Lead Site Reliability Engineer

TL;DR

Lead Site Reliability Engineer (SLS): Building and leading SRE for multi-tenant distributed storage services that enhance hirify.global Atlas with an accent on reliability, durability, and operational safety. Focus on defining SLOs, shaping capacity plans, executing multi-year roadmap, and guiding architectural design reviews.

Must be based in Dublin for hybrid working model.

Company

hirify.global is a cloud-native database platform available across AWS, GCP, and Azure, powering applications for over 60,000 customers including 75% of Fortune 100.

What you will do

• Build and lead a team of 6-8 engineers, fostering culture, career growth, performance, and removing blockers
• Define technical vision and roadmap for multi-tenant distributed storage systems, balancing strategic goals and immediate needs
• Contribute hands-on: lead architectural reviews, review PRs, guide through complex operational challenges
• Act as primary liaison with engineering leaders for platform alignment and stakeholder management

Requirements

• 10+ years experience with software and operating distributed systems, 2+ years managing engineering teams
• Customer-focused mindset treating internal developers as primary users
• Value efficiency, track record optimizing workflows
• Prefer automation over manual processes to eliminate toil
• Deep familiarity with Kubernetes, containerization, IaC (Terraform, Crossplane, Operators)
• Experience operating stateful storage/database systems at scale, durability/consistency/recovery trade-offs
• Excel at translating requirements into phased technical roadmaps
• High empathy, responsibility, ownership, accountability, excellent technical communication

Nice to have

• Leading major architectural shifts like legacy to multi-tenant storage with data migrations
• Managing infrastructure across multi-cloud (AWS, GCP, Azure)
• Designing secure multi-tenant runtime environments at scale

Culture & Benefits

• Supportive culture with employee affinity groups, fertility assistance, generous parental leave
• Leadership Commitment guiding decisions and team interactions
• Offices worldwide, focus on personal growth and business impact
• Committed to accommodations for disabilities and equal opportunities