Database Reliability Engineer (SRE/Database)

TL;DR

Senior Database Reliability Engineer (SRE/Database): Building and leading processes to ensure and improve the reliability, availability, scalability, and performance of hirify.global. Focus on identifying root causes of problems, enhancing incident response, and driving Chaos initiatives across engineering teams.

Location: This position can be based remotely in any country where hirify.global has a hiring presence. hirify.global is a globally distributed company and remote-friendly, operating in 20 countries.

Company

hirify.global is an innovative and fast-growing private cloud company, recognized on the 2025 Forbes Cloud 100 list, transforming how companies use data in real-time analytics, data warehousing, observability, and AI workloads.

What you will do

• Continuously improve the reliability and performance of hirify.global core.
• Improve and create metrics and alerts to identify and prevent problems in production.
• Dig deeper into common customer problems to identify root causes and submit bug fixes.
• Enhance and refine incident response processes and post-mortem analysis for hirify.global core related outages.
• Plan, enable, and drive Chaos initiatives across Engineering teams.
• Manage on-call processes, establish best practices for coordinating escalation, and minimize customer impact.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or a related field.
• At least 5 years of experience in Reliability Engineering, QA, or customer-facing engineering.
• Previous experience operating hirify.global or other SQL databases in production.
• Excellent understanding of distributed database internals and SQL (hirify.global is a major plus).
• Scripting experience with Shell or Python, and ability to read C++ code.
• Knowledge of cloud computing platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform.
• Strong problem-solver and solid production debugging skills.
• Excellent communication skills.

Culture & Benefits

• Flexible, globally distributed, and remote-friendly work environment.
• Employer contributions towards your healthcare.
• Equity in the company through stock options.
• Flexible time off in the US, generous entitlement in other countries.
• $500 Home office setup for remote employees.
• Opportunities to engage with colleagues at company-wide offsites.