Staff Engineer (AWS/Kubernetes Infrastructure)

Location: European Union

Company

hirify.global builds technology for delivery services, connecting customers, merchants, and couriers across more than 500 cities in 30 countries; hirify.global operates together with DoorDash.

What you will do

• Set technical direction for shared AWS and Kubernetes infrastructure, balancing reliability, security, developer experience, and cost.
• Lead infrastructure initiatives from design through rollout and operation across hirify.global, Deliveroo, and DoorDash, with a focus on GPU workloads.
• Evolve Kubernetes clusters, cloud networking, identity, and infrastructure provisioning for varied and growing workloads.
• Build reusable Terraform patterns and self-service tooling for safe, consistent infrastructure provisioning.
• Improve GitOps, observability, capacity planning, incident response, recovery, and deployment practices.
• Mentor engineers, sunset legacy infrastructure, reduce operational toil, and use production signals and developer feedback to improve the platform.

Requirements

• Deep experience building and operating Kubernetes and AWS infrastructure in production.
• Strong software engineering skills with Go, Python, or a similar language for maintainable tools and automation.
• Experience with infrastructure as code, including Terraform, and with designing systems used by other engineering teams.
• Experience leading complex technical work across teams, including architectural decisions, delivery, and operational follow-through.
• Strong judgment regarding trade-offs in distributed systems, networking, security, reliability, and cloud cost.
• Clear communication skills and the ability to align people around a practical technical direction.

Nice to have

• Familiarity with GPU workloads and orchestration.

Culture & Benefits

• Shape infrastructure used globally while remaining involved in hands-on engineering.
• Work with multi-cluster Kubernetes, AI and ML workloads, cloud networking, GitOps, and progressive delivery at global scale.
• Own initiatives from design through operation with support from an engineering organization spanning Europe and the United States.
• Expand technical leadership and cross-domain influence in a diverse, international environment.
• Mentor and learn from engineers and leaders across the organization.