Systems Engineer, Production (AWS)

TL;DR

Systems Engineer, Production (AWS): Designing and maintaining AWS infrastructure for a global legal AI platform with an accent on automation, observability, and reliability. Focus on implementing Infrastructure-as-Code via Terraform, optimizing CI/CD pipelines, and developing agentic patterns for cloud infrastructure.

Location: Must be based in Canada. Hybrid work (min. 2 days/week) is expected for those local to Burnaby, Calgary, or Toronto hubs.

Salary: $116,500 – $157,500 CAD

Company

hirify.global is the global leader in legal AI technology, empowering legal professionals and law firms to work smarter, faster, and more securely.

What you will do

• Design, build, and maintain AWS infrastructure supporting production environments.
• Implement and evolve Infrastructure-as-Code using Terraform to ensure reproducibility and compliance.
• Collaborate with developers to improve CI/CD pipelines and overall developer experience.
• Enhance observability and reliability by refining alerting, monitoring, and incident response.
• Partner with Security and MLOps teams to deliver scalable and resilient systems.
• Define agentic patterns to evolve how cloud infrastructure is built and observed.

Requirements

• Experience deploying and operating AWS managed services (RDS, EKS, Lambda) at scale.
• Expertise with Terraform and infrastructure automation.
• Strong coding foundation for designing robust automation frameworks and tooling.
• Experience with container orchestration and CI/CD systems (e.g., Buildkite, GitHub Actions).
• Proficiency in Linux systems administration, networking, and troubleshooting.
• Must be based in Canada.

Nice to have

• Production experience with Kubernetes (EKS) on AWS.
• Experience leveraging AI to accelerate code generation and infrastructure debugging.
• Prior experience in platform engineering or developer productivity teams.
• Hands-on experience managing and scaling distributed data stores like MySQL/Aurora.

Culture & Benefits

• Competitive salary with top-tier health, dental, and vision insurance.
• Hybrid work environment for hub employees and flexible remote options for those across Canada.
• Flexible time off policy with 20 encouraged days per year.
• $2,000 annual counseling benefit and RRSP matching/RESP contributions.
• hirify.globalversary recognition program for long-term tenure.