
Senior Site Reliability Engineer
Paxos
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: United States
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Salary
💰 $172,000 - $196,950 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Design, build, and operate scalable, highly available cloud infrastructure primarily on AWS.
- Manage and evolve our Kubernetes environments to support the deployment and operation of modern, containerized applications.
- Define and implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using tools like Terraform, CDK, or Crossplane.
- Automate infrastructure provisioning, configuration, maintenance, and monitoring to reduce manual effort and improve reliability.
- Apply best practices around security, observability, and cost optimization across infrastructure and services.
- Manage and optimize database technologies, with a focus on Amazon RDS and Aurora.
- Partner with development teams to ensure seamless deployment and integration of new features and updates.
- Investigate and resolve incidents, perform root cause analysis, and implement long-term fixes.
- Participate in on-call rotations and provide support for critical production systems.
- Contribute to SRE best practices, internal tooling, and team knowledge sharing.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field — or equivalent practical experience.
- 5+ years of experience in Site Reliability Engineering, DevOps, or related infrastructure roles.
- Deep expertise in public cloud platforms, especially AWS, with hands-on experience in services like EC2, S3, Lambda, CloudWatch, and IAM.
- Strong proficiency with Kubernetes and container orchestration — you’ve run production workloads and understand cluster management, scaling, and troubleshooting.
- Extensive experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using tools such as Terraform, Pulumi, or Crossplane.
- Solid scripting or programming skills in languages like Python, Bash, or Go, with a strong focus on automation.
- Working knowledge of managed database services like Amazon RDS, Aurora, or PostgreSQL is a plus — but infrastructure is your main game.
- Excellent problem-solving and debugging skills, with a systems-thinking mindset.
- Strong communicator who thrives in collaborative, remote-first teams.
Benefits
- Offers Equity
- Offers Bonus
- 10% Annual Salary
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard Skills & Tools
AWSKubernetesInfrastructure as CodeTerraformCDKCrossplanePythonBashGoAmazon RDS
Soft Skills
problem-solvingdebuggingcommunicationcollaborationsystems-thinking
Certifications
Bachelor’s degree in Computer ScienceBachelor’s degree in Information Technology