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Senior Site Reliability Engineer
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Role overview Build and operate the cloud infrastructure and internal platform that help software teams deliver reliable, secure services. The work spans infrastructure automation, observability, resilience, and developer self-service, with ownership of projects from planning through rollout and a role in setting engineering standards.
Responsibilities - Design and scale production environments in AWS using infrastructure as code. - Improve resilience through failure testing, automated recovery, and capacity planning. - Build reusable platform components and self-service tools that reduce repetitive work for development teams. - Set observability practices for metrics, distributed tracing, and service-level objectives. - Lead infrastructure projects from scoping and estimates through implementation and launch. - Mentor engineers, contribute to technical design decisions, and participate in a low-volume on-call rotation.
Requirements - Six or more years of experience in site reliability, DevOps, cloud engineering, or software development. - Hands-on experience operating production workloads in AWS and strong Terraform skills. - Proficiency in Go or Python, including production-quality automation, tools, or libraries. - Experience with container orchestration such as ECS or Kubernetes and familiarity with CI/CD tools such as GitHub Actions. - Knowledge of observability, reliability practices, and reusable platform design. - Clear communication and leadership skills, including the ability to promote reliability practices.
Nice to have - Experience with microservices, Kafka or other event streaming systems, internal developer platforms, or self-service infrastructure. - Familiarity with system security, compliance, or hardening.
Benefits and work setup The role is part of a remote-first team. The stated U.S. base salary range is $158,900–$234,125, varying by geographic market and qualifications. Benefits include medical, dental, and vision coverage, a matched 401(k), flexible paid time off, paid parental leave, a home office stipend, coworking access, and wellness programs.