Remote Senior Site Reliability Engineer

Description:

• The Senior Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) / DevOps Engineer will ensure the seamless operation of large-scale, distributed, and robust systems.
• This role involves optimizing performance, increasing reliability, and automating tasks to create more efficient processes.
• The engineer will collaborate with a diverse team of software engineers to drive projects forward through effective task planning.
• Responsibilities include taking ownership of the end-to-end availability and performance of services, proactively identifying potential issues, and implementing automation to prevent problems.
• Participation in an on-call rotation is required to maintain system stability and responsiveness during off-hours.
• The engineer will foster collaboration with other engineering teams and promote the reuse of existing frameworks.
• Leading the development and implementation of service-level objectives to maintain product reliability is a key responsibility.
• The role includes collaborating with software engineering teams to design, implement, and maintain CI/CD pipelines for rapid software releases.
• The engineer will automate and optimize infrastructure provisioning, configuration, and management processes using industry-standard tools.
• Responsibilities also include implementing and managing containerization and orchestration technologies to enhance scalability.
• The engineer will maintain and enhance version control systems for codebase management.
• The role involves steering the SRE / DevOps roadmap and engaging in strategic planning for successful execution.
• Staying current with industry trends and best practices in SRE, DevOps, and automation is essential.

Requirements:

• A Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience is required.
• Candidates must have at least 5 years of experience as a Site Reliability Engineer or DevOps Engineer, working with software and infrastructure.
• Proficiency in one or more programming languages such as Python, Javascript, Ruby, Groovy, PHP, or Bash is necessary.
• Experience with one of the cloud platforms: Azure, AWS, or GCP is required.
• Preferred qualifications include experience with Azure Cloud, high availability systems, troubleshooting and debugging production code, and application deployment and data pipelines.
• Understanding of distributed computing systems and experience with Snowflake and/or relational databases is also preferred.

Benefits:

• The position offers competitive compensation and employee share ownership to share in the company's success.
• A flexible work/life balance with a remote-first philosophy is provided.
• Employees receive great health benefits from Day 1.
• A career development and continuing education allowance is available to support skill enhancement.
• Employees will be provided with a Mac laptop and other Apple equipment to create an ergonomic work-from-home environment.
• Team building activities such as cottage trips, virtual games, team lunches, and weekly nacho breaks are organized to maintain a fun work culture.