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We run high-performance, cost-efficient infrastructure for AI-native\nstartups and global enterprises, from bare metal up through the platform services teams actually build\non. Our culture runs on ownership, accountability, and speed. We move with urgency, we tell each\nother the truth, and everyone here stays close to the infrastructure that makes AI work.\nThe Role\nThis is a senior SRE role for someone who sets the reliability bar and then pulls the rest of the team up\nto it. You'll own the hardest problems on the platform: the automation other engineers build on, the\nservices that can't go down, and the design decisions that determine whether either holds up at scale.\nYou'll still carry a pager, but the real job is making sure it fires less, for everyone, over time.\nWhat You'll Do\nOwn reliability for critical production services end to end; set the direction, not just respond to what\nbreaks.\nGrow the team, not just the systems; mentor other SREs through design review, pairing, and\nincident debriefs, and hold the bar that pulls everyone up to it.\nSet the standards the rest of the team works to: the SLO framework, the incident process, and the\non-call practices that keep it sustainable.\nGet in early on design reviews and architecture decisions, so reliability is built in rather than bolted\non after the first outage.\nLead the hardest incidents and the root causes nobody else can crack; turn each one into a change\nthat keeps it from coming back.\nBuild the tooling and automation that removes toil for the whole team, not just your own surface\narea.\nWhat You'll Bring\n6-10 years in SRE, systems engineering, or software engineering, with real ownership of production\nat scale in a data center or cloud environment.\nStrong software engineering skills (Python, Go, or similar); you build tools other engineers adopt,\nnot scripts that run once and rot.\nDeep command of Linux, networking, and distributed systems, plus the judgment to know where\nthe real failure modes hide.\nHands-on with Kubernetes and virtualized or bare-metal environments; comfortable close to the\nmetal, not just the cloud console.\nExperience running AI or GPU workloads, or high-performance computing (HPC); if not, the depth to\nget there fast.\nReliability practices you put in place that outlasted you: SLOs, observability and alerting at scale,\nincident process, on-call that people can actually live with.\nA track record as the senior voice in incidents and design reviews, trusted to make the call under\npressure.\nA habit of raising the people around you without being asked to.\nNice to Have\nFamiliarity with high-performance networking (InfiniBand, RDMA).\nOn-Call and Pace\nA quick note on the shape of the job. This role sits close to production, so there is an on-call rotation,\nand some weeks are busier than others. As a senior on the team, you help set how that rotation runs\nand, more to the point, how we make it lighter over time. We share the load fairly, and we treat every\npage as a signal worth acting on rather than just an interruption. The goal is to leave the systems\nquieter than you found them, so each rotation asks less of the person carrying it. If that's the kind of\nownership you're drawn to, you'll do well here.\nWhat We Offer\nCompetitive base plus equity, reviewed every 12 months.\nReal ownership from the start, and a direct hand in how reliability works across the platform.\nFlexibility that treats you as an adult; we care that the work gets done, and we trust you to shape\nyour day.\nSalary Range\n$170,000 - $265,000 USD. Actual compensation varies with skill set, experience, and location, and the\nrole may be eligible for bonus and equity.\nEqual Opportunities Statement\nAt Nscale, we are committed to fostering an inclusive, diverse, and equitable workplace. We believe that a variety of perspectives enrich our work environment, and we encourage applications from candidates of all backgrounds, experiences, and abilities. We strongly encourage applications from people of colour, the LGBTQ+ community, people with disabilities, neurodivergent people, parents, carers, and people from lower socio-economic backgrounds.\nIf there’s anything we can do to accommodate your specific situation, please let us know.\nThe range below reflects the base salary for the position. Actual compensation may vary based on job-related factors such as skill set, experience, education, and location. In addition to base salary, this role may be eligible for bonus, equity, and/or commission programs. 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