Site Reliability Engineer (SRE)

<p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>Join Hostinger and we’ll grow fast! 🚀</strong></p><div style="min-height:1.2em;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0"> </div><p style="min-height:1.5em">Is there a limit to growth? Not at Hostinger. We’re constantly reaching new heights. With a team of 900 professionals, we are behind the success of over 3 million clients in 150 countries, helping them launch their e-shops, blogs, portfolios, businesses, and passion projects.</p><div style="min-height:1.2em;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0"> </div><p style="min-height:1.5em">Are you ready to join the fastest-growing hosting company in the world, manage thousands of servers, and scale tens of petabytes of data across 12 data centers globally? Embrace the challenge and be part of a team that's revolutionizing the industry!</p><div style="min-height:1.2em;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0"> </div><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>Our mission:</strong> To build world-class solutions for anyone to easily succeed online</p><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>Our culture:</strong> Guided by <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="postings-link" href="https://www.hostinger.com/principles"><strong>10 company principles</strong></a></p><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>Our formula for success:</strong> Customer obsession, innovative products, and talented teams.</p><div style="min-height:1.2em;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0"> </div><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>Your role at Hostinger</strong></p><p style="min-height:1.5em">In this role, you will be responsible for <strong>designing, operating, and evolving Hostinger’s core infrastructure</strong> to ensure <strong>scalability, reliability, and performance</strong> across our global platform. You will focus on <strong>provisioning and maintaining systems</strong>, <strong>improving automation</strong>, <strong>enhancing observability</strong>, and ensuring services run efficiently at scale.</p><p style="min-height:1.5em">You will work on <strong>optimizing distributed systems</strong>, improving <strong>performance and resilience</strong>, and maintaining <strong>high availability</strong> across globally deployed services. A key part of your role will involve building <strong>reliable automation</strong>, refining <strong>monitoring and alerting</strong>, and <strong>troubleshooting complex infrastructure issues</strong> to maintain maximum uptime.</p><p style="min-height:1.5em">As part of your responsibilities, you will also contribute to the operation and improvement of <strong>critical networking components</strong>, including DNS, ensuring <strong>consistent and low-latency service delivery</strong> worldwide.</p><p style="min-height:1.5em">Working closely with <strong>product and infrastructure teams</strong>, you will help <strong>evolve system architecture</strong>, <strong>strengthen security</strong>, and support <strong>new features that enhance customer experience</strong>. Your work will ensure <strong>fast, stable, and secure service delivery</strong> for millions of users globally.</p><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>Curious to learn more? Connect with your team:</strong> <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="postings-link" href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/skirmantasj/">Skirmantas Juraška, Head of Infrastructure</a></p><p style="min-height:1.5em"></p><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>Your day-to-day</strong></p><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>Provision Infrastructure:</strong> Deploy and configure new systems, servers, and related components to expand global capacity and reliability.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>Scale and Optimize Infrastructure:</strong> Continuously manage and scale infrastructure to support increasing traffic while maintaining <strong>high availability and minimal latency</strong>.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>Design and Implement Infrastructure Architectures:</strong> Build <strong>efficient, resilient systems</strong> — including distribution models, redundancy strategies, and edge optimizations.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>Monitor and Maintain Operations:</strong> Track <strong>system performance</strong>, analyze usage patterns, plan capacity growth, and ensure <strong>smooth, accurate, and uninterrupted service</strong> across all regions.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>Automate Workflows:</strong> Use tools like <strong>Ansible and Terraform</strong> to automate provisioning, configuration, and deployment processes.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>Troubleshoot Issues:</strong> Quickly diagnose and resolve <strong>infrastructure-related incidents</strong>, maintaining <strong>stability, reliability, and strong SLAs</strong>.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>Enhance Performance:</strong> Continuously measure and fine-tune <strong>response times, caching behavior, and system efficiency</strong> to improve overall <strong>performance and scalability</strong>.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>Collaborate with Product and Infrastructure Teams:</strong> Work closely with <strong>cross-functional teams</strong> to deliver <strong>infrastructure solutions</strong> tailored to product needs and support <strong>new features and improvements</strong>.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>Drive Innovation:</strong> Explore <strong>new technologies</strong>, implement improvements, and refine <strong>operational workflows</strong> to evolve and strengthen the platform.</p><p style="min-height:1.5em"></p></li></ul><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>Your skills and experience</strong></p><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>Linux Expertise:</strong> Advanced experience with Linux operating systems (Debian and Red Hat), with a strong drive to deepen expertise in open-source technologies.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>DNS Systems Proficiency:</strong> Solid hands-on experience with PDNS, MySQL clustering and replication, LMDB backends, DNSSEC, large-scale zone management, Anycast-based DNS delivery, DNS performance tuning, monitoring, automation, and DNS-focused attack mitigation.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>Design and Optimization:</strong> Proven ability to design, implement, and optimize NetBox, Ansible Tower, Terraform  solutions to ensure high availability and efficient zone management.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>Performance Monitoring:</strong> Skilled in monitoring system performance, conducting capacity planning, and ensuring smooth and reliable operation of infrastructure.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>Automation:</strong> Proficient with automation tools such as Ansible to streamline and standardize operational workflows.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>Troubleshooting:</strong> Strong problem-solving skills in diagnosing and resolving issues to maintain system stability and integrity.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>Backup and Recovery:</strong> Familiar with backup strategies, disaster recovery planning, and data replication techniques.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>Monitoring and Alerting:</strong> Experience with monitoring tools to track system health and performance metrics, including latency and query trends.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>Commitment to Excellence:</strong> Dedicated to meeting Service Level Objectives (SLOs) for infrastructure performance and availability.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>Continuous Improvement:</strong> Always seeking opportunities to innovate and enhance existing systems, processes, and operational efficiency.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>Effective Communication:</strong> Strong communication skills in Lithuanian and English, both written and spoken.</p><p style="min-height:1.5em"></p></li></ul><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>Benefits for you</strong></p><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">🚀 <strong>360 Growth:</strong> Limitless learning opportunities with access to Reforge, Couch Hub, global conferences, libraries, strong feedback culture, and mentoring through TesoXchange. We're invested in helping you level up from mid to senior.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">🎯 <strong>Freedom & responsibility:</strong> Work from modern offices in Kaunas and Vilnius, home, or anywhere in the world. Flexible schedule, trust-based culture, and the space to bring your ideas to life.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">💪<strong> Wellness simplified:</strong> Health insurance from Day 1, gym memberships, recharge leave, Headspace subscriptions, and regular health checks. Join sports, arts, and hobby clubs or enjoy work-life balance.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">🎉 <strong>Work hard - play hard:</strong> Company events like Summerfest & Winterfest, Town Hall, team-buildings, workations, Žalgiris Arena VIP Lounge access, and milestone gifts for life's big moments.</p><p style="min-height:1.5em"></p></li></ul><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>Compensation</strong></p><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Gross salary from 5000 EUR/month. Specific compensation is offered based on work experience, competence, and compliance with other job requirements.</p></li></ul><p style="min-height:1.5em">Get ready to take your personal and professional growth to new heights! Join Hostinger today and be part of our journey 🚀</p>