Senior Site Reliability Engineer

TL;DR

Senior Site Reliability Engineer: Leading reliability initiatives for CME's critical Markets portfolio, focusing on architecting and implementing solutions for low-latency, high-reliability services on the Globex trading platform. Focus on driving systemic improvements, automation, and leading incident response for distributed systems.

Location: Hybrid, based in Chicago, US

Salary: $116,600–$194,300

Company

hirify.global is the world’s leading derivatives marketplace, transforming industries and shaping the future of financial services technology.

What you will do

• Define reliability targets and establish SLIs/SLOs for critical systems.
• Lead reliability architecture by designing and delivering improvements in observability, monitoring, and alerting.
• Drive the reliability roadmap, identifying risks and influencing prioritization.
• Architect and implement sophisticated automation for deployment, scaling, and recovery.
• Lead major incident response and drive long-term fixes through post-mortems.
• Champion SRE culture, mentoring engineers and embedding best practices into the SDLC.

Requirements

• 5+ years of professional experience in Site Reliability, DevOps, or Software Engineering with a focus on reliability.
• Expert-level knowledge of administering, troubleshooting, and tuning Linux-based production systems.
• Strong coding and architecture skills in Python or Go.
• Proven experience driving reliability improvements across teams or services.
• Deep understanding of application architecture, distributed systems, and messaging protocols.
• Exceptional communication and leadership skills.

Nice to have

• Extensive experience architecting and managing solutions in Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and GKE.
• Expertise in modern observability stacks (Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry).
• Deep, practical experience with Kubernetes and Docker.
• Strong knowledge of networking protocols (HTTP, TCP/UDP, IP).
• Significant experience in financial markets or low-latency trading systems.

Culture & Benefits

• Work on cutting-edge technology in a collaborative and innovative culture.
• Competitive compensation and benefits package, including an annual target bonus and equity program.
• Comprehensive health coverage, 401(k), and an active pension plan.
• Highly competitive education reimbursement provisions, paid time off, and mental health benefits.
• Opportunities for career growth in SRE.