Forbright Bank

Senior Engineer, Site Reliability Engineering, Digital Banking

Forbright Bank

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: Remote • 🇺🇸 United States

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Salary

💰 $130,000 - $150,000 per year

Job Level

Senior

Tech Stack

AWSCloudDistributed SystemsGrafanaJavaScriptKafkaKubernetesLinuxNode.jsPythonSplunkSQLUnix

About the role

  • Understand the end-to-end flow across applications at a business level
  • Ensure the reliability, availability, and performance of applications in production
  • Own the automation of repetitive tasks and resolution of systematic issues
  • Investigate new ways to improve operations and define new solutions to solve technically complex systems issues
  • Identify and deliver green-field engineering solutions for issues based on root cause analyses
  • Build applications with stability and resiliency from their first stages
  • Help shape incident management and drive tactical and strategic solutions
  • Lead by evangelizing the SRE mindset to other teams
  • Partner with non-technical stakeholders to understand business objectives and provide appropriate solutions
  • Partner closely with banking teams and enterprise functional teams to develop deep understanding of how applications work
  • Learn from industry leaders, distinguished engineers and banking professionals
  • Perform other duties as assigned

Requirements

  • Associate’s Degree required; Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or a related STEM discipline preferred
  • Minimum of 4 years of related work experience
  • Strong background in computer science fundamentals, data structures, algorithms, and distributed systems
  • Strong understanding and deep experience in at least one major observability platform (Grafana, New Relic, DataDog, Splunk, etc.)
  • Software development background and varied experience across production engineering, software quality metrics, chaos engineering, networking, UNIX internals, and cloud application architecture required
  • Fully proficient in at least one modern structured programming language (Python or Node.js preferred)
  • Linux system administration knowledge strongly preferred
  • Experience using and monitoring APIs preferred
  • Modern web development or synthetic testing experience strongly preferred
  • Open Telemetry (OTEL) experience strongly preferred
  • Strong SQL and database experience
  • AWS and Kubernetes hands-on experience required
  • Experience in Kafka, event-based architectures, and message bus technology required
  • Strong entrepreneurial spirit and the ability to adapt to changing requirements and technologies
  • A passion for learning and inventing novel approaches to hard problems
  • Proficiency with Microsoft Office tools (Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, Excel)
  • Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills
  • Strong organizational skills and attention to detail
  • Outstanding problem-solving and time management skills
  • Self-motivated, self-directed, and results-oriented
  • Adaptable and able to multitask in a fast-paced environment
  • Can work independently and within a team; solution-oriented with a collaborative approach
Benefits
  • Comprehensive health, dental, and vision plans
  • 4 weeks PTO
  • 401k + company match
  • Metro SmartTrip benefits ($50/mo)
  • Remote or hybrid work schedules for most positions
  • Incentives for purchasing solar panels, electric vehicles, biking to work, etc.
  • Paid subscriptions to Veterans Compost, Capital Bikeshare, Imperfect Foods reimbursement, and more!
  • Best Workplaces for Commuters 2023 & 2024 winner
  • The Washington Post Top Workplaces 2023, 2024, and 2025 winner
  • American Banker Best Banks to Work For 2023 winner

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard skills
data structuresalgorithmsdistributed systemsobservability platformssoftware developmentchaos engineeringnetworkingLinux system administrationSQLcloud application architecture
Soft skills
communication skillsorganizational skillsproblem-solving skillstime management skillsself-motivatedadaptablecollaborativeresults-orientedattention to detailentrepreneurial spirit
Certifications
Associate’s DegreeBachelor’s Degree in Computer Science