Senior Site Reliability Engineer (AWS)

TL;DR

Senior Site Reliability Engineer (AWS): Developing and maintaining robust, scalable infrastructure for a privacy-focused platform with an accent on K8s management, infrastructure-as-code, and observability. Focus on leading incident response, automating operational toil, and designing self-healing systems that ensure high reliability under load.

Location: Hybrid in New York, NY (remote work available as needed).

Salary: $210,000 - $260,000 per year.

Company

A well-funded Series A privacy startup dedicated to restoring consumer trust through an opt-in virtual identity platform.

What you will do

• Define and maintain SLOs/SLAs while balancing stability with feature velocity.
• Implement comprehensive monitoring and alerting using Datadog.
• Lead incident response as the primary on-call engineer and conduct blameless post-mortems.
• Automate manual operational tasks and build self-healing infrastructure.
• Improve deployment pipelines and manage cloud infrastructure on AWS.
• Scale systems and optimize performance in a Kubernetes-based environment.

Requirements

• Must be authorized to work in the United States.
• Deep experience with Kubernetes, including networking, resource management, and debugging.
• Strong Infrastructure as Code background using Terraform or similar tools.
• Proficiency in Python or Go for tool building and automation.
• Production experience with cloud providers (AWS) and CI/CD strategies.
• Expertise in observability and monitoring tools like Datadog, Prometheus, or Grafana.
• Deep understanding of Linux/Unix, network protocols, and database operations.

Nice to have

• Familiarity with the stack: NGINX, ArgoCD, Cloudflare, and Django.
• Experience with AI-assisted development tools like Cursor or Claude Code.

Culture & Benefits

• Competitive equity and 401K plan included.
• Top-tier Health, Dental, and Vision benefits.
• Flexible work arrangements with a home office stipend.
• Competitive PTO policy with an encouraged minimum per quarter.
• Monthly health and meal stipends.
• Unlimited professional development fund for conferences and learning.