3+ years of experience as a Site Reliability Engineer
3+ years of experience managing an SRE team
Strong collaboration with development teams during product development
Proven ability to define and drive KPIs for engineering teams
Experience in troubleshooting and conducting root cause analysis
Expertise in infrastructure for large distributed systems
Familiarity with configuration management and IaC tools like Terraform or Ansible
Hands-on experience with Kubernetes and maintaining high-availability systems
Highly autonomous and effective communicator in remote settings
Responsibilities
Establish a vision and mandate for the SRE team
Define quarterly OKRs aligned with company goals
Facilitate collaboration between SREs and development teams across the software lifecycle
Coach and mentor SRE team members on career growth
Track metrics and hold engineering teams accountable for KPIs
Coordinate priorities and collaboration with other teams
Participate in sprint planning and daily tactical decision oversight
Design and build user-friendly and reliable systems and infrastructure
Monitor and troubleshoot production systems
Define and participate in 24/7 on-call rotations with the team
Mediate technical discussions and review pull requests
Engage with partners in the Stellar ecosystem for successful integrations
Benefits
Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance with most plans at 100% coverage for employees and dependents
Flexible time off plus 15 company holidays and a company-wide holiday break
Generous paid parental leave and pregnancy disability leave
$80/month gym reimbursement
Life insurance and Accidental Death and Dismemberment (up to $50K)
Short and long-term disability coverage
401K with a 4% employer match
Health and Dependent Care FSA accounts
$250/month commuter benefits contribution
Health Savings Account (HSA) with employer contributions
Family building benefits through Kindbody
Wellbeing benefits including One Medical and Headspace
Annual learning and development budget of $1,500
Daily lunch and snacks provided in the office
Company retreats and team-building events
Full Job Description
You will lead an experienced Site Reliability Engineering team, ensuring our services and tooling are available, building infrastructure to make our team's production and testing environments available, and greasing the rails of our systems and processes to ensure they're robust, efficient, and easy to deploy.
SDF has a robust career path for both individual contributors and managers.
In this role, you will:
Establish a clear vision and mandate for the Site Reliability Engineering team
Define the SRE team's quarterly OKRs to best align with the company's goals
Define processes of collaboration between SREs and development teams throughout the software development lifecycle
Define a career growth path for the SRE team, as well as coach and mentor individual contributors on the team
Define and track metrics across engineering and help hold engineering teams accountable for their KPIs
Coordinate priorities with other teams and areas of the organization
Participate in sprint planning and execution, track progress and oversee day-to-day tactical decisions
Design and build reliable systems, and infrastructure that is easy to use by software engineers
Monitor and troubleshoot systems in production
Define and participate in 24/7 on-call rotations alongside the team
Mediate technical discussions and review PRs
Jump in as needed with code fixes, troubleshooting and hands-on contributions
Collaborate across the Stellar ecosystem, engaging with key partners and advising on their integration to set them up for success
You have:
3+ years of experience working as a Site Reliability Engineer
3+ years of experience managing an SRE team
Site Reliability Engineering experience:
Strong track record of collaborating with dev teams at all stages of product development (design, development/CI, beta testing, production)
Strong track record collaborating on defining, measuring and driving improvements in KPIs
Strong track record assisting teams during Root Cause Analysis and post mortems
Infrastructure and Operations experience:
Designing and building out the infrastructure for large distributed systems
Maintaining highly-available infrastructure
Troubleshooting and understanding complex technical problems
Using configuration Management or IaC tooling such as Terraform, Ansible, Puppet
Building and maintaining infrastructure using Kubernetes
Highly autonomous; able to find clarity in ambiguous circumstances
Excellent communicator; comfortable working with remote team members
Bonus Points if:
3+ years of experience writing code in a major programming language
You have worked on an open source project
You have managed a distributed team
You build things for fun in your spare time
We offer competitive pay with a base salary range for this position of $210,000 - $310,000 depending on job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and location. In addition, we offer lumen-denominated grants along with the following perks and benefits:
USA Benefits/Perks:
Competitive health, dental & vision coverage with most plans covered at 100% for the employee + any dependents
Flexible time off + 15 company holidays including a company-wide holiday break
Generous paid parental leave for all parents, plus paid pregnancy disability leave for birthing parents
Gym reimbursement ($80 per month)
Life & ADD (up to $50K)
Short & Long term disability
401K with 4% match
Health & Dependent Care FSA Accounts
Commuter benefits with $250/month employer contribution
Health Savings Account (HSA) with monthly employer contribution
Stellar Development Foundation is a non-profit organization that supports the development and growth of the Stellar blockchain network. Stellar is an open-source, decentralized payment protocol that enables fast, low-cost, cross-border transactions. The foundation was established in 2014 by Jed McCaleb, the co-founder of Ripple, and Joyce Kim, a lawyer and entrepreneur. The foundation's mission is to promote financial access and inclusion by making it easier and cheaper to move money around the world. Stellar's network has been used by companies such as IBM and Deloitte to facilitate cross-border payments and remittances.
