Senior Site Reliability Engineer

About the company Our client is a fast-growing software company. The role Raydar is recruiting for this role on behalf of our client. Design, run and improve the production infrastructure that a software platform depends on, with a focus on reliability, availability and cost. The role combines hands-on building with incident leadership and setting engineering standards for the infrastructure team. What you'll do - Design and operate secure production infrastructure on a major public cloud and Kubernetes that scales and stays dependable. - Manage compute, storage and networking, tuning for uptime, performance and cost. - Build deployment pipelines, infrastructure-as-code and automation that help developers ship changes safely. - Lead incident response, including on-call rotations, postmortems, root cause analysis and reliability targets. - Mentor engineers and help shape the standards and culture of the infrastructure team. Requirements What we're looking for - At least five years in reliability or infrastructure engineering, operating systems that carry heavy load in live environments. - Hands-on experience as a founding SRE or in building and leading an engineering team. - Hands-on experience with cloud platforms and Kubernetes, plus platform engineering or DevOps work. - Track record of automating software release workflows and provisioning. - Strong software engineering fundamentals and proficiency in Python. - Solid grasp of how networks, data stores and access controls behave in a hosted environment. - A university degree is required. Bonus points - Experience at high-growth startups, large technology companies or core infrastructure companies. - Exposure to declarative provisioning tools is a plus. Benefits Compensation and benefits - Base salary: $180K - $250K - Equity - Health, dental and vision coverage - Life insurance - Unlimited paid time off - Paid company holidays - Parental leave - Retirement plan - Commuter benefits Location and work model - New York, NY, United States - On-site, 5 days a week in the office - Full-time