Site Reliability Engineer (Observability)

TL;DR

Site Reliability Engineer (Observability): Designing and operating open-source observability pipelines for logs, metrics, traces, and alerts with an accent on scalability and system reliability. Focus on building AI-powered tooling for detection and response and championing observability best practices across the organization.

Location: Onsite in Geneva or Paris. The role emphasizes in-person collaboration.

Company

hirify.global is a privacy-focused company providing encrypted email, VPN, Drive, and Calendar services to millions of users globally.

What you will do

• Design, deploy, and operate observability pipelines for logs, metrics, traces, and alerts using open-source technologies.
• Partner with development and platform teams to deliver practical alerting and dashboarding solutions.
• Build reusable templates and tooling to streamline onboarding, incident response, and analysis.
• Champion observability best practices and raise instrumentation standards across the company.
• Develop AI-powered tooling to enhance detection, analysis, and response capabilities.
• Iteratively evolve the observability platform to meet internal stakeholder needs.

Requirements

• Extensive experience in SRE, DevOps, or Platform Engineering roles.
• Proficiency in writing Python and/or Go for tooling and automation.
• Hands-on experience operating open-source observability stacks (logs, metrics, traces, alerting).
• Working knowledge of Kubernetes and GitOps workflows.
• Practical experience with infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, Ansible, Puppet) and strong Linux system administration skills.

Nice to have

• Familiarity with OpenTelemetry.
• Experience running ClickHouse for large-scale log and metric storage.
• Interest in or experience with AI/ML tooling.

Culture & Benefits

• Ownership through stock options from day one.
• High-impact work in a company that answers only to its users, not investors.
• Comprehensive health coverage and solid retirement options.
• In-person collaboration in offices across Geneva, Zürich, Barcelona, and London.
• Daily free lunch and snacks provided in the office.
• Transport subsidies covering public transport, bike allowances, or parking.
• Flexible working hours focused on outcomes rather than clock-ins.