Staff Software Engineer (Go)

TL;DR

Staff Software Engineer (Go/Python): Building and scaling the Grafana Cloud k6 performance testing product with an accent on operational excellence and SRE practices. Focus on establishing reliability frameworks (SLIs/SLOs), guiding distributed systems architecture, and scaling a culture of engineering excellence across teams.

Location: Must be based in Spain time zones

Salary: EUR 94,025 - 112,830

Company

hirify.global is a remote-first, open-source powerhouse providing observability solutions through the LGTM Stack used by millions of users and thousands of companies globally.

What you will do

• Define standards for operational excellence and coach teams to own reliability and availability.
• Drive mature DevOps/SRE practices, including incident response, PIRs, on-call readiness, and observability.
• Establish reliability frameworks such as SLIs/SLOs and error budgets to guide engineering trade-offs.
• Guide the design, development, and operation of large-scale distributed cloud systems.
• Influence product and system direction through architectural discussions and design reviews.
• Grow into broader application and product development leadership as the reliability foundation matures.

Requirements

• Strong experience with DevOps/SRE practices and operating production systems at scale.
• Strong programming background in a modern language (Go and Python are primary).
• Experience designing, building, and operating large-scale distributed systems.
• Deep understanding of reliability engineering concepts, including incident management and failure modes.
• Experience with test automation, specifically performance and functional testing.
• Ability to operate autonomously in ambiguous environments with strong technical communication skills.

Nice to have

• Experience with containerized and cloud-native systems (Docker, Kubernetes, AWS).
• Familiarity with the Grafana observability stack.
• Experience with JavaScript or Jsonnet.
• Experience building event-driven or asynchronous systems.

Culture & Benefits

• 100% remote-first global culture with a focus on collaboration and transparency.
• Global annual leave policy of 30 days, including company-wide shutdown days.
• Provision of modern AI coding assistants and access to frontier LLMs (GPT, Claude, Gemini).
• Innovation-driven environment with high autonomy and trust.
• Defined career growth pathways and approachable, transparent leadership.