Staff Systems Engineer

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. Lead design, implementation, and scaling of core infrastructure across compute, data, observability, and networking layers .

Posted 10/13/2026full-timeDublin • IrelandLead💰 €118,000 - €145,000 per yearWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in systems engineering, DevOps, and cloud architecture, with a strong focus on optimizing infrastructure for high performance and reliability. Proven ability to lead projects that align technical decisions with business goals while mentoring teams to uphold engineering excellence.

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Systems EngineeringDevOpsCloud ArchitectureBackend Development in PythonAWS Experience

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Hard Skills

Distributed SystemsEvent-Driven ArchitecturesData-Heavy Backend SystemsCapacity PlanningRelease AutomationPerformance TuningOperational ExcellenceHigh-Throughput API ServicesPython (Django)Infrastructure Scaling

Soft Skills

Problem SolvingMentoringCollaborationBusiness AwarenessHigh Agency

Tools & Technologies

AWS (ECS, S3, Bedrock)TerraformDockerDatadogGrafanaPostgresRedisVueJSAnthropic

Industry Keywords

Infrastructure ProjectsOperational RiskDeveloper EfficiencySystem ReliabilityOn-Call Best Practices

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSCloudDistributed SystemsDjangoDockerGrafanaPostgresPythonRedisTerraformVue.js

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead design, implementation, and scaling of core infrastructure across compute, data, observability, and networking layers
Optimize deployment pipelines, test environments, and release automation to improve developer efficiency and reduce operational risk
Monitor and improve production system uptime, latency, and cost performance
Collaborate with engineers to tune service performance, database access patterns, and caching strategies
Own capacity planning, system reliability, and on-call best practices
Drive architectural decisions for high-throughput API services
Contribute to tooling and processes that foster operational excellence across engineering
Lead infrastructure projects from roadmap through rollout, anchored in business impact and product goals
Mentor teammates and model high standards for engineering quality, documentation, and decision-making

Requirements

What you’ll need

4+ years of hands-on experience across systems engineering, DevOps, SRE, or cloud architecture
Proven ability to scale production systems and infrastructure in high-growth environments
Deep familiarity with distributed systems, event-driven architectures, and data-heavy backend systems
Strong backend development skills in Python, with an ability to get deep into the codebase
Passion for reducing toil, automating operational tasks, and improving engineering velocity
Business-aware mindset: ability to align infrastructure decisions with product goals and growth strategy
Pragmatic, high-agency problem solver able to balance short-term delivery with long-term vision
Experience in most of AWS (ECS, S3, Bedrock, etc.), Terraform, Docker, Datadog, Grafana, Postgres, Redis, Python (Django), VueJS, Anthropic, and AWS Bedrock

Benefits

Comp & perks

Competitive salary and meaningful equity
Comprehensive healthcare
Unlimited vacation policy
401(k) and pension plans
Complete work setup
Monthly wellness stipend