Senior Staff Site Reliability Engineer

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Provide technical leadership and strategic direction for the Site Reliability Engineering team and our broader Cloud Platform
• Define and champion SRE best practices, setting the standard for engineering excellence across the entire organization
• Solve the whole problem. Architecture for resiliency, identify risks, and make it happen.
• A proven track record of designing and driving an 'automate-everything' culture (build, test, deploy, monitor)
• Preference for collaboration, open communication and reaching across functional borders
• Thorough understanding of backup/recovery systems, cloud storage architecture, and distributed systems
• Be on an on-call rotation to respond to incidents that impact Ironclad’s availability, and provide support with internal or customer-facing incidents
• Translate the near, mid, and long-term strategic needs of the business into a scalable, resilient platform roadmap
• Drive critical architectural decisions with a relentless focus on security, scalability, and high performance
• Be a mentor, multiply our team’s output with leadership and guidance

Key Skills:

• 8+ years of DevOps / SRE experience
• 5+ years of coding experience
• Expert knowledge of Kubernetes and Google Cloud Platform (or similar provider)
• Ability to build resilient infrastructure
• Modern GitOps - Experience with tools like Terraform/Pulumi, CircleCI, ArgoCD
• Experience with modern AI enabled tools such as Claude Code, Cursor, Zed
• Troubleshooting and analytical skills, can PR review human and AI generated code
• Strong technical aptitude and exceptional communication skills (written and verbal)
• Desire for helping customers, and the ability to dive deep and learn a new product.
• Experience and desire to work cross-functionally
• Team and goal-oriented.
• High output; low ego

Bonus Points if you have:

• Experience with multi-region support
• Expert Database Management Experience
• Experience managing AI Infrastructure
• Typescript Experience

Base Salary Range:

• Staff Site Reliability Engineer: $220,000 - $235,000
• Senior Staff Site Reliability Engineer: $245,000 - $270,000

US Full-Time Employee Benefits at Ironclad:

• 100% health coverage for employees (medical, dental, and vision), and 75% coverage for dependents with buy-up plan options available
• Market-leading leave policies, including gender-neutral parental leave and compassionate leave
• Family forming support through Maven for you and your partner
• Paid time off - take the time you need, when you need it
• Monthly stipends for wellbeing, hybrid work, and (if applicable) cell phone use
• Mental health support through Modern Health, including therapy, coaching, and digital tools
• Pre-tax commuter benefits (US Employees)
• 401(k) plan with Fidelity with employer match (US Employees)
• Regular team events to connect, recharge, and have fun
• And most importantly: the opportunity to help build the company you want to work at