Senior Site Reliability Engineer

• Design, develop, and maintain Kubernetes operators and controllers in Go to automate deployment, configuration, scaling, and lifecycle management of Stargate services
• Own and manage Stargate production releases and deployment pipelines using GitOps practices
• Drive operational excellence initiatives including metrics collection, log aggregation, uptime monitoring, KPI tracking, and SIM Integration
• Maintain and achieve 99.99% (four nines) to 99.999% (five nines) uptime SLAs
• Design, develop, and maintain Helm charts for Stargate and related infrastructure components
• Implement and manage progressive deployment strategies including canary deployments and blue-green deployments
• Oversee critical Kubernetes infrastructure including volume management, DNS configuration, load balancer provisioning, and secret monitoring/management
• Manage and optimize Kubernetes deployments and related AWS services
• Implement and maintain observability stack using OpenTelemetry for comprehensive monitoring and alerting

• 5+ years of experience in Software Engineering, Site Reliability Engineering, DevOps, or a related discipline

• Kubernetes administration experience with elevated cluster access in production environments

• Strong software development experience in one or more programming languages (C++, Go, Node, Python, etc.)

• Strong proficiency writing and maintaining Helm charts for complex, multi-component applications

• Hands-on experience implementing canary deployments, blue-green deployments, and other progressive delivery patterns

• Deep knowledge of Kubernetes infrastructure management: persistent volumes, DNS/networking, load balancers, and secrets management

• Production experience with GitOps workflows and Flux CD

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience developing Go-based Kubernetes operators and controllers

• Experience with AWS cloud services, particularly EKS (Elastic Kubernetes Service), Secrets Manager, VPC networking, IAM, and AWS Load Balancers

• Experience with Karpenter for Kubernetes node autoscaling and cluster optimization

• Experience with OpenTelemetry instrumentation and observability platforms

• Kubernetes certifications (CKA, CKAD, or CKS)

• Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, Jenkins, GitLab CI, etc.)

• Knowledge of infrastructure-as-code tools (Terraform, CDK)

• Experience implementing SRE practices including SLIs, SLOs, and error budgets

Working Conditions / Schedule: This position is required to be onsite Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Where applicable, employees may work remotely on Wednesdays from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Additional hours may be required based on business needs., Compensation & Benefits: Compensation level and base salary are competitively structured and thoughtfully determined based on factors such as relevant skills, experience, education, and the scope of the role.

• Comprehensive health coverage: Medical, dental, and vision benefits, with 70% of premiums covered by the employer
• Paid time off: Three (3) weeks per year of vacation
• Retirement plan: Up to 4% employer match on 401(k) contributions
• Paid holidays: 11 company-recognized holidays
• Parental leave
• Educational reimbursement opportunities to support company objectives, continued learning, and career development