Head of Site Reliability Engineering, Blockchain.com
+ Equity
4+ days a week in office
Cryptocurrency exchange & financial services firm
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Cryptocurrency exchange & financial services firm
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
+ Equity
4+ days a week in office
1001+ employees
Company mission
Blockchain.com's mission is to build the future of the financial system, and to change it for the better.
Role
Who you are
- Leadership & Standards: Proven experience leading senior SRE teams in 24/7 financial environments, with the ability to influence alignment around shared engineering standards
- Cloud & Orchestration: Deep expertise in GCP and AWS networking/management, alongside hands-on experience with Kubernetes, Nomad, and optimized Terraform workflows
- Hybrid Infrastructure: Solid background in bare-metal hardware, data center networking, and implementing Cloudflare Zero Trust architectures
- Systems & Observability: Strong software engineering background with a deep understanding of distributed systems, Linux and approaches to achieving good observability & reliability
- Execution: Strong judgment in prioritizing reliability, security, and developer productivity while evolving complex, heterogeneous estates rather than just greenfield environments
What the job involves
- We are looking for a Head of Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) who will serve as the principal leader in developing and executing our infrastructure reliability strategy that scales with the company as it continues to grow
- You will join an exceptional crypto company and senior engineering management team at a time of high growth. This is a tremendous opportunity for a leader to enhance and shape the infrastructure vision at a high-growth crypto financial services company. You will know how to navigate complex organizations to build relationships, deliver results, and understand the macro environment in crypto while ensuring the day-to-day uptime and safety of Blockchain.com’s needs
- Establish a multi-year platform and reliability strategy, defining the SRE roadmap and driving engineering standards for observability, automation, and production readiness
- Be a strong business enabler, allowing us to deliver products quickly whilst maintaining standards-compliance and security through well-designed self-service tooling
- Lead, mentor, and scale a global team of senior SREs, developing technical leaders through coaching and a strong hiring pipeline
- Architect and manage a secure hybrid infrastructure across GCP, AWS, and on-premise data centers, deploying sensitive components (using Kubernetes and Hashicorp Nomad) with zero-trust principles
- Own incident response and root-cause analysis, ensuring MTTD/MTTR targets are met while systematically addressing technical debt and legacy system inconsistencies
- Govern cloud architecture, IaC, networking, and cost management to maintain the organization’s dedication to automated workflows wherever feasible
- Build strong relationships with departments across the organization to understand requirements and deliver services whilst maintaining our standing with auditors and regulators
Salary benchmarks
Our take
Blockchain.com was founded in 2011 with the aim of making Bitcoin more compelling and efficient for consumers. It's now the world's leading provider of digital currency and distributed ledger software, with over 35 million users and $1 trillion in crypto transactions conducted on the platform.
Cryptocurrencies have become a fundamental part of both financial and cultural life. And yet, their world is often still murky and confusing to the uninitiated. Blockchain.com has been focused on bringing further digital assets exposure to mainstream audiences. As part of this, the company partnered with the NFL team, Dallas Cowboys, which has bought with it branding, advertising, content and event opportunities.
The company has impressive funding at its back, which was raised in an otherwise turbulent time for venture capital markets. This stands to signify the attractiveness of the company to investors, and it's currently weighing up its options for a public IPO, which certainly bodes well for its future success.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
-14% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
Nov 2023
$110m
SERIES E
Mar 2021
$300m
SERIES C
Total funding: $600m
Company benefits
- Meaningful Equity
- Crypto Bonus
- HealthCare
- Paid Family Leave
- Get the equipment you need
- Unlimited Vacation
- Remote-first
- Offsites
Company HQ
London, UK
Leadership
Peter Smith
(Co-Founder & CEO)Peter is a 2016 World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer, and Director and Board Member at UK Finance.
Nicolas Cary
(Co-Founder)Founder Commmissioner of the Blockchain Commission for Sustainable Development. Co-Founder & Chairman of the Board at skysthelimit.org.
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