Staff Site Reliability Engineer - Platform Engineering | NordVPN

Nord Security

• $110K — $130K *
Poland, ME 04274In-Person
Information Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
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Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Experience in designing and operating globally distributed systems
  • Strong understanding of systems architecture, including service communication and resilience patterns
  • Proficient in Linux administration at scale
  • Skilled in using Docker for container management
  • Familiar with various databases like PostgreSQL, MySQL, and Redis
  • Experience with web server management and load balancing techniques
  • Working knowledge of dedicated/bare-metal hardware management
  • Proficient in Python or similar programming languages
  • Familiar with AI and LLM tooling for engineering workflows

Responsibilities

  • Design and manage on-demand, distributed backend services
  • Make critical architectural decisions for service integration and scaling
  • Oversee the entire lifecycle from planning to incident response
  • Enhance infrastructure tooling and automation processes
  • Contribute to engineering standards and documentation
  • Integrate AI tools into engineering workflows

Benefits

  • Access to advanced technologies and tools
  • Opportunities for professional growth and development
  • Flexible working arrangements
  • A collaborative work environment
  • Potential for contributions to innovative AI solutions
Full Job Description
Main Responsibilities
  • Design and operate on-demand, globally distributed backend services
  • Make architectural decisions on how internal services integrate and scale
  • Manage the full lifecycle: planning, implementation, monitoring, incident response, postmortems
  • Maintain and improve infrastructure tooling and automation
  • Contribute to engineering standards, documentation, and operational maturity
  • Evaluate and integrate AI tooling (LLMs, Claude Code, model integrations) into engineering workflows
Core Requirements
  • Designing and operating globally distributed systems
  • Systems architecture - service communication, data flow, resilience patterns
  • Linux administration at scale (systemd, kernel tuning, debugging production systems)
  • Docker - building, shipping, and running containers in production
  • Databases - PostgreSQL, MySQL, Redis, OpenSearch, VictoriaMetrics
  • Web servers, load balancing, and failover (Nginx, HAProxy, or similar)
  • Working with dedicated/bare-metal hardware
  • Python or another scripting/programming language
  • Familiarity with AI/LLM tooling and practical application in engineering workflows
Bonus Points For
  • Kubernetes in production environments
  • SaltStack (used heavily internally)
  • Advanced networking - BGP, anycast, tunneling, traffic engineering
Tools You Will Use
  • GitLab
  • Nexus
  • Consul
  • SaltStack
  • Vault
  • OpenSearch
  • VictoriaMetrics
  • Prefect/Airflow/Dagster
  • Grafana
* Ladders Estimates

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