Staff Site Reliability Engineer Platform Engineering | NordVPN

The worlds most advanced VPN and a whole lot more.

If youre a curious problem-solver who carves their own path join the team behind Threat Protection Pro the NordLynx protocol and the fastest VPN on the planettools that put privacy security and control back in peoples hands.

Your impact Helping millions take back control of their online security privacy and data.

NordVPN protects millions of users daily through a global edge infrastructure spanning thousands of servers across dozens of countries. The platform engineering team builds and operates the internal backend services that make this possible.

Were looking for a Staff Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) to design build operate and improve these systems. This is a high-ownership role - youll architect solutions ship them to production. Youre the person others rely on when the architecture needs rethinking or a service needs to go from zero to globally deployed.

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

Salary Range

• Gross Salary 28600 - 36000 PLN/Month

What We Offer

Innovate with industry leaders

Work alongside global experts to build world-leading cybersecurity tools impacting millions of users around the world.

Learn & grow

Boost your skills via our extensive training programs (online and offline) & other resources. Benefit from mentorship and career-switch opportunities to grow within the company.

Hybrid work

Enjoy the flexibility with 3 office days and working from home for the remaining 2.

Work from anywhere

Recharge with a change of scenery choose work from any location when you feel a need to power your creativity and drive.

Physical well-being

Fuel your active lifestyle with online workouts led by our Physical Well-Being experts. Unlock a variety of sports and wellness facilities like gyms swimming pools and fitness classes with the Multisport card.

Mental & emotional health

Nurture your mind with free psychologist consultations dedicated mental health events and premium access to top-rated wellness apps like Calm Headspace and Mindletic.

Premium healthcare

Receive private health insurance giving you peace of mind for your health needs.

Joyful moments special treats

Celebrate lifes big moments with special gifts from us on your birthday anniversary and other major events such as weddings or the arrival of a new family member.

Company events & team-building

Experience iconic Nord Security celebrations team-buildings and knowledge-sharing events nurturing bonds that fuel our success.

Workation

Embark on a legendary company getaway abroad filled with exciting activities live concerts engaging workshops and epic time together.

Kindly refer to our Privacy Notice for Recruitment Candidates for comprehensive information regarding our data handling procedures throughout recruitment processes: expect all candidates to provide accurate and complete information during the recruitment process. While limited use of AI tools to refine application materials is acceptable candidates remain fully responsible for ensuring that their submissions reflect their own qualifications skills and experience. Any failure to do so may negatively affect participation in the recruitment process. If broader AI assistance is allowed for a particular role or stage well let you know in advance.

By submitting your application you acknowledge that it may be processed using automated tools for evaluation part of our recruitment process we may use an AI-based application review tool to help assess applications based on skills and experience relevant to the role. This technology is used to support - not replace - human decision-making and every application is ultimately reviewed by a recruiter.

If you would like more information about how AI is used in this process or wish to exercise your rights under applicable data privacy laws please contact us at. Should you prefer to opt out of the automated evaluation please submit your application directly to.

Kindly refer to our Privacy Notice for Recruitment Candidates for comprehensive information regarding our data handling procedures throughout recruitment processes.

We expect all candidates to provide accurate and complete information during the recruitment process. While limited use of AI tools to refine application materials is acceptable candidates remain fully responsible for ensuring that their submissions reflect their own qualifications skills and experience. Any failure to do so may negatively affect participation in the recruitment process. If broader AI assistance is allowed for a particular role or stage well let you know in advance.

By submitting your application you acknowledge that it may be processed using automated tools for evaluation purposes. As part of our recruitment process we may use an AI-based application review tool to help assess applications based on skills and experience relevant to the role. This technology is used to support - not replace - human decision-making and every application is ultimately reviewed by a recruiter.

If you would like more information about how AI is used in this process or wish to exercise your rights under applicable data privacy laws please contact us at . Should you prefer to opt out of the automated evaluation please submit your application directly to .

Required Experience:

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