System Engineer | Web Hosting | Based in Lithuania

Hostinger; United States; Hybrid; USD 51,000 - 61,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Career growth opportunities

Flexible work locations

Wellness programs

Job summary

Hostinger seeks a System Engineer to join a fast-moving AI-first team responsible for building and running high-performance, scalable hosting infrastructure. You’ll design features to improve speed, reliability, and scale, and automate operations to reduce manual work and accelerate delivery.

You will deploy with IaC, monitor real-time metrics, and collaborate across teams to share learnings, raise the bar for reliability, and push continuous improvement in a dynamic, distributed environment.

Qualifications

• Strong Linux OS experience (3+ years).
• Ansible proficiency – you trust automation and know how to do it right.
• Programming or scripting skills in Python or Go (bonus if both).
• Experience managing and optimizing web servers, databases, and caching systems.
• Familiarity with cloud environments like GCP (or similar).
• Solid grasp of networking fundamentals - DNS, TCP/IP, HTTP.
• Experience applying Infrastructure as Code (IaC) principles and tools.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and implement new features that make our hosting platform faster, more reliable, and easier to scale.
• Deploy and run infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code and automation.
• Operate and observe systems through real metrics: availability, latency, performance, capacity, reliability.
• Refine and tune systems to eliminate bottlenecks and improve reliability.
• Improve monitoring and alerting to catch symptoms before outages occur.
• Share knowledge with other engineers to raise the bar for reliability.

Skills

Linux experience

Automation with Ansible

Python or Go

Networking fundamentals

Tools

Ansible

GCP / Cloud environments

Infrastructure as Code

CI/CD tooling

Job description

JOIN THE TEAM BUILDING AN AI-FIRST COMPANY.

Hostinger serves more than 5.5 million clients across 150 countries, but we're still excited about what we're creating next.

AI is changing how we build products, support customers, work together, and solve problems. It helps us move faster, spend less time on repetitive work, and focus on bigger ideas.

If you want your work to influence both what we build and how we build it, we'd like to meet you.

Our culture: Guided by 10 company principles https://www.hostinger.com/principles

YOUR ROLE AT HOSTINGER

As System Engineer, you'll work alongside other system, software, and network engineers who care deeply about performance, simplicity, and resilience - together designing, running, and evolving systems that don't just work, but stay fast and dependable under pressure. This isn't a role where you follow playbooks - you'll write them, digging into the details, automating what slows the team down, and sharing what you learn so everyone gets stronger.

Curious to learn more? Connect with your team: Eimantas Šerpenskas, Head of Web Hosting Infrastructure https://www.linkedin.com/in/eserpenskas/

YOUR DAY-TO-DAY

• Design, develop, and implement new features that make our hosting platform faster, more reliable, and easier to scale.
• Deploy and run infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code and automation, because manual work doesn’t scale, and neither do shortcuts.
• Operate and observe systems through real metrics: availability, latency, performance, capacity, reliability - understanding the “why” behind every graph.
• Refine and tune systems to eliminate bottlenecks, simplify complexity, and improve reliability without adding overhead.
• Improve monitoring and alerting, aiming to catch symptoms before they turn into outages.
• Share knowledge with other engineers - guiding, reviewing, and helping raise the bar for how we build and maintain reliable systems.

WHAT WILL HELP YOU SUCCEED

• Strong Linux OS experience (3+ years).
• Ansible proficiency - you trust automation, and know how to do it right.
• Programming or scripting skills in Python or Go (bonus if both).
• Experience managing and optimizing web servers, databases, and caching systems.
• Familiarity with cloud environments like GCP (or similar).
• Solid grasp of networking fundamentals - DNS, TCP/IP, HTTP.
• Experience applying Infrastructure as Code (IaC) principles and tools.

Nice-to-have

• Experience with DevOps practices and open-source contributions.
• Familiarity with CI/CD concepts and tools beyond GitHub Actions.
• Ability to read and understand Go and PHP code.
• Certifications like RHCSA or RHCE.

BENEFITS YOU’LL LOVE

360 Growth: We provide limitless learning opportunities https://www.hostinger.com/blog/learning-culture/: access to platforms like Reforge and CoachHub, global conferences, physical and digital libraries, feedback culture https://www.hostinger.com/blog/reaching-your-peak/, and mentoring through TesoXchange https://tesoxchange.com/. Advance your career with internal mobility and grow with a team eager to share knowledge and support your success.

Freedom & responsibility: Work on your terms: from modern offices in Kaunas and Vilnius, the comfort of home, or anywhere in the world. Enjoy flexibility in managing your schedule and bring your ideas to life in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.

Wellness simplified: Your health comes first with insurance from Day 1, gym memberships, recharge leave, Headspace https://www.headspace.com/ subscriptions, and regular health checks. Join our wellbeing-dedicated events, sports, arts, and hobby clubs, or simply enjoy the balance of a lifestyle that prioritizes wellness.

Work hard & play hard: Celebrate your achievements with company events like Summerfest https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPnIDaaq0jc & Winterfest https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AfytsnQyE2I, Town Hall, Meet the Client initiatives, team-buildings, and workations. Enjoy access to the Žalgiris Arena VIP Lounge and celebrate life’s big moments with milestone gifts for weddings, new parenthood, and graduations.

COMPENSATION

Competitive salary starting from €5,000 gross/month, depending on your experience and skills.

We’re always looking for experienced talent to raise the bar. If you’re excited about the role but the listed salary range doesn’t align with your expectations, we still encourage you to apply - we’re open to adjusting compensation based on the impact and value you bring.

Get ready to take your personal and professional growth to new heights! Join Hostinger today and be part of our journey

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