Lead Systems Reliability Engineer (Linux & Distributed Systems)

TL;DR

Lead Systems Reliability Engineer (Linux & Distributed Systems): Building and maintaining high-scale data-driven platforms leveraging technologies like Aerospike, MongoDB, and Kafka, with an accent on real-time activities and sub-millisecond latency. Focus on designing automation for stateful distributed systems, pushing hardware endurance limits, and deep performance engineering across kernel, hardware, and system interactions.

Company

hirify.global is a global technology company creating a more open internet for everyone through principled, intelligent advertising.

What you will do

• Lead a team to influence, manage, and plan work streams, systems, and data structures at scale within a global ecosystem.
• Encourage, improve, and build infrastructure automation for stateful systems at scale.
• Own operations for Linux-based systems running Aerospike, Kafka, and Mongo.
• Serve as a point of contact for new use cases, answer questions, and participate in on-call rotation.
• Benchmark and analyze next-generation hardware offerings.

Requirements

• Linux operating system knowledge.
• Leadership experience and ability to mentor.
• Strong troubleshooting techniques for isolation and identifying bottlenecks.
• Empathetic, objective, and critical thinker who understands the 'why' behind objectives.
• Ability to welcome diverse ideas and build from common ground.
• Creative thinker, not bound by traditional methods, with a focus on learning, innovating, collaborating, and adapting.

Nice to have

• Experience with physical hardware internals, management, and operation.
• Experience performing testing and tuning.
• Familiarity with databases (relational or NoSQL).
• Experience with Ansible, PyInfra, or Chef.
• Knowledge of Prometheus and Kubernetes.
• Proficiency in Python, Ruby, Rust, Bash, or Golang/C#.

Culture & Benefits

• Award-winning culture based on trust, ownership, empathy, and collaboration.
• Commitment to fostering inclusive spaces where everyone can bring their authentic selves to work.
• Value unique experiences and perspectives from diverse backgrounds.