | Sets the technical direction for an area | Decides on technology choices and when something is deprecated |
| M1 | Team lead | Leads 4 to 9 people technically and disciplinarily | Decides on hiring, grading and task distribution within the team |
| M2 | Head of department | Leads multiple teams, reports to the executive board | Decides on team structure and goals, and is responsible for their planning |
Variable compensation only in sales
In sales, there is a variable component of up to 25% of the target salary. In all other areas, there are no individual bonuses — instead, there is profit sharing, which is the same for everyone.
Annual review, automatic adjustment
The levels are reviewed annually on 1 April; an adjustment automatically affects all salaries in the level. The classification is discussed twice a year, regardless of whether someone asks for it.
What is written on this page has a rule behind it: a written definition for the classification, a fixed order for the bonuses, a deadline for every feedback. What we cannot back up like this, we do not write down.
Compensation and procedure · As of 09/2026
What we offer in addition
The following list only contains things that cost money or free up time — everything else is office equipment and not a benefit.
Profit sharing, equal for everyone
Profit sharing is paid out once a year — regardless of level, department and length of service. There is no performance review that changes the amount, and no target agreement it depends on.
Same amount per full-time position, pro rata for part-time
On-call duty is paid, not expected
The on-call week is paid at a flat rate, with every call-out paid additionally. Those who work at night take time off the following day. On-call duty is voluntary and not assumed as a given in any contract.
1.5 times the hourly rate per minute of deployment
Deutschlandticket and company bike
We fully cover the Deutschlandticket, plus company bike leasing via salary sacrifice. Since 2023, domestic flights can only be booked with justification.
100% of the Deutschlandticket
Learning budget with time instead of just money
The budget is available for further training, conferences or certifications. It does not expire at the end of the year, but can be saved up over two years.
5 working days of learning time per year
Equipment without catalogue constraints
Work equipment is freely selectable — manufacturer, operating system and keyboard layout. For working from home, there is an additional setup budget that is renewed every three years.
Takeover of the device after three years
Parental leave beyond the statutory framework
Fully paid leave for each parent in addition to the statutory entitlement, regardless of gender. Returning part-time is an entitlement, not a matter of negotiation.
12 weeks per parent
- Holiday days
- 30Additionally, 24 December and 31 December are days off
- Company pension subsidy
- 20%On deferred compensation; 15% is legally required
- Special leave
- 5DaysFor moving house, caring for a relative or in the event of a death
- Sick pay supplement
- 6monthsTop-up to net salary after the end of continued remuneration
Five ways in, and what comes next
There is hardly a suitable training profile for operating a data centre and for network engineering. That is why we train people ourselves — and describe each path with its duration, remuneration basis and what comes next.
Apprenticeship
3 years, starting in AugustIT specialist in system integration and application development. From the second year, participation in on-call duty with supervision, remunerated just like everyone else.
Remunerated, increasing with each year of apprenticeship
Dual study programme
7 semesters, starting in OctoberComputer science or electrical engineering alternating every three months between university and the company. The practical phases are in different areas so that a decision can be made at the end, avoiding routine.
Remunerated, tuition fees covered
Lateral entry into operations
9 months of onboardingStructured onboarding in data centre operations or network engineering, for people from other technical professions. Remuneration from day one according to level E1, no intern status.
According to level E1 from day one
Working student position
Ongoing, from one semester10 to 20 hours per week in a fixed team, with your own tasks instead of just assisting. During the exam period, a break is possible without giving reasons.
Same hourly rate for all subjects
Internship
At least 3 monthsAn internship shorter than three months is not worthwhile for either side. We supervise final theses together with the respective university department and publish the results without reservation of approval.
Remunerated, even for mandatory internships
- Permanent employment after apprenticeship
- PermanentThe offer is made before the final exam, not after
- Time off before the exam
- 10DaysPaid, in addition to vocational school classes
- Support during the apprenticeship
- 1 : 3One training specialist per three apprentices
- Support during lateral entry
- 1 : 1A dedicated contact throughout the entire onboarding process
What we cover during that time
- Learning budget
- We pay exam fees for certifications additionally; they do not count towards the budget. Learning days can be taken consecutively, even for a multi-day training course.
- Internal transfer
- After 18 months in the team, a transfer to another area is possible without the current manager having to agree. The receiving side makes the professional decision, not the releasing side.
- Conferences
- Fees and travel are covered if a summary is presented to the team afterwards. For your own presentations, preparation time during working hours is added.
- Language courses
- German and English during working hours, for employees and accompanying family members. Where fluent German is a prerequisite, it is stated in the job advert; for other roles, English is sufficient.
