5 months ago
Prague, CzechiaStaff+
Responsibilities
- Design, build, and maintain HTTP rate limiters, internal database schema migration tools, circuit breakers, and distributed Redis-based caching
- Troubleshoot complex production issues and optimize PostgreSQL usage for high-load distributed systems
- Lead preliminary investigations during severe production incidents, including root-cause assessment, impact analysis, and mitigation proposals
- Create scalable, reusable reliability tools and frameworks for engineering teams
- Use AI-powered development tools and coding agents to accelerate development and automate repetitive or error-prone work
- Share reliability knowledge, review designs, and establish high technical standards across engineering
- Lead technical initiatives, drive cross-team projects, and mentor other engineers while remaining an individual contributor
Requirements
- Strong expertise with Java/JVM and scalable, high-performance backend systems
- Strong understanding of distributed systems, high availability, the CAP theorem, and fault tolerance
- Deep experience with PostgreSQL and Redis
- Hands-on experience with Docker and Kubernetes in cloud-native environments
- Experience with message brokers such as RabbitMQ or Kafka
- Ability to work independently, challenge assumptions, and validate decisions
- Strong written and spoken English skills
- Infrastructure engineering or Site Reliability Engineering background is a standout qualification
- Experience with infrastructure-as-code practices, technical initiative leadership, cross-team projects, and mentoring engineers is preferred
- Familiarity with Graylog, Zabbix, Grafana, and/or BigQuery is preferred
Benefits
- Hybrid work in Prague, Czech Republic or Nicosia, Cyprus, with 2–3 office days per week near office hubs
- 5 weeks of paid vacation
- Sick leave compensation, including 5 paid uncertified sick days and paid medically certified leave
- Fully paid parental leave of 18 weeks maternity and 4 weeks paternity
- 2 volunteer days
- Meal vouchers of CZK 220 per working day
- Annual Prague Travel Card (Lítačka)
- Flexible benefit budget including MultiSport, Canadian Medical membership, pension savings contributions, and Benefit Plus options
Tech Stack
About Wrike
Wrike builds a cloud-based work management and project collaboration platform for teams and enterprises, offering tasks, Gantt charts, automation, and integrations. It sells subscriptions as a SaaS product and is used across functions like marketing, PMO, and IT to plan, track, and report work. Founded in 2006 and headquartered in San Diego, Wrike was acquired by Citrix in 2021.