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Staff Infrastructure Software Engineer (Kubernetes)

Cresta Germany (Remote) Full-time Engineering Posted Jun 2, 2026
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What it’s like to work at Cresta

AI Contact Center Intelligence · Palo Alto

4.6
Employee Rating
3.7
Work-Life Balance
114
Open Roles
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What employees love

  • World-class engineering talent with zero politics and deep individual ownership
  • Strong comp with real equity upside — median $271k TC for US engineers

What could be better

  • Fast-paced culture can be at odds with work-life balance during sprints
  • Hyper-growth means roles and processes are constantly evolving
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About the Role

Cresta unlocks the true potential of the customer experience, turning every conversation into a competitive advantage. Cresta’s unified AI platform combines conversational AI agents, real-time human agent augmentation, and comprehensive conversation intelligence to drive revenue and efficiency gains across every channel. The world’s leading companies, including United Airlines, Cox Communications, and Marriott, use Cresta to power world-class customer experiences every day.

Born from the Stanford AI Lab, Cresta has raised more than $270 million from the world’s leading investors, including a16z, Greylock, and Sequoia. Cresta’s leadership includes some of the leading minds in AI today. Our CEO, Ping Wu, founded and led Google's Contact Center AI and Vertex AI platforms before joining Cresta to build the future of AI-driven customer experiences.

Over the next few years, AI is going to redefine how people all over the world interact with businesses every day. Come build that future at Cresta.

About the role:

As a member of the infrastructure team you are responsible for designing, building, and advancing our core infrastructure that allows the engineering team to execute quickly, productively, and securely. You will join a collaborative but highly autonomous working environment in which each member has a defined role with clear expectations, as well as the freedom to pursue projects they find interesting.

Responsibilities:

What we are looking for:

  • 5+ years experience in DevOps, Site Reliability Engineering, Production Engineering, or equivalent field.
  • Deep proficiency with coding languages such as Golang or Python.
  • Deep familiarity with container-related security best practices.
  • Production experience working with Kubernetes, and a deep understanding of the Kubernetes ecosystem, including popular open-source tooling such as cert-manager or external-dns. Experience with GPU-enabled clusters is a bonus.
  • Production experience with Kubernetes templating tools such as Helm or Kustomize.
  • Production experience with IAC tools such as Terraform or CloudFormation.
  • Production experience working with AWS and services such as IAM, S3, EC2, and EKS.
  • Production experience with other cloud providers such as Google Cloud and Azure is a bonus.
  • Production experience with database software such as PostgreSQL
  • Experience with GitOps tooling such as Flux or Argo.
  • Experience with CI/CD such as GitHub Actions.

Perks & Benefits:

  • Paid parental leave to support you and your family
  • Monthly Health & Wellness allowance
  • PTO: 28 days in Berlin

Compensation for this position includes a base salary, equity, and a variety of benefits. Actual base salaries will be based on candidate-specific factors, including experience, skillset, and location, and local minimum pay requirements as applicable. Your recruiter can provide further details.

We have noticed a rise in recruiting impersonations across the industry, where scammers attempt to access candidates' personal and financial information through fake interviews and offers. All Cresta recruiting email communications will always come from the @cresta.ai domain. Any outreach claiming to be from Cresta via other sources should be ignored. If you are uncertain whether you have been contacted by an official Cresta employee, reach out to recruiting@cresta.ai

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the work-life balance like at Cresta?
Cresta has a work-life balance score of 3.7/5 based on employee reviews. This is about average for the AI/tech industry.
What is Cresta’s culture like?
Cresta is characterized by these culture values: eng-driven, ship-fast, learning, equity, product-impact. Based on employee reviews, the company has an overall rating of 4.6/5. World-class engineering talent with zero politics and deep individual ownership
How many open roles does Cresta have?
Cresta currently has 114 open roles across departments including engineering, product, sales, and more. Roles are refreshed daily from their careers page.
Is this role remote-friendly?
This role is located in Germany (Remote). Check the job description above for specific location and remote work details.
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