Site Reliability Engineer (High Seniority)

About Us:

At Instabase, our Site Reliability and Platform Engineering team is at the heart of building scalable, distributed, and fault-tolerant systems. We integrate Software Engineering and Systems Engineering to drive exceptional system performance, capacity, and reliability, ensuring our platforms can grow seamlessly and maintain high availability.

What You’ll Do:

• Lead with Vision: Define and steer the technical direction for your team, collaborating with cross-functional partners to drive impactful results.
• Strategic Roadmapping: Develop and execute comprehensive short and long-term roadmaps, balancing business needs, user experience, and robust technical foundations.
• Cloud Infrastructure Management: Oversee cloud infrastructure and deployment automation, ensuring efficient and reliable operations.
• Production Support: Guarantee uptime and reliability for production systems through proactive monitoring and support.
• Vulnerability Oversight: Manage vulnerability assessments and facilitate prompt remediation to maintain security and integrity.
• CI/CD and Build Infrastructure: Maintain and enhance build and CI/CD infrastructure to support seamless development workflows.
• Developer Productivity: Implement and optimize tools that enhance developer productivity and streamline processes.
• Release Management: Drive improvements in release management processes and tooling to ensure smooth and reliable software delivery.

About You:

• Proven Expertise: With 7+ years of experience in Site Reliability Engineering, Software Engineering, or Production Engineering, you have a track record of setting technical and cultural standards for engineering teams.
• Educational Foundation: You hold a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or have equivalent practical experience.
• SaaS Excellence: Demonstrated experience in managing and sustaining SaaS production environments, ensuring high performance and security.
• Cloud Proficiency: Hands-on experience with major cloud providers such as AWS and Azure.
• Containerization Skills: Proficient in containerization technologies like Docker.
• Kubernetes Mastery: Expertise in container orchestration platforms, especially Kubernetes.
• Release Management Savvy: Skilled in overseeing and managing software release processes to ensure smooth and reliable deployments.
• Engineering Mindset: A systematic approach to solving platform and production issues, with strong problem-solving abilities and a passion for automation.

For US-based roles: The base salary range for this role is $191,000 to $255,000 + bonus, equity, and US benefits. The actual pay may vary based on factors such as location, experience/skills, and level of impact the individual is expected to make at Instabase.

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