Manager, SRE WP Platform (AI)

TL;DR

Manager, SRE WP Platform (AI): Leading a team to build and extend a high-scale, cost-efficient, secure hosting platform with an accent on cloud-native architecture, automation, and AI-driven innovation. Focus on evolving a modern hosting platform, integrating AI capabilities, and ensuring platform expertise and scalability.

Location: Remote (US only). This position is not eligible to be performed in Alaska, Mississippi, North Dakota, or the Virgin Islands, and hirify.global is not currently considering candidates for this role in California, Seattle, or NYC.

Salary: $118,500 – $231,000 (USD) base pay, varying by US geographic pay groups.

Company

hirify.global empowers everyday entrepreneurs globally by providing tools and help to succeed online, enabling them to build professional websites and manage their online presence.

What you will do

• Lead a team to build and extend a high-scale, cost-efficient, secure hosting platform.
• Drive modernization using cloud-native architecture, automation, and developer experience best practices.
• Integrate AI and agentic capabilities into platform components.
• Collaborate across product, security, and operations teams.
• Mentor engineers and support infrastructure initiatives.
• Leverage automation for performance optimization.

Requirements

• Proven experience leading platform engineering teams for large-scale, high-availability hosting or cloud platforms.
• Deep expertise in cost, performance, security, and scalability.
• Strong background in cloud infrastructure (AWS, OpenStack), automation, and developer tooling.
• Experience integrating new technologies, including AI/ML.
• Familiarity with FinOps, performance monitoring, and platform security best practices.
• Experience supporting WordPress and modern application stacks.

Nice to have

• Knowledge of specific tech stack: AI (MCPs, LLMs), Orchestration (HashiCorp Nomad, Docker, Cilium), Networking (AWS NLB, Traefik, CoreDNS), Storage (EBS CSI, FSx, CephFS), Observability (Prometheus, Grafana), Databases (etcd, Redis), Application technologies (nginx unit, PHP, Node.js), IaC & Config (AWS CDK, Terraform, Ansible), and Security tools (OIDC proxy, SELinux, Illumio).

Culture & Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits including paid time off, retirement savings (e.g., 401k), bonus/incentive eligibility, and equity grants.
• Competitive health benefits and family-friendly benefits, including parental leave.
• Embraces diverse culture and offers Employee Resource Groups.
• Supports entrepreneurs and side hustles.
• Prioritizes diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging.