Senior Software Engineer, Site Reliability & Security

This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Senior Software Engineer, Site Reliability & Security based in United States.

This is an opportunity to strengthen the reliability, security, and scalability of a production platform supporting AI-powered products.

You will work on large-scale infrastructure, data pipelines, and services where availability and performance are critical.

The role combines software engineering, cloud infrastructure, observability, security, and production operations.

You will help build resilient systems while making deployments faster, safer, and easier for engineering teams.

As part of a fully distributed environment, you will collaborate closely with engineers to solve complex operational and technical challenges.

You will also play a key role in incident response, root-cause analysis, capacity planning, and continuous platform improvement.

The position offers significant ownership and the opportunity to shape infrastructure practices across a growing technology organization.

Accountabilities:

• Build, operate, and continuously improve monitoring, tracing, alerting, and observability infrastructure to maintain strong system reliability and visibility.
• Drive platform security initiatives, with an emphasis on preventative controls, resilient architecture, and protecting production systems.
• Lead incident response and recovery efforts, including troubleshooting, root-cause analysis, and implementation of measures that prevent recurring issues.
• Design and maintain highly available, redundant, and scalable infrastructure capable of supporting resource-intensive applications and growing workloads.
• Participate in on-call operations, respond to production alerts, and help ensure critical services remain reliable and performant.
• Improve deployment and release processes to make code changes faster, simpler, safer, and more consistent.
• Develop platform capabilities that enable engineering teams to deliver products efficiently while maintaining high standards for reliability and security.
• Identify innovative approaches to load management, resource utilization, performance optimization, and system scalability.
• Partner with software engineers to promote reliable coding practices and help teams balance rapid delivery with operational excellence.
• Research and implement improvements to infrastructure, security, automation, and engineering processes as the platform evolves.

Requirements:

• 5+ years of professional experience working with a modern programming language such as Go, TypeScript, Python, or a comparable language.
• Strong understanding of computer science fundamentals, including algorithms, data structures, systems design, and distributed systems.
• Hands-on experience with cloud environments such as AWS or GCP and container technologies including Kubernetes and Docker.
• Strong Infrastructure as Code experience with tools such as Terraform, OpenTofu, or Pulumi.
• Experience with GitOps and continuous delivery platforms such as ArgoCD, Spacelift, Terraform Cloud, or comparable technologies.
• Demonstrated ability to build, troubleshoot, and operate Kubernetes environments in production.
• Strong debugging and problem-solving skills, particularly in complex production environments.
• Experience profiling applications and databases to identify and resolve performance and scalability issues.
• Fluency with UNIX/Linux command-line environments for log analysis, troubleshooting, and operational tasks.
• Experience with monitoring and observability tools such as Grafana and Prometheus.
• Strong understanding of site reliability, high availability, redundancy, incident management, and production operations.
• Ability to communicate clearly and collaborate effectively with engineering teams in a remote environment.
• A proactive, goal-oriented mindset with strong organizational skills and the ability to maintain a positive, professional approach.
• Must be a U.S. Citizen or Permanent Resident and able to successfully complete a pre-employment background check.

Benefits:

• Competitive salary and stock options.
• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• 401(k) retirement plan with employer matching.
• Generous vacation and paid time off policy.
• Paid parental leave.
• Learning and development stipend.
• Home office stipend.
• Fully distributed U.S.-based team with flexible scheduling.
• Remote work environment designed to support autonomy and work-life flexibility.
• Collaborative culture with opportunities to work on challenging, large-scale infrastructure and AI technology.
• Remote interview process with accommodations available to support candidates throughout the hiring process.