Staff Site Reliability Engineer, Aerospike
$145-185k
Salary applicable for California based applicants, may vary in other locations
Real-time big data platform for organizations
Posted today
Real-time big data platform for organizations
201-500 employees
Posted today
$145-185k
Salary applicable for California based applicants, may vary in other locations
201-500 employees
Company mission
Aerospike's mission is to unleash the power of the world's real-time data.
Role
Who you are
- 8+ years of experience in SRE, DevOps, or infrastructure engineering, including significant time operating production systems at scale
- Deep hands-on experience with at least one major public cloud (AWS, GCP, Azure), and working knowledge of the others; Azure experience is a plus
- Production experience with Kubernetes, including operating clusters, Helm, operators, and supporting microservices in real-world environments
- Strong proficiency in infrastructure-as-code tools such as Terraform and CI/CD automation platforms
- Expertise in observability tools and practices (Datadog, Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, etc.) and using them to define SLIs and SLOs.; DataDog experience is a plus
- Programming and scripting ability in one or more languages (Python, Go, Bash, etc.)
- Experience with large-scale incident response and post-incident review practices
- Proven ability to mentor other engineers and influence technical strategy across multiple teams
- Strong communication skills to articulate complex concepts to technical and non-technical stakeholders
Desirable
- Hands-on experience managing and optimizing database deployments and services in production environments, ensuring high availability and performance
- Familiarity with Aerospike or other distributed databases is a plus
- Kubernetes or cloud certifications (CKA, CKS, AWS/GCP DevOps/Architect) a plus but not require
- Track record of influencing architectural decisions across teams or domains
What the job involves
- As a Staff Site Reliability Engineer at Aerospike, you’ll be a technical leader within our global SRE organization, helping drive reliability, performance, and scalability across our hybrid and multi-cloud environments
- You’ll bring deep operational experience and lead by example—mentoring others, designing resilient systems, and championing modern SRE practices across new and legacy platforms
- You’ll play a key role in shaping the direction of our infrastructure initiatives, from Kubernetes-based platforms like AKS and the Aerospike Kubernetes Operator to existing services in AWS and GCP
- Your impact will span teams and systems as you solve complex problems, influence architecture, and foster a culture of ownership, resilience, and continuous improvement
- Provide technical leadership across multiple systems and environments, proactively identifying risks, shaping architecture decisions, and improving reliability and performance at scale
- Lead key infrastructure efforts including Kubernetes platform expansion (AKS, AKO), and application of SRE principles to legacy systems and new cloud offerings
- Define, measure, and enforce reliability standards through SLIs/SLOs, observability tooling, and incident response frameworks
- Mentor and guide other SREs by leading design sessions, conducting technical deep dives, and reviewing code, configurations, and infrastructure decisions
- Partner with product, engineering, and cloud teams to align reliability goals with delivery objectives
- Lead root cause analyses and implement systemic fixes for issues spanning multiple platforms or services
- Drive automation-first approaches using IaC, CI/CD pipelines, and scripting to reduce toil and increase deployment confidence
- Influence cross-functional roadmaps, identifying areas for innovation, technical debt reduction, and long-term scalability
- Participate in the global on-call rotation, bringing senior-level calm and clarity during incidents and escalations
Our take
Aerospike is a high speed data platform that promises to reduce server footprints by up to 80%. Aimed at satisfying large-scale data platform requirements, clients include PayPal, Verizon Media, European Central Bank, and Snap Inc.
While there are other data platforms available such as DataStax, Redis Labs and Couchbase, Aerospike sets itself apart through offering no trade off between cost and a high level of performance and consistency on a large scale.
As massive petabyte data sets become the norm for large businesses, Aerospike realises the need for systems that can handle this in real-time. Its release of Aerospike Connect brings connectivity of Aerospike Database 5 with a range of big-name open-source frameworks such Apache Spark, Presto, Pulsar, Kafka and JMS - making Aerospike products more useful to a wider client set. Impressive Series E funding awarded in 2024 will be used to further develop its AI capabilities, specifically around graph and vector functions, capitalising on the current boom in the machine learning sector.
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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
5% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)
Dec 2024
$30m
LATE VC
Apr 2024
$109m
SERIES E
Total funding: $201m
Company benefits
- Comprehensive health plans & FSAs
- Healthy in-office snacks
- 401(k)
- Unlimited PTO
- Well-equipped workspace with standing desks, high-quality equipment and a fully stocked kitchen
- Weekly happy hours and regular company events
- Global team - you have the chance to connect with an international community and gain a global perspective
Company HQ
Mountain View, CA
Leadership
Srini Srinivasan
(CTO)Worked as an IBM Senior Engineer for 4 years before working as a Server Architect at VerdiSoft and Yahoo!. They left their CTO role at Citrusleaf in 2009 to found Aerospike, serving as CPO since 2019.
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