Senior Site Reliability Engineer (Database Services)

TL;DR

Senior Site Reliability Engineer (Database Services): Designing, developing, and deploying automated solutions for production database infrastructure for MySQL, PostgreSQL, and Cassandra systems with an accent on reliability, scalability, and performance. Focus on building software and automation tools in Golang to manage and maintain over a million databases within a large WordPress fleet.

Location: Remote (United Kingdom)

Company

hirify.global is empowering everyday entrepreneurs around the world by providing the help and tools to succeed online.

What you will do

• Design and develop automation tools and services in Golang to streamline database operations and improve efficiency across 50+ teams.
• Build and maintain REST APIs and microservices to enhance automation capabilities and enable seamless integration with database infrastructure.
• Develop custom software solutions and internal tooling to meet team and organizational needs for database management at scale.
• Engineer CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation using infrastructure as code practices.
• Architect and implement solutions for migrating database infrastructure to modernized virtual machine environments.
• Develop monitoring, alerting, and observability solutions to track system performance and ensure high availability of database clusters.

Requirements

• 2+ years in Golang with demonstrated experience building production-grade applications and services.
• 2+ years of experience working with relational databases (MySQL, PostgreSQL) OR NoSQL databases (Cassandra), including understanding of deployment, configuration, and management at scale.
• Proven experience designing and implementing REST APIs and backend services.
• Experience with microservices architecture and distributed systems design.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines, automated testing frameworks, and continuous deployment workflows.
• Experience with Linux/Unix systems and developing software that operates at scale.

Nice to have

• Experience with Python for automation and tooling.
• Experience with containerization and orchestration using Docker and Kubernetes.
• Exposure to compute platforms such as OpenStack or AWS.
• Experience with observability and monitoring tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, or Nagios-based systems.

Culture & Benefits

• Offers a range of total rewards including paid time off, retirement savings (e.g., 401k, pension schemes), bonus/incentive eligibility, and equity grants.
• Provides competitive health benefits and family-friendly benefits including parental leave.
• Embraces a diverse culture with Employee Resource Groups and encourages entrepreneurs.
• Committed to empowering entrepreneurs globally and making opportunity more inclusive for all.
• Prioritizes diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging principles in how they work every day.