CAREERS AT ALTOVAR

BUILD THE SOVEREIGN FUTURE.

We're a small, focused team building the software and infrastructure that European businesses deserve. Remote-first. EU-native. Ambitious. We're not hiring from a list — we're looking for exceptional people who care about the mission.

CURRENT STATUS
Early Build Phase
LOCATION Remote · EU Only
FOUNDED 2026 · Italy
OUR PHILOSOPHY
We don't post job listings. We find exceptional people.

Most companies hire to fill roles. We hire to build a mission. If you believe that European organisations deserve infrastructure they actually control — infrastructure that can't be switched off by a foreign court, a geopolitical shift, or a SaaS price increase — then we'd like to know you exist.

The people who interview you will be the people you work with. No hiring managers, no HR screens.
We don't do take-home tests that eat your weekend. We have a technical conversation about your actual work instead.
No open positions doesn't mean no opportunities. It means we haven't found the right person yet.

These are the disciplines we're building across. If you work in any of these areas and care about the mission, we want to hear from you — regardless of whether we have a formal opening.

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INFRASTRUCTURE & CLOUD

Infrastructure Engineering

Distributed systems, Kubernetes orchestration, Rust back-end services, and EU data centre operations. We build infrastructure we can stand behind — physically and legally.

RustKubernetesTerraformLinuxPostgreSQLRedis
Stay tuned for openings →
02
SECURITY & IAM

Identity & Security

Identity, access management, cryptography, and compliance engineering. Auris is our flagship IAM platform — built from first principles with security as the architectural foundation.

OAuth2/OIDCOpenFGACryptographyNIS2GDPRRust
Stay tuned for openings →
03
PRODUCT & DESIGN

Product Engineering

End-to-end product design, front-end engineering, and user research. We build products that feel right — not just products that work. Craft matters here.

ReactTypeScriptNext.jsTauriFigmaTailwindCSS
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04
DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS

Back-end & Data

Real-time systems, messaging infrastructure, email protocols, archiving, and full-text search. The invisible layer that makes everything else possible — built to run on EU soil permanently.

RustWebRTCNaClTantivyIMAP/SMTPAxumSQLite
Stay tuned for openings →

REMOTE-FIRST

Work from anywhere in the EU. We communicate asynchronously, document decisions in writing, and trust people to manage their own time and environment.

ASYNC BY DEFAULT

Meetings are the exception, not the default. We write things down. Clear, complete communication in writing over real-time interruption.

OPEN SOURCE DNA

We build with open standards and contribute back. Our code is auditable and we value transparency over trade secrets and accumulating vendor lock-in.

EU SOVEREIGNTY FIRST

Every decision is made with European data sovereignty in mind. This is the mission — not a marketing line. We do not compromise on this principle.

SMALL TEAMS, BIG SCOPE

We move fast because we stay small. Every person has genuine impact. There is no bureaucracy between your work and what ships to users.

TRANSPARENT BY DEFAULT

Roadmap, decisions, and failures — shared internally. We fix mistakes openly and learn from them without blame or hidden agendas.

THE PROFILE WE'RE LOOKING FOR

Not a job description. A character sketch.

01

You care deeply about craft and write code (or design) that you would be proud of in five years.

02

You think in systems and ask "why" before writing the first line of anything.

03

European data sovereignty isn't a compliance checkbox to you — it's a position you hold.

04

You are comfortable with ambiguity and find clarity in first principles, not process documents.

05

You ship things. Not perfect specs. Not endless iterations. Working software in the hands of users.

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You prefer a clear problem over a crowded meeting, and writing over talking.

We don't run a bureaucratic hiring funnel. Here's exactly what happens when you reach out:

01
WRITE TO US

Send a note to [email protected]. Tell us what you build and what you'd want to work on. No template, no cover letter — just be direct about who you are.

02
INTRO CALL

A 30-minute conversation about the mission, the team, and what you're looking for. Low-pressure, no preparation required.

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TECHNICAL CONVERSATION

A deeper discussion about your work — past projects, how you think, what you've shipped. Show us something you're proud of. We'll do the same.

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JOIN THE MISSION

If it's a match, we move quickly. No committee, no months of delay. We value your time as much as ours — decisions happen in days, not weeks.

JOIN THE TEAM

INTERESTED?LET'S TALK.

Send us your background and what you'd want to build. No template, no cover letter. Just tell us who you are and why the mission matters to you.

WRITE TO US →