Data Systems Operations Lead

Douro Labs

Data Systems Operations Lead overseeing critical operations for Pyth's Price Feeds. Leading automation, incident response, and partnership management in a remote-first engineering team.

Posted 5/19/2026full-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesSeniorWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Distributed SystemsOracle

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Own all runtime requirements for Pyth Pro: monitoring, provisioning, risk metrics, and SLA management
Establish service targets for each iteration and measure improvements and risk reduction
Express detailed requirements that enable automation of feed provisioning and feed reviews
Ensure all feeds meet quality standards and institutional requirements
Investigate and lead implementation of automation opportunities around price feeds
Identify repetitive operational tasks and opportunities for systematic automation to reduce toil and human error
Proactively identify system vulnerabilities and risks; propose and champion solutions
Think strategically - anticipate failure modes and design for resilience
When incidents occur, lead data forensics and quantify user impact
Work on fixes that measurably reduce recurrence and drive both tactical and strategic solutions
Make high-stakes decisions during incidents
Own the requirements and success metrics for incident prevention
Manage relationships with institutional users and data providers; ensure their needs are understood
Advocate internally for operational improvements
Prioritize user satisfaction and think in terms of identifying and solving problems
Balance hands-on execution with strategic thinking about long-term improvements

Requirements

What you’ll need

5+ years in technical Engineering operations, data systems engineering, or technical project management for distributed systems
Proven track record running mission-critical systems; experienced with incident management and on-call operations
Deep understanding of data systems and distributed infrastructure
Experience with financial markets, market data, or real-time systems
Background at tier-1 financial institutions (exchanges, prime brokers), crypto exchanges or infrastructures.
Able to communicate complex technical concepts to both engineers and C-suite executives.
Nice to Have: Cryptocurrency or blockchain infrastructure operations experience, DevOps, SRE, or infrastructure engineering at scale, market data systems or oracle infrastructure background, security or risk management experience, success migrating institutional workflows to new systems, relationships with exchanges, market makers, or trading desks.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Remote Work: Our team is spread across the globe, from the US and South America to Europe and Asia. We are a digital-first organization where remote work is the norm.
Startup-level Speed: We thrive in the dynamic DeFi space and love adaptable problem solvers who are eager to meet the evolving needs of the market.

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Hard Skills & Tools

Pythonautomationdata forensicsincident managementrisk managementsystem vulnerabilitiesdistributed systemsfinancial marketsreal-time systemsDevOps

Soft Skills

strategic thinkingproblem solvingcommunicationrelationship managementuser satisfactionleadershipadvocacyprioritizationtactical decision makinganalytical thinking