Site Reliability Engineer - Senior - NordVPN Apps

📍 Poland

PLN 279,600-408,000 per year

SENIOR

✅ Remote

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Details

Join the team behind NordVPN, Threat Protection Pro, the NordLynx protocol, and other privacy and security products. This role supports the Infrastructure & Services layer used by internal Data Analysts, Scientists, and Engineers.

Responsibilities

Run and maintain the Infrastructure & Services layer with a senior-leaning SRE team.
Design, build, maintain, and document internal platforms focused on automation, reliability, and scalability.
Own the stability, availability, and security of services including Minio, Spark, Kafka, OpenSearch, Tableau, and more.
Engineer resilient systems designed to avoid the need for on-call rotations.
Support Product teams using services such as OpenSearch for real-time analytics and Tableau for long-term reporting.
Debug queries, code, and workflows together with Analysts, Scientists, and Engineers.
Drive cost optimization and capacity planning for more than 100 bare-metal servers and petabyte-scale storage.
Diagnose hardware faults, including failing disks and memory, and coordinate remote hands for physical fixes.
Promote automation and engineering best practices through ongoing research and development.
Help shape the team's structure, tooling, and future direction.

Requirements

At least 5 years of experience in Systems Engineering, SRE, or DevOps, with demonstrated ownership of system design and architecture.
At least 5 years of production experience with Linux/Debian.
Proficiency in Python, Bash, and Git.
Hands-on experience with containerization; all services are containerized.
Production experience managing servers and services with Ansible.
Experience with Grafana and observability tooling.
Experience building and operating GitLab CI/CD pipelines.
Ability to debug across the stack and across team boundaries, including other people's code and data workflows.
Practical understanding of server hardware and common failure modes.
Excellent written and spoken English.
A proactive, detail-oriented mindset and willingness to solve complex problems.

Bonus Points

Experience operating Minio, Spark, Kafka, OpenSearch, or Tableau.
Mentoring or technical leadership experience.
A home lab.

Technologies and Tools

Python
Bash
Git
Docker Compose
Ansible
GitLab CI/CD
Grafana
OpenSearch
Kafka
Minio
AI assistants

Benefits

Online and in-person training, access to Coursera and Skillshare, mentorship, and internal career opportunities.
Extra vacation days, sick leave, special-occasion leave, and parenting leave.
Private health insurance in Lithuania and Poland.
Calm, Headspace, and Mindletic subscriptions, plus resilience and mindfulness training.
In-house gyms, Multisport and Urban Sport cards, online workouts, and physical well-being support.
Company workations, team-building activities, company events, and milestone gifts.
Flexible work-from-anywhere options.
Summer camps for children and family-friendly flexibility.
Access to the Vilnius headquarters and its workspace facilities.