Principal Site Reliability Engineer

Job Description

• Define and lead infrastructure and reliability strategy across the platform
• Design scalable, resilient systems in collaboration with engineering teams
• Optimize build, testing, and deployment processes for speed and stability
• Establish and uphold best practices for CI/CD, monitoring, and observability
• Lead incident response and drive continuous improvement post‑incident
• Automate workflows to reduce operational toil and risk
• Mentor engineers and foster a culture of operational excellence
• Make strategic build‑vs‑buy decisions balancing speed, quality, and sustainability

Qualifications

• At least 8 years of experience in Site Reliability Engineering or DevOps roles, including 2+ years in a Principal or Lead position
• Proven experience in infrastructure modernization and scaling initiatives for high‑growth environments
• Strong proficiency in Python
• Deep expertise in cloud platforms and container orchestration tools such as AWS ECS and EKS
• Solid experience in CI/CD pipeline design and optimization using tools like GitHub Actions and Buildkite
• Proficiency in infrastructure‑as‑code tools such as Terraform
• Strong knowledge of monitoring, observability, and performance optimization practices
• Upper-Intermediate level of spoken and written English

WOULD BE A PLUS

• Experience with monorepos (Turborepo, pnpm)
• Familiarity with modern TypeScript tools (swc, biome, oxc)
• Knowledge of NestJS, NextJS, and testing frameworks (Jest, Vitest)

Additional Information

PERSONAL PROFILE

• Excellent leadership, communication, and decision‑making abilities
• Ability to work independently and make pragmatic build‑vs‑buy decisions in fast‑paced environments