Senior Site Reliability Engineer, Orkes

• 5+ years of SRE/DevOps experience with production systems at scale
• Capability to code in statically compiled language. Java preferably. By definition SRE is software engineer not sysadmin
• Deep understanding of distributed systems, microservices, and cloud-native architecture
• Experience with REST, gRPC, and asynchronous messaging systems (Kafka, RabbitMQ, etc.)
• Strong problem-solving skills and a passion for learning new technologies
• A collaborative mindset—we win as a team
• Expert-level knowledge of at least one cloud provider (AWS, GCP, Azure) including their core services, networking, and security models and exposure to 2 remaining ones
• Possessing expert-level knowledge of at least one cloud provider (AWS, GCP, or Azure) is essential, encompassing their core services, networking, and security models. Exposure to the remaining two providers is also required
• Strong programming skills in Java, Go, or similar languages – you're a software engineer first
• Deep understanding of containerization (Docker, Kubernetes) and orchestration across cloud environments and corresponding security hardening
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Pulumi) for multi-cloud deployments
• Proficiency with monitoring tools (Prometheus, Grafana, DataDog, New Relic) and log aggregation systems
• Solid grasp of networking concepts including load balancing, CDNs, DNS, and security best practices
• Experience with service mesh technologies (Istio, Linkerd, Consul Connect)
• Knowledge of database administration across cloud-native and traditional systems
• Familiarity with chaos engineering and disaster recovery testing
• Understanding of compliance frameworks (SOC2, PCI DSS, HIPAA) in multi-cloud environments

Desirable

• We’re hiring a Senior Site Reliability Engineer to help us evolve and scale our platform. If you’re passionate about clean, efficient architecture, love solving tough distributed systems challenges, and thrive in an environment where your ideas actually shape the product then we’d love to talk
• We're building the next generation of resilient, scalable infrastructure that powers millions of users worldwide. Our platform operates across multiple cloud environments, ensuring 99.99% uptime while handling massive traffic spikes and complex distributed workloads
• We believe that reliability isn't just about keeping the lights on—it's about creating systems so robust and well-designed that our engineering teams can innovate fearlessly, knowing their applications will scale seamlessly and recover gracefully from any failure
• Write clean, maintainable code and champion engineering best practices for infrastructure automation
• Design and implement multi-cloud infrastructure spanning AWS, GCP, Azure, and hybrid environments
• Solve complex problems in distributed computing and event-driven systems, including designing high availability architectures
• Develop sophisticated monitoring and alerting systems that provide deep visibility into distributed applications
• Collaborate closely with product, design, and engineering teammates to ship high-impact features
• Automate everything – from infrastructure provisioning to incident response and capacity planning
• Lead incident response and conduct thorough post-mortems to continuously improve system reliability
• Collaborate with engineering teams to embed reliability principles into application design from day one
• Optimize costs across multi-cloud deployments while maintaining performance and reliability standards
• Drive technical discussions and decisions that influence the future of the platform
• Work with Orkes SDKs and code written in Java
• Start Date: ASAP
• Status: Full time
• Type: Remote
• Location: United States/ PT hrs, Canada/PT hrs
• Department: Engineering
• Reports to: Head of Engineering