Systems & DevOps Engineer

Deligo is a leader in visual AI self-checkout for the convenience retail industry, trusted by global brands like Compass, Sodexo, Marks & Spencer, and Spar.

We build advanced visual AI — developed by a top-notch machine learning team — to recognize food and retail items instantly. No barcodes, no manual scanning. Just place your items and tap to pay — it’s that simple. The result: a magical experience that improves everyday lives by saving time standing in checkout lines.

But this isn’t just exceptional tech: We are a tight-knit team of curious, passionate and ambitious builders who take pride in our craft and value trust in everything we do. If you’re looking to join a rocket ship and help redefine the future of AI-powered checkout, we’d love to meet you! 🚀

How you’ll make a difference

Keep our fleet running reliably: Deploy, configure and update Linux/Jetson and Windows-based systems, working with Docker, Docker Compose and infrastructure tooling such as Terraform

Deliver frequent releases: Carry out software and configuration updates across our edge devices, gradually taking on releases for our cloud Recognition Service

Investigate production issues: Be the first engineering escalation point for Customer Support. Use SSH, logs, monitoring and system state to diagnose problems, resolve common issues and bring clear findings to senior engineers when you need their help

Turn recurring work into lasting improvements: Automate repetitive tasks and improve monitoring, runbooks and deployment processes so that operational effort grows more slowly than the fleet

Connect people and systems: Work with Engineering, Customer Support and Sales, communicating technical findings clearly and helping colleagues move issues toward resolution

Grow into operational ownership: Start with close supervision, build your understanding of the architecture and progressively take on more independent decisions

On-call : Participate in an engineering on-call arrangement as we develop our formal processes

What makes you a great fit

• •Relevant professional experience: You bring at least 2-3 years of hands-on experience in systems administration, DevOps, production operations or a similar engineering role, including deploying, maintaining and troubleshooting production systems
• Practical Linux and systems knowledge: You’re comfortable working in Linux environments and understand how operating systems, services and have strong IP networking fundamentals

Hands-on Docker experience: You understand images, containers, volumes, networking, logs and configuration, and can work with containerized applications

Infrastructure and deployment fundamentals: You understand repeatable deployments and have used Terraform, Ansible or similar infrastructure automation tooling

University degree: You hold a degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Technology or a related technical field - A degree from a leading international university is a strong advantage

A systematic approach to troubleshooting: You gather evidence, test hypotheses and narrow down unfamiliar problems - you want to understand why something failed, rather than just put the fire out

Ownership and sound judgment: You follow problems through, take care with production changes and know when to involve others. You take pride in reliable operations and look for ways to improve repetitive work

Curiosity and a collaborative mindset: You learn proactively, welcome feedback and enjoy helping both technical and non-technical colleagues

Bonus

Public cloud experience

Windows administration or Intune

Monitoring and observability

CI/CD and release automation

Why join us

Opportunity to join at an early stage, making a visible impact in a fast-scaling startup

Real influence on how our products and processes evolve, with freedom to innovate

A collaborative, creative, and transparent culture where contributions are recognized

A spacious, shiny, dog-friendly office in the heart of Budapest with great transport, tasty snacks, and vibrant team events

High-tech equipment

Flexible working hours and hybrid approach

Competitive salary

Details

Start: As soon as you are ready

Location: Budapest - we operate with an office-first approach, typically requiring 4-5 days per week in-office

Contract: Permanent

Compensation: Competitive package based on experience

If you’re ready to help build a truly seamless and magical checkout experience, we encourage you to connect and explore future opportunities with Deligo. We’re looking forward to receiving your application!