Haystack

DevOps

Hire Infrastructure Engineers

Hire infrastructure engineers who keep platforms running smoothly.

92% match
Vetted
Lena Schneider

Lena Schneider

Staff Infrastructure Engineer

Berlin, Germany

ai_summary6 yrs shipping production-grade infrastructure engineer work. Strong on Linux & Kubernetes.

Linux73%
Kubernetes94%
Networking77%
Terraform91%

6+

Years

€78k

Expects

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Markets

UK · DE · US

24h

First shortlist

from kick-off call

14–21

Days to hire

median across roles

Tailored

Typical mid pay (UK)

Why Haystack

The fastest way to hire infrastructure engineers without the agency tax.

Infrastructure engineers own the foundations everything else runs on - networking, compute, storage and the platforms that make engineering productive.

Haystack matches you with infrastructure engineers across cloud-native, hybrid and on-prem environments.

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Infrastructure Engineers ready to interview

A sample of infrastructure engineers currently active on Haystack. Sign in to browse full profiles, see expected salaries, and start a conversation.

96% match
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Amelia Hughes

Amelia Hughes

Senior Infrastructure Engineer

London, UK
Linux83%
Kubernetes89%
Networking89%
Terraform80%

7+

Years

£82k

Expects

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96% match
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Jordan Okafor

Jordan Okafor

Staff Infrastructure Engineer

Manchester, UK
Networking75%
Terraform88%
AWS92%
GCP80%

5+

Years

£68k

Expects

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92% match
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Priya Shah

Priya Shah

Senior Infrastructure Engineer

Bristol, UK
AWS59%
GCP48%
Azure59%
Storage48%

9+

Years

£95k

Expects

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96% match
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Liam Walker

Liam Walker

Staff Infrastructure Engineer

Edinburgh, UK
Azure78%
Storage79%
Monitoring94%
Linux81%

4+

Years

£60k

Expects

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96% match
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Lena Schneider

Lena Schneider

Staff Infrastructure Engineer

Berlin, Germany
Monitoring56%
Linux70%
Kubernetes49%
Networking69%

6+

Years

€78k

Expects

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92% match
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Maximilian Weber

Maximilian Weber

Senior Infrastructure Engineer

Munich, Germany
Kubernetes61%
Networking67%
Terraform68%
AWS65%

10+

Years

€105k

Expects

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What strong infrastructure engineers ship with

5 core · 4 nice to have

Core stack

LinuxKubernetesNetworkingTerraformAWS

Nice to have

GCPAzureStorageMonitoring

Where the talent lives

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Hires made on Haystack by teams like

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Blueprint

Hiring through Haystack takes days, not months

A repeatable five-step playbook our employers run for every role.

  1. 01

    30-min kick-off

    Day 0

    We capture the brief, scorecard and salary band. No long forms.

  2. 02

    Matches in 24h

    Day 1

    A curated shortlist of vetted candidates lands in your dashboard.

  3. 03

    Interview rounds

    Day 2–10

    We handle scheduling. You focus on the conversation.

  4. 04

    Offer & references

    Day 10–14

    We support both sides through offer and reference checks.

  5. 05

    Onboard

    Day 14–21

    Structured ramp template so your new hire ships in week one.

92%

Offer acceptance

Because every candidate has already aligned on level, comp and working pattern before you meet, infrastructure engineer offers via Haystack are accepted 92% of the time.

Leading tech employers use Haystack to hire world-class candidates

Answer Digital

"For anyone in the industry struggling with tech hiring and finding those really niche candidates, I'd highly recommend using Haystack. Ultimately Haystack helped us find great candidates that we couldn't find anywhere else."

Jonny Hiles

Jonny Hiles

Talent Acquisition Lead

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Leonardo

"Working with Haystack has helped us widen our brand, it's helped us recruit great people, and it's been an easy thing to do. When we think about our candidate experience and the experience of people in my team, I want that rounded experience and that's what we've seen with Haystack."

Craig Drysdale

Craig Drysdale

VP Talent & Engagement

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PayPoint

"I'm really impressed with the candidates that I'm finding on Haystack, I'm looking at them and thinking, 'wow, this looks like a great engineer'. We made multiple hires in our first year. It's been a really nice way to hire tech talent, with a very unique approach."

Marek Kafar

Marek Kafar

Senior IT Recruiter

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