Senior Site Reliability Engineer (Enterprise Platform) Location: US - Open to Europe if happy to overlap with EST

Remote | Full-time

Compensation: $150K - $200K

Our client is seeking a

Senior Site Reliability Engineer (Azure)

to architect and scale a robust infrastructure foundation for a high-growth distributed systems platform. This position is critical for ensuring that the platform operates as a secure, scalable, and production-ready environment capable of supporting complex enterprise use cases and high reliability standards.

The successful candidate will take a lead role in designing infrastructure from first principles, bridging the gap between product requirements and technical execution. This is a high-impact opportunity for a seasoned engineer to build greenfield Azure environments and establish operational excellence across a integral ecosystem.

Key Responsibilities

Infrastructure Design: Architect and deploy secure, scalable Azure infrastructure tailored for production-grade distributed systems

Automation & IaC: Develop and maintain Terraform-based infrastructure as code to enable repeatable, automated deployments across various environments

Technical Leadership: Translate ambiguous product and customer requirements into structured technical architecture and actionable execution plans

Platform Enhancement: Build and optimize platform services, APIs, and integrations to extend core system capabilities

Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with engineering, security, and product teams to deliver enterprise-ready infrastructure solutions

Operational Excellence: Drive improvements in reliability, observability, and incident response while providing Tier 2 infrastructure support for customer deployments





Performance Goals: What Success Looks Like In the first

6-12 months of this role, the following milestones are expected to be achieved:

Production Readiness: The Azure environment is established as a fully production-ready deployment setting for the platform

Scalable Deployments: All customer deployments are verified as repeatable, scalable, and secure

Feature Parity: Azure achieves full feature parity with all other supported cloud environments within the organization's ecosystem

Interview Process

Recruiter & Technical Screening: Initial HR call followed by an introductory technical interview covering foundational questions

Hiring Manager Interview: A deeper dive into experience, alignment, and role-specific expectations

Technical Interview: A comprehensive evaluation of architectural and technical execution skills

Final Leadership Interview: A concluding session with the VP of Engineering

Requirements

Proven Track Record: Extensive experience designing and building production-grade systems specifically on the Azure stack

Problem Solving: Ability to transform high-level requirements into scalable, delivered systems Communication: Strong technical communication skills with the ability to interface with both engineering teams and non-technical stakeholders

Mindset:



A high-ownership approach with a strong bias for action and accountability

Functional Expertise

Azure Services: Deep knowledge of Azure networking, compute, identity, security, and storage

Infrastructure as Code: Advanced proficiency with Terraform at production scale

Programming: Professional experience in Go and/or Python

Systems Engineering: Background in distributed systems, high-availability architectures, or platform engineering

CI/CD: Experience with automation tooling for the entire infrastructure lifecycle

Preferred Qualifications

Hands-on experience with Kubernetes and container orchestration

Familiarity with observability tools such as Prometheus and Grafana

Experience with workflow/orchestration platforms like Argo or Spacelift

Benefits Our client offers a competitive compensation package designed to reward high-impact contributors, including:

Equity & Tokens: Participation in the long-term growth of the project

Performance Bonuses: Annual incentives based on individual and company milestones

Health & Retirement: Comprehensive health insurance and 401k plans (available for US-based employees)

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