Mellivora Software

We are looking for a dedicated SRE resource during Europe/Eastern European business hours, preferably coupled with an incident response service (MSP).

As a part of the SRE team (working REMOTELY) you will be challenged with maintaining our AI infrastructure platform outside of California (PST) business hours.
 

What you'll be doing:

1) Ensure reliability and scalability of our AI infrastructure platform and hybrid Linux environments.

2) Managing Linux infrastructure to ensure maximum uptime.

3) Performance and reliability testing. This may include reviewing configuration, software choices/versions, hardware specs, etc.

4) Advancing our technology stack with innovative ideas and new creative solutions.

5) Participating in capacity management of core systems and services, application analysis and performance and security tuning. Provide operational support of systems and build automation to remediate and address the root cause; with the goal of automating response to all non-exceptional service conditions.

6) Create strategies for long term permanent fixes to critical production incidents.

7) Maintain documentation, build tooling, and create alerts to both identify and address infrastructure reliability.

8) Proactively identify system anomalies.

Typical tasks might include moving clusters, troubleshooting, host unresponsive issues etc.

Technical stack:

Linux, VPNs, Cloud (AWS, Google, GPU), Kubernetes, docker

We use Java (BE) and React (FE) on our platform 

Requirements:

1) CET/Eastern European time (with some overlap of PST morning hours for daily reports)

2) Best practices for architecting cross-datacenter Kubernetes clusters running on-premise with automated etcd management

3) Profound knowledge of docker (docker-shim), containerd and runc internals at the kernel level

4) Ability to manually troubleshoot and solve certificate issues within kubernetes with zero downtime

5) Thorough understanding of RPM based Linux systems.

6) Understanding of basic networking concepts ( TCP/IP stack, DNS, CDN, load balancing, BGP).

7) Ability to resolve complex merge conflicts in git is an obvious requirement

Summary
We’re looking for a hands-on Lead Developer to help build and evolve our next-generation website builder and CMS platform. This role is ideal for someone who enjoys owning complex systems, writing production code, and helping shape technical direction alongside Product and TPM partners.

This is a 60/40 hands-on leadership role — you’ll be building critical features while also guiding design decisions and reviewing work across the team.

This role requires at least 10 years of hands-on experience as a developer, writing code in PHP & Laravel, as well as Team/Tech Lead experience. 

Responsibilities

• Lead development of core platform features across backend and frontend
• Write and review production code (Laravel, PostgreSQL, Angular/TS)
• Own database design and data integrity in a multi-tenant SaaS
• Partner with Product and TPMs to translate requirements into technical solutions
• Debug complex, cross-system issues involving editor state, persistence, and rendering
• Establish and maintain coding standards and architectural patterns
   

Requirements

• Strong backend development experience
• Deep understanding of database design (PostgreSQL preferred)
• Experience working on multi-tenant SaaS systems
• Comfortable working across the stack
• Solid debugging and problem-solving skills
   

Nice to Have

• Experience with CMSs or visual editors
• Familiarity with Angular, React, or similar frameworks
• Experience modernizing or replacing legacy systems

Other

• Fully remote, contract position (full-time, long-term)
• Adequate management, flexible schedule (4 hours overlap with EST time zone required, other hours at your convenience). 
• Steps in the hiring process:

1. Resume review + Intro call;
2. CodeSignal test;
3. Three tech interviews before an offer is extended