Staff Site Reliability Engineer, Platform Engineering (Web3)

TL;DR

Staff Site Reliability Engineer (Web3): Architecting and operating resilient cloud infrastructure on AWS with an accent on Kubernetes automation and multi-region operations. Focus on establishing reliability, observability, and performance standards across Tier-1 services.

Location: Remote - United States

Salary: $179,491 – $250,000

Company

hirify.global is rebuilding financial infrastructure to enable the instant movement of any asset, any time, in a trustworthy way.

What you will do

• Architect, build, and operate resilient, scalable, and self-healing cloud infrastructure on AWS.
• Lead the evolution of Kubernetes and platform services to enable secure, automated, and multi-region operations.
• Define and enforce Infrastructure as Code (IaC) standards using Terraform, AWS CDK, and Crossplane to ensure consistency, security, and auditability.
• Drive automation across provisioning, configuration, and monitoring pipelines to reduce manual effort and operational risk.
• Establish and champion reliability, observability, and performance standards across Tier-1 services, ensuring alignment with regulatory and partner requirements.
• Partner with product engineering to enhance CI/CD velocity, service resilience, and visibility through shared tooling, SLOs, and platform patterns.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field — or equivalent practical experience.
• 8+ years of experience in Site Reliability Engineering, DevOps, or related infrastructure roles.
• Deep expertise in public cloud platforms, especially AWS, with hands-on experience in services like EC2, S3, Lambda, CloudWatch, and IAM.
• Strong proficiency with Kubernetes and container orchestration.
• Extensive experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using tools such as Terraform, Pulumi, or Crossplane.
• Solid scripting or programming skills in languages like Python, Bash, or Go, with a strong focus on automation.

Nice to have

• Working knowledge of managed database services like Amazon RDS, Aurora, or PostgreSQL is a plus.

Culture & Benefits

• Competitive total compensation and benefits package, including equity and bonuses.
• Enhance engineering efficiency by creating standardized frameworks across product lines.
• Develop self-service tools to streamline processes.