Senior Site Reliability Engineer, Curve

• Experience deploying production ready applications to a Kubernetes cluster
• 2+ years of experience with a cloud provider (AWS an advantage)
• Knowledge of defining infrastructure as code, ideally with Terraform
• Experienced with a modern programming language such as Go or Python
• Ability to diagnose problems at any level (Client, HTTP/Network, Server, Database, OS)
• Experience of agile development practices and working in sprints
• Ability to write clear, concise documentation
• Keen to learn, and aware of changes in the software and cloud-native technologies industry

Desirable

• We are searching for a certain kind of person who is excited by the idea of owning the products they build, as well as people who like to build best-in-class features and services. This position requires collaboration with engineers, product managers and other teams and stakeholders within the business
• Working with Curve’s engineering teams to support the infrastructure they need and the platforms on which their services run
• Observing our platforms and services to measure reliability, find areas for improvement, and discover any risks to the stability or security of our systems
• Maintaining new and existing infrastructure with code, by writing well-designed Terraform modules, to make the best use of our cloud providers
• Doing proof-of-concepts on new and emerging tech to see how it could fit at Curve
• Taking part in honest and transparent blame-free post-mortems on incidents we have, so we can learn from them and prevent them from happening again
• Sharing your work and talking about it within the Platform and Engineering team, to spread knowledge and be an ambassador for good site reliability practices
• Deploying innovative new tools to help accelerate engineers and make their lives easier, giving them more time to focus on what they are building
• Documenting and driving the adoption of engineering best practices across the wider Engineering team
• Demonstrating ownership of all initiatives from concept to launch, and embodying unwavering commitment and reliability, with a genuine willingness to contribute and address challenges
• Helping Curve scale to many millions of customers and expand into multiple regions
• Architect our platforms to be secure and reliable to give our customers peace of mind
• Automate and accelerate - reduce manual tasks and allow all of Curve’s engineers to concentrate on building exciting new features
• Build, measure, learn - help us put together the best observability tools to continually improve Curve’s services and performance
• Our current tech stack includes:
• Cloud providers: Amazon Web Services and Google Cloud Platform
• Platforms: Kubernetes (EKS) with Istio service mesh
• Observability: Prometheus, Coralogix and Grafana
• Databases: PostgreSQL, MongoDB and Hashicorp Vault
• Infrastructure as Code: extensive use of Terraform and Atlantis
• CI/CD: GitLab, Flux and Helm