- Relocation and visa
- If you relocate to the place of work, we cover the relocation costs, assist with the visa process and pay the fees.
- Recognition of qualifications
- We cover the costs and handle the process of recognising foreign qualifications. For grading, the qualification is not the deciding factor anyway, but the task.
8 positions, each with experience level and salary band
Each advert lists the department, locations, employment type, the expected experience level with the corresponding salary band, and three requirements that we actually expect. Anything not on the list is not a knockout criterion — especially not a specific degree.
Nothing suitable?
Speculative application and process
8 of 8 positions visible
Network architecture, backbone & peering
SeniorYou plan the ring topology between the locations where the platform runs, negotiate the interconnections at the German exchange points and are responsible for capacity planning for the next 18 months. The backbone runs under AS204812 with currently 18.4 Tbit/s.
- Area
- Network engineering
- Location
- Cologne · Remote (Germany)
- Employment type
- Permanent, full-time or from 30 h
Salary band (gross annual)
82,000 – 104.000 €
Full-time, excluding variable components; pro rata for part-time.
We require
- Several years of practical experience with BGP in a network with its own AS number, including route policy, RPKI and IRR maintenance
- Experience with Junos or SONiC in production operations; automation via NETCONF or gNMI instead of manual CLI work
- Willingness to be on call in a rotation of one week per six weeks, remunerated according to the on-call policy
Site reliability engineering, cloud control plane
Mid to seniorThe control plane of the Public Cloud answers around 1.4 billion API calls per month. You work on error budgets, progressive rollouts and the question of how an instance start, which currently takes an average of 35 seconds, remains below the commitment of 60 seconds even in the 99th percentile.
- Area
- Cloud platform
- Location
- Cologne · Remote (Germany)
- Employment type
- Permanent, full-time or from 30 h
Salary band (gross annual)
76,000 – 98.000 €
Full-time, excluding variable components; pro rata for part-time.
We require
- Production-level Go or Rust, including profiling and memory behaviour under load
- Practical experience with error budgets and SLO definition, not just with dashboards
- You can write a post-mortem that names causes instead of people
Storage engineering, Object Storage
SeniorOur S3-compatible object storage currently holds 1.9 EB with erasure coding 12+4. You work on rebuild times, placement strategies and the compatibility of delete markers with object locks.
- Area
- Storage
- Location
- Cologne · Remote (Germany)
- Employment type
- Permanent, full-time
Salary band (gross annual)
80,000 – 105.000 €
Full-time, excluding variable components; pro rata for part-time.
We require
- Sound knowledge of distributed storage systems, ideally Ceph, MinIO or an in-house development of comparable size
- Experience with erasure coding and the trade-offs between rebuild time, network load and usable capacity
- Confident handling of the S3 API including multipart, versioning and Object Lock in WORM mode
On-site hardware engineering
Specialist with professional experienceYou work on our hardware: assembly and modification of racks, installation and replacement of servers, structured cabling, troubleshooting of components, returns to manufacturers and inventory management. In addition, accompanying access to our racks and logging it. The place of work is Cologne; the assignments themselves occur where the platform runs — in Frankfurt am Main, Berlin, Munich and Helsinki.
- Area
- Hardware operations
- Location
- Cologne
- Employment type
- Permanent, full-time in shift work (3 shifts)
Salary band (gross annual)
52,000 – 68.000 €
plus shift allowance based on collective agreement
We require
- Completed training in electrical engineering, IT or mechatronics, or equivalent practical experience in a server environment
- Steady hand with 19-inch assembly: rails, cable routing, labelling, torque — and the patience to do it the same way a hundred times
- Willingness to work shifts and participate in emergency drills twice a year
Security engineering, detection & response
Mid to seniorYou build detection rules for our management networks, carry out the analysis of security-related events and support the annual penetration tests as well as the ISO 27001 and C5 audit processes on the technical side.
- Area
- Information security
- Location
- Cologne · Remote (Germany)
- Employment type
- Permanent, full-time or from 32 h
Salary band (gross annual)
74,000 – 96.000 €
Full-time, excluding variable components; pro rata for part-time.
We require
- Practical experience in building detection rules, e.g. with Sigma, Suricata or eBPF-based telemetry
- Understanding of attack paths in virtualisation and container environments, not just on endpoints
- Experience with reporting obligations under Art. 33 GDPR and cooperating with a supervisory authority
Systems engineering, Bare Metal provisioning
MidA server in stock is usually ready for use 90 minutes after the order. You work on the chain in between: PXE, Redfish, firmware baselines and operating system images for x86 and ARM.
