Senior Site Reliability Engineer, Prove

• Qualified candidates will be well versed in the difference between methods and ownership of outcomes and be able to demonstrate and document their previous relevant experience
• 6+ years of experience in Site Reliability Engineering, Platform Engineering, or equivalent experience
• Software Engineering roles with a strong infrastructure, operations, and/or production engineering aspect also qualify
• 2+ years of experience in technical project leadership
• Deep understanding of cloud platforms, preferably AWS
• Expert knowledge of observability platforms and practices (e.g., tracing, metrics, logging) with hands-on experience using tools like Prometheus, Grafana, Honeycomb and OpenTelemetry
• Strong experience with Kubernetes, container orchestration and Gitops methodologies
• Experience with infrastructure-as-code tools (Terraform, Terragrunt, Spacelift, OpenTofu)
• Skilled proficiency in at least one programming language (Java, Go, Python)
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience
• Don’t meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that women and people of color are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At Prove we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyways. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles

Desirable

• Reports To: Senior Manager, Site Reliability and Platform
• We are seeking a Senior Site Reliability Engineer to join our Platform Engineering team
• In this role, you will be instrumental in designing, deploying, and maintaining high-availability infrastructure leveraging automation, infrastructure-as code, and advanced monitoring
• You’ll partner closely with our application engineering teams to ensure our services meet the highest standards of reliability, performance, and security
• Senior SREs at Prove are responsible for driving 99.999% uptime for existing and developing products. Implementing, automating, and developing infrastructure are methods to these outcomes
• Lead:
• Contribute to infrastructure system design and application architecture within Platform Engineering and across engineering teams
• Develop and implement infrastructure-as-code standards using tools like Terraform and/or OpenTofu
• Act as a strong technical partner with our engineering teams
• Champion observability with product owners and engineering teams
• Optimize:
• Improve new and existing systems by increasing reliability, performance, and scalability
• Automate routine operational tasks to reduce toil and improve efficiency
• Ensure infrastructure security compliance and implement least-privilege access controls
• Enhance existing CI/CD pipelines and feedback loops for maximum reliability
• Enable auto-scaling infrastructure based on custom metrics for applications and critical observability infrastructure
• Respond:
• Participate in a 24/7 on-call rotation every 6-7 weeks, respond to our most critical alerts and resolve challenging events
• Conduct thorough post-incident reviews and implement preventative measures
• Use observability data to perform root cause analysis and identify system improvements
• Title: Senior Site Reliability Engineer
• Department: Platform Engineering
• This position description should not be considered the final description of the position. The position description is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of duties and standards of the positions. It should be assumed that we would, to some extent, structure responsibilities in accordance with the successful candidate’s capabilities and changing business conditions. Incumbents will follow any other instructions, and perform any other related duties, as assigned by their supervisor