Lead SRE/DevOps Engineer

Launch Potato

Lead SRE/DevOps Engineer at Launch Potato evolving cloud infrastructure and CI/CD platform. Owning SRE function development for faster product team performance without compromising reliability or security.

Posted 5/14/2026full-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesSeniorWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSCloudGrafanaMicroservicesTerraform

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Own and evolve Launch Potato's cloud infrastructure, CI/CD platform, and compliance posture.
Build the SRE function from the ground up so product teams can ship faster without compromising reliability, security, or cost control.
Stand up the SRE practice from scratch: on-call rotation, PagerDuty configuration, SLA/SLO definitions for core infrastructure services, runbook library, and observability dashboards that tie site performance to business metrics.
Complete the AWS multi-account migration: move production workloads to an isolated account with zero unplanned downtime.
Deliver SOC 2 Type I audit-ready infrastructure evidence package: own the technical controls implementation end-to-end.
Version and publish the Terraform module library: (30+ modules) to a private registry to eliminate ad hoc git consumption by product teams.
Implement automated deployment rollback for ECS and Lambda: gate production on integration test passage.
Stand up monthly cost reporting to leadership: budget anomaly detection, savings plan recommendations, spend by service/team/environment.

Requirements

What you’ll need

5+ years of production AWS infrastructure experience with deep Terraform expertise.
Hands-on experience building the SRE function from scratch and had complete ownership.
Experience with a multi-site company where PaaS or microservices are required.
CI/CD pipeline ownership in one or more previous roles.
PagerDuty experience and standing up an on-call rotation.
5+ years hands-on with AWS, Terraform, CI/CD pipeline ownership, and SRE tooling (OpenTelemetry, Grafana, PagerDuty or equivalent) in a production environment.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Base salary is set according to market rates for the nearest major metro and varies based on Launch Potato’s Levels Framework.
Your compensation package includes a base salary, profit-sharing bonus, and competitive benefits.

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Hard Skills & Tools

AWSTerraformCI/CDSREECSLambdaOpenTelemetryGrafanaSLASLO

Soft Skills

ownershipreliabilitysecuritycost controlbudget anomaly detectioncommunication

Certifications

SOC 2 Type I