Site Reliability Engineer

Responsibilities

• Operate production Kubernetes clusters and build scalable, declarative infrastructure using Terraform or similar tools.
• Deploy and maintain Kubernetes environments, manage system components, and troubleshoot applications running on the platform.
• Design CI/CD workflows with ArgoCD, GitHub Actions, CodeBuild, or similar tools, covering both infrastructure and application deployments.
• Design and operate observability systems using time-series metrics, logs, and dashboards with tools like Prometheus, Loki, Mimir, Grafana, and CloudWatch.
• Diagnose tough networking and storage issues across complex, distributed systems.
• Implement secure-by-default infrastructure and contribute to architecture reviews and threat models.
• Automate operational workflows using scripting or programming in Python, Go, or Bash.
• Participate in on-call rotation, respond to incidents, troubleshoot under pressure, and drive postmortems to improve system reliability.
• Design systems with security in mind, applying principles like least privilege and threat modeling.

Requirements

• Experienced with GitOps-style systems and treating both infrastructure and application delivery as code.
• Have scaled deployment automation using patterns like ArgoCD ApplicationSets or similar tooling.
• Comfortable in Linux, fluent in shell scripting, and productive in languages like Python or Go.
• Comfortable operating within a cloud platform (e.g., AWS, GCP, Azure), with a strong understanding of the underlying components.
• Participated in an on-call rotation, responding to incidents, troubleshooting under pressure, and driving postmortems.
• Bring a strong technical foundation, excellent problem-solving skills, and a genuine commitment to high-quality work.
• Take ownership, collaborate openly, and contribute to a culture of clarity, curiosity, and continuous improvement.
• Eager to dive into blockchain technology.
• Enjoy solving infrastructure problems in unconventional ways and thinking beyond standard patterns.
• Use tools like k9s or ArgoCD for speed and abstraction, but comfortable dropping into YAML, logs, or low-level debugging when needed.
• Curious about how things work under the hood and not satisfied with surface-level fixes.

Nice-to-Haves

• SREs come from a wide range of backgrounds. Strong problem-solving skills, curiosity, and a drive to build reliable systems are key, even if experience doesn’t perfectly match every bullet point.

Compensation and Benefits

• Remote-first global workforce + NY office.
• Annual company offsite + team onsites.
• Professional reimbursement program (facilitates industry conference attendance, certifications, and more).
• Medical, dental & vision coverage (US + some other countries).
• 401k retirement plan + company match (US only).
• Wellness stipend.
• Home office set up / ergonomic equipment program.