Lead Site Reliability Engineer (AWS/Kubernetes)

Location: Remote - Nationwide, United States; the role operates in a professional office environment and may require office work if the home workspace or internet connection is inadequate.

Base salary range: $0.00–$0.00; non-sales roles may participate in a bonus program.

Company

hirify.global provides financial services focused on helping customers achieve financial freedom.

What you will do

• Lead cross-functional reliability initiatives, align technical work with business priorities, and represent SRE in strategic planning.
• Define SRE standards, SLOs, error budgets, CI/CD practices, observability strategies, and reusable Terraform infrastructure patterns.
• Architect multi-region AWS infrastructure and advanced Kubernetes platforms supporting millions of daily transactions.
• Lead major incident response, postmortems, disaster recovery planning, chaos engineering, and reliability testing.
• Drive FinOps initiatives, zero-trust architecture, compliance controls, and operational improvements.
• Provide technical leadership and mentoring to SREs, conduct architecture reviews and training, and coordinate on-call improvements without direct reporting responsibility.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 7–10 years of Site Reliability Engineering or equivalent experience with demonstrated technical leadership and the ability to deliver complex projects.
• Expert AWS knowledge designing large-scale, multi-region architectures and deep Kubernetes expertise covering advanced features, security, and production-scale operations.
• Mastery of Terraform-based Infrastructure as Code, including shared platforms and frameworks.
• Production software engineering experience with Python and/or Go.
• Extensive Datadog and Splunk experience implementing observability and monitoring at scale.
• Deep understanding of CI/CD and experience implementing enterprise-grade pipelines.
• Experience leading major incidents, conducting postmortems, mentoring engineers, and developing technical capabilities within teams.
• Applicants must already be authorized to work for any employer in the United States; employment visa sponsorship, including CPT/OPT sponsorship, is not available.

Nice to have

• Previous Lead, Staff, or similar technical leadership experience in SRE or Operational Excellence.
• Financial services experience and knowledge of regulatory requirements, including SOC 2, PCI DSS, and FINRA.
• AWS, Kubernetes, CKA, CKAD, or CKS certifications.
• SRE experience in organizations with 500 or more engineers, including chaos engineering, game days, and reliability testing.
• Open-source contributions, community leadership, service mesh experience, or conference speaking and technical publishing.

Culture & Benefits

• Flexible work environment, internal mobility, inclusive culture, and emphasis on purpose, well-being, and work-life balance.
• Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance.
• 401(k) plan with company matching contributions of up to 6%, financial advisory services, and potential discretionary contributions.
• Tuition reimbursement up to $5,250 per year.
• Paid time off upon hire, ten paid company holidays, three floating holidays, paid volunteer time, parental leave, disability coverage, and FMLA.
• Remote employees must provide reliable high-speed wired internet and a suitable home workspace; required computer equipment is provided.

Hiring process

• Apply through the hirify.global job posting.