Senior Site Reliability Engineer

• Proactively seek out system weaknesses and find ways to fix them before production issues arise
• Utilize monitoring data, watching trends, and Chaos Engineering in your troubleshooting and debugging efforts
• Focus on maximizing system uptime together with team members in an on-call rotation
• Move out of your comfort zone and get involved in building the next generation of the product platform
• Work closely with the VP of Engineering and be supported by your technical peers
• Write, update, and effectively use the documentation, including runbooks and playbooks
• Work as a self-motivated individual, taking ownership and bringing your authentic self to work
• Keep the assigned site or service operational, or quickly restore it if a failure occurs
• Collaborate closely with internal partners and teams to ensure that software meets security, SLA, and performance standards
• Automate tasks such as infrastructure requirements, testing, failover solutions, failure mitigation, and many others
• Debug complex issues across an entire stack and come up with solid solutions
• Create CI/CD processes to increase the pace
• Use Chaos Engineering to put your creations through real-world testing
• Showcase good judgment, especially in times of stress

Job Requirements:

• Bachelor s/Master s degree in Engineering, Computer Science (or equivalent experience)
• At least 7+ years of experience with software engineering, software development, or system operations
• Knowledge of Unix and Linux shells is required
• Experience debugging complex problems, designing, building, and operating large-scale production systems
• Knowledge of Python, Node, Java, Go, Rust, or similar
• Familiarity with networking and messaging, especially between services
• Experience using source control (Git, GitHub) and feature branching strategies
• Proficiency in various open-source databases like MySQL, Postgres, Redis, Cassandra, etc.
• Experience with DevOps engineering or SRE is nice to have
• Knowledge of containers, such as Docker or Kubernetes, is preferred
• Prolific skills in monitoring and observability, such as with Datadog, Sensu, New Relic, and Nagios, is nice to have
• Familiarity with automating infrastructure, testing, and deployments using tools like Ansible, Chef, or Terraform and can explain the Infrastructure as Code paradigm
• Experience with configuration management, such as with Puppet, is nice to have
• Knowledge of Chaos Engineering is preferred
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Validated and demonstrable track record of success with consumer-facing web/mobile development projects
• Capability to accurately assess software tasks and work to a schedule
• Capable of structuring and managing workflow and priorities independently