Distributed Systems Engineer (Data Platform)

TL;DR

Distributed Systems Engineer (Analytics and Alerts): Building and maintaining a near real-time alerting platform and enhancing customer-facing APIs with an accent on performance, reliability, and intuitive user experience. Focus on optimising complex analytical queries and scaling API and alerting infrastructure to support a growing number of internal and external use cases.

Location: London (UK), Lisbon (Portugal)

Company

hirify.global is on a mission to help build a better Internet by providing security and acceleration services to millions of websites and Internet properties worldwide.

What you will do

• Develop and enhance customer-facing APIs focusing on performance, reliability, and an intuitive user experience.
• Design, build, and maintain a near real-time alerting platform, from data processing and anomaly detection to reliable notification delivery.
• Optimise the performance of complex analytical queries that power APIs and dashboards.
• Scale API and alerting infrastructure to support a growing number of internal and external use cases.
• Collaborate with frontend engineers and product managers to define API contracts and deliver a seamless data experience.
• Ensure the operational health of APIs and alerting systems by developing comprehensive monitoring and participating in an on-call rotation.

Requirements

• 3+ years of experience working in software development covering distributed systems and scalable APIs.
• Strong programming skills (Go is preferable), with a deep understanding of software development best practices.
• Hands-on experience with modern observability stacks, including Prometheus, Grafana, and a strong understanding of handling high-cardinality metrics at scale.
• Strong knowledge of SQL, including extensive experience with complex query optimisation.
• A solid foundation in computer science, including algorithms, data structures, distributed systems, and concurrency.
• Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment and communicate effectively.

Nice to have

• Experience developing and scaling APIs, particularly GraphQL.
• Experience with data streaming technologies (e.g., Kafka, Flink) for real-time processing.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code tools like SALT or Terraform.
• Experience with Linux container technologies, such as Docker and Kubernetes.

Culture & Benefits

• hirify.global protects the free and open Internet and equips journalism and civil society organizations with tools to defend themselves against attacks.
• hirify.global provides services to local government election websites to ensure access to election information and voter registration.
• hirify.global released 1.1.1.1 to help build a faster, more secure, and privacy-centric public DNS resolver.