- Area
- Bare Metal
- Location
- Remote (Germany) · Cologne
- Employment type
- Permanent, full-time or from 28 h
Salary band (gross annual)
72,000 – 94.000 €
Full-time, excluding variable components; pro rata for part-time.
We require
- Deep understanding of Linux: boot chain, initramfs, systemd, network configuration without distribution tools
- Experience with Redfish or IPMI for controlling servers from various manufacturers
- Enjoyment of reproducible images; knowledge of Nix, mkosi or comparable tools is an advantage
Technical support tier 2
Experienced professionalYou take over tickets that tier 1 could not resolve: network analyses, storage anomalies, billing questions for complex configurations. Fluent German and English.
- Area
- Customer Operations
- Location
- Cologne
- Employment type
- Permanent, full-time, rotation incl. weekend shifts
Salary band (gross annual)
46,000 – 60.000 €
plus allowance for weekend and night shifts
We require
- Confident handling of Linux servers, tcpdump, iperf and log analysis under time pressure
- Ability to explain technical matters in a reply that is understandable without further questions
- Fluent written and spoken German and English
Product management, Kubernetes
SeniorYou are responsible for the managed Kubernetes offering from the control plane to the CSI driver: roadmap, pricing model, version policy and weighing up which upstream features we support and which we do not.
- Area
- Product
- Location
- Remote (Germany) · Cologne
- Employment type
- Permanent, full-time or from 30 h
Salary band (gross annual)
84,000 – 106.000 €
Full-time, excluding variable components; pro rata for part-time.
We require
- You have operated Kubernetes yourself, not just managed it as a product
- Experience with pricing and quota models for infrastructure products
- Willingness to justify roadmap decisions publicly — even the uncomfortable ones
Five steps, three to four weeks
We adhere to the stated deadlines. If we are ever unable to meet them, we will still contact you and let you know when the process will continue. Leaving an application without feedback does not happen here.
Rejections include a reason. Not always a detailed one, but never the phrase “We have decided on another application” without further context.
- Until the first response
- 5 working days
- Until the decision
- 3 to 4 weeks
- Total appointments
- 3, 1 of which is voluntary
- Compensation for the trial day
- Yes, even in case of rejection
Application and screening
Feedback within 5 working daysA CV is sufficient. Cover letters are optional and do not affect the evaluation. We only need certificates when it comes to the contract. Every application is reviewed by two people, one of whom is from the hiring team.
First interview
45 minutes, videoMutual getting to know each other with the person responsible for the role and someone from recruiting. We talk about your previous work and the role. Salary band and expectations are openly on the table in this interview.
Technical interview
90 minutes, video or on-siteNo whiteboard algorithms. We discuss a real problem from the team — for SRE, for example, a real post-mortem, for network a topology decision. You may look up documentation, we do that in everyday life too.
Job shadowing
3 to 4 hours, voluntaryYou spend half a day with the team, take part in a stand-up and a planning session and speak to two future colleagues without a manager present. We pay for this appointment, even in the event of a rejection.
Offer
Within 3 working days after the last appointmentThe offer states the grading in the band, start date and equipment. We do not negotiate based on negotiation pressure, but on the grading — someone who negotiates better does not earn more with us than someone with the same experience.
Even if nothing fits right now
Speculative applications go to the same address as all others and go through the same process with the same deadlines. Tell us which department interests you — this replaces the job title, which does not exist in this case.
karriere@entronyx.cloudFeedback within 5 working days
What we need
- Required
- CV in any format, plus the role or department you are applying for.
- Optional
- Cover letter, work samples, links to public contributions. Not sending these will not put you at a disadvantage.
- Only at contract stage
- Certificates and evidence. We do not look at them beforehand.
- Not required
- Photo, date of birth, marital status, nationality, information about religion. Sending these will not give you an advantage.
What happens to your documents
- Retention
- Six months after the process ends, then complete deletion. Longer retention in the applicant pool only with your explicit consent, revocable at any time.
- Access
- Recruiting and the hiring team. No disclosure to third parties and no automated pre-selection; every access is logged.
- Your rights
- Information, correction and deletion at any time via the same address or via the data protection officer.
A CV is enough, covering letters are optional
We check every application for the task and not for a gapless CV. You will receive feedback within five working days — even if it is a rejection.
- Open positions
- 8
- Feedback
- 5 working days
- Appointments in the procedure
- 3, 1 of which is voluntary
- Job shadowing
- Compensated