Site Reliability Engineer (Python/Go)

Location: Chicago or New York, United States

Annual base salary: $200,000–$225,000 USD

Company

hirify.global researches, develops, and deploys technology for global financial markets, including trading infrastructure, exchange connectivity, colocation systems, and low-latency networks.

What you will do

• Work across systems engineering and software development on internal platforms managing global infrastructure and colocation environments.
• Architect, build, and maintain streaming monitoring tools, real-time packet and flow analysis systems, configuration management, and automation frameworks.
• Improve platform quality, operational efficiency, service resilience, alerting, and observability.
• Debug low-level performance issues across complex software stacks.
• Collaborate with engineering teams distributed around the world to evolve trading infrastructure.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience with Python and Go.
• Strong Linux experience and knowledge of streaming systems architecture.
• Experience with message and streaming queues such as Apache Kafka or RabbitMQ.
• Working knowledge of Rust and C/C++, plus experience with columnar or big-data stores and time-series databases.
• Experience with version control, CI/CD, application deployment, Kubernetes, pods, and containers.
• Proven experience solving infrastructure reliability challenges, with strategic thinking and dependable availability.

Nice to have

• Additional Rust experience.
• Exposure to Arista or Cisco hardware.
• Routing protocol or network design knowledge.

Culture & Benefits

• Research-driven environment focused on innovation, collaboration, and intellectual honesty.
• Discretionary bonus eligibility.
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance, plus HSA and FSA options.
• Paid vacation, paid holidays, paid parental leave, and wellness programs.
• Employer-matched retirement plan and life insurance coverage.