Site Reliability Engineer II (Site Reliability)

TL;DR

Site Reliability Engineer II (Site Reliability): Building and operating infrastructure, tools, and developer platforms with an accent on scalability, security, and reliability. Focus on designing and scaling production environments using AWS and Terraform, improving system resilience through automated recovery strategies, and implementing robust observability practices.

Location: Remote, Canada

Salary: $115,000–$159,750 CAD/year

Company

hirify.global is the world's first Active Insurance provider, combining comprehensive insurance coverage and innovative cybersecurity tools to help businesses manage and mitigate potential cyberattacks.

What you will do

• Design, build, and scale production environments using AWS and Terraform.
• Improve the resilience and operability of the platform through failure-based testing and automated recovery strategies.
• Design and implement reusable platform components and self-service tools for developer enablement.
• Implement and maintain robust observability practices, including system metrics, distributed tracing, and SLO management.
• Guide junior engineers and contribute to evolving best practices and high infrastructure quality.
• Participate in technical design discussions, sharing feedback and adapting strategies based on team input.

Requirements

• 4+ years in SRE, DevOps, Cloud Engineering, or Software Development roles.
• Hands-on experience operating and scaling production environments within AWS.
• Strong expertise with Terraform for managing complex cloud infrastructure.
• Proficiency in Go or Python, with experience building production-grade automation, tooling, or libraries.
• Experience with ECS or Kubernetes.
• Familiarity with modern deployment tools, specifically GitHub Actions.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with an ability to evangelize reliability best practices.

Nice to have

• Experience troubleshooting complex distributed systems in high-traffic production environments.
• Exposure to event streaming systems such as Kafka or Kinesis.
• Experience contributing to Internal Developer Platforms (IDP) or automating self-service infrastructure workflows.
• Familiarity with systems security, compliance requirements, or infrastructure hardening.

Culture & Benefits

• 100% medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• Flexible PTO and annual home office stipend.
• Mental & physical health wellness programs like Headspace and Lumino.
• Competitive compensation and opportunity for advancement.
• Remote-first, highly inclusive culture with a focus on protecting businesses from digital risk.