Senior SRE Engineer (Fintech)

TL;DR

Senior SRE Engineer (DevOps/Fintech): Designing and maintaining reliable infrastructure and platform services across multiple regions with an accent on reliability patterns, SLI/SLO definition, and fault-tolerant architecture. Focus on automating toil, leading incident response, and improving CI/CD pipelines for a scalable fintech ecosystem.

Location: Workday must start no later than 2 PM (GMT+8) / 7 AM (CET) to ensure collaboration with the international team.

Company

hirify.global is a rapidly expanding fintech company serving thousands of customers in the Philippines, aiming to evolve into a full-fledged financial ecosystem.

What you will do

• Design, build, and maintain reliable infrastructure and platform services across multiple regions.
• Own reliability for assigned services, including SLI/SLO definition, monitoring, and continuous improvement.
• Implement and optimize Infrastructure as Code (IaC), CI/CD pipelines, and automation tooling.
• Lead incident response for critical production issues and conduct thorough postmortems.
• Mentor junior and mid-level engineers through code reviews and knowledge sharing.
• Drive architectural improvements to enhance availability, performance, and fault tolerance.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in SRE, infrastructure, or platform engineering.
• Strong expertise in distributed systems, reliability patterns, and fault-tolerant architecture.
• Proficiency in Python, Go, or similar languages, and Bash scripting.
• Deep hands-on experience with Kubernetes operations and troubleshooting at scale.
• Strong experience with public cloud platforms (AWS, GCP) in production environments.
• Proficiency with Infrastructure as Code using Terraform and Terragrunt.

Nice to have

• Database operations experience with PostgreSQL, MongoDB, or ClickHouse.
• GitLab CI/CD pipelines and Helm chart development.
• Background in financial services or regulated environments.
• Familiarity with security and compliance frameworks like ISO 27001, SOC 2, or NIST.
• Experience with Chaos Engineering or DR testing.

Culture & Benefits

• Opportunity to work in a rapidly expanding fintech environment.
• Collaboration within a diverse international team.
• Culture of continuous improvement, evaluating new tools and methodologies.
• Strong emphasis on mentorship and professional growth through pairing and reviews.

Hiring process

• Application review on a rolling basis.
• Initial response typically within 2–3 business days if there is a fit.