Systems Engineering Werkstudent

About Us

LILY is building the next generation of cloud infrastructure. Instead of incrementally improving existing cloud stacks, we are rethinking the entire system from the ground up. We are developing an infrastructure where runtime, scaling, and orchestration are deeply integrated rather than existing as separate layers. The result is a fundamentally different cloud architecture that provides significantly greater control, performance, and efficiency.

Your Role

As a Working Student in Systems Engineering, you will work across our Rust-based stack, from user-space services to our decentralized backend architecture. You will join a small, highly technical team and gain hands-on experience with modern distributed systems while contributing to the core of our platform.

Your Responsibilities

• Develop system software and services in Rust
• Contribute to user-space services and our decentralized backend architecture
• Improve and extend our infrastructure stack and developer toolchains
• Analyze and optimize performance at the low-level systems layer
• Help design new approaches for distributed system architecture
• Collaborate closely with experienced systems engineers

What We're Looking For

• Currently pursuing a degree in Computer Science
• Strong interest in distributed systems, operating systems, or low-level programming
• Experience with Rust or similar systems programming languages is helpful but not required
• Curiosity, a strong willingness to learn, and genuine enthusiasm for complex technical systems
• Ability to work independently and quickly pick up new technologies

What We Offer

• Competitive compensation
• Modern equipment, including a MacBook
• Flexible working hours and a hybrid work environment
• Direct involvement in technically challenging infrastructure projects
• A startup environment with significant ownership, responsibility, and a steep learning curve

Why LILY

• At LILY, you won't just build features. You'll help shape the foundation of future software systems. You'll work on the technology that determines how software is executed, orchestrated, and scaled, solving problems at the infrastructure layer that will define the next generation of cloud computing.