Senior Site Reliability Engineer, Paxos
$157.3-185k
+ Equity + Bonuses
Blockchain infrastructure for financial services
Job no longer available
Blockchain infrastructure for financial services
201-500 employees
Job no longer available
$157.3-185k
+ Equity + Bonuses
201-500 employees
Company mission
To enable the movement of any asset, at any time, in a trustworthy way.
Role
Who you are
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field — or equivalent practical experience
- 5+ years of experience in Site Reliability Engineering, DevOps, or related infrastructure roles
- Deep expertise in public cloud platforms, especially AWS, with hands-on experience in services like EC2, S3, Lambda, CloudWatch, and IAM
- Strong proficiency with Kubernetes and container orchestration — you’ve run production workloads and understand cluster management, scaling, and troubleshooting
- Extensive experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using tools such as Terraform, Pulumi, or Crossplane
- Solid scripting or programming skills in languages like Python, Bash, or Go, with a strong focus on automation
- Working knowledge of managed database services like Amazon RDS, Aurora, or PostgreSQL is a plus — but infrastructure is your main game
- Excellent problem-solving and debugging skills, with a systems-thinking mindset
- Strong communicator who thrives in collaborative, remote-first teams
What the job involves
- The Site Reliability Engineering team at Paxos builds and maintains the secure cloud infrastructure that supports our mission to reshape the financial industry
- They enhance engineering efficiency by creating standardized frameworks across product lines and develop self-service tools to streamline processes, making it easier for teams to get things done
- As a Senior Site Reliability Engineer, you’ll play a critical role in shaping and scaling the infrastructure that powers our platform
- You'll work closely with engineering teams to ensure our systems are reliable, secure, and performant with a strong focus on Kubernetes, AWS services, and infrastructure as code
- Your expertise will help drive automation, improve developer velocity, and support the continued growth and maintenance of our cloud-native environment
- Design, build, and operate scalable, highly available cloud infrastructure primarily on AWS
- Manage and evolve our Kubernetes environments to support the deployment and operation of modern, containerized applications
- Define and implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using tools like Terraform, CDK, or Crossplane
- Automate infrastructure provisioning, configuration, maintenance, and monitoring to reduce manual effort and improve reliability
- Apply best practices around security, observability, and cost optimization across infrastructure and services
- Manage and optimize database technologies, with a focus on Amazon RDS and Aurora
- Partner with development teams to
- Investigate and resolve incidents, perform root cause analysis, and implement long-term fixes
- Participate in on-call rotations and provide support for critical production systems
- Contribute to SRE best practices, internal tooling, and team knowledge sharing
Application process
- For technical roles, we do not perform a coding interview without prior screening by our engineering team
Our take
Paxos is aiming to revolutionize blockchain by developing its selection of regulation-compliant infrastructure services for companies looking to add features like crypto brokerages or branded stablecoins to their customer offerings.
Its focus on regulatory compliance across different territories, and its status as one of only three national trusts born in the crypto ecosystem, gives it an edge in building a unique and global network of enterprise customers.
Cryptocurrency remains a risky sector, so a company at the forefront of crypto regulation is proving highly attractive to a growing sector of enterprises tentatively dipping their toes in. It is pushing ahead of competitors as one of the largest crypto/blockchain startups with a valuation of over $2 billion and a current funding total of over $500 million.
Its growth has been backed up by material results, too. It has established relationships with firms like Bank of America, Credit Suisse, and Mastercard, and PayPal leverages Paxos on its backend to enable its users to buy, sell, and hold cryptocurrencies. This proven success with an expanding roster of big-name clients and collaborators like MakerDao will likely see it command a dominant market share in the years ahead.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
10% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
Apr 2021
$300m
SERIES D
Dec 2020
$142m
SERIES C
Total funding: $535.3m
Company HQ
Midtown East, New York, NY
Leadership
Charles Cascarilla
(CEO)Previous Co-founder and Partner at Cedar Hill Capital Partners for 10 years. Current Partner at Liberty City Ventures and Founding Board Member of the Association for Digital Asset Markets, alongside working at Paxos.
Rich Teo
(CEO Asia)Previous Financial Analyst at Citi for 2 years before becoming a Principal / Senior Analyst at Cedar Hill Capital Partners. Has served as CEO of Asia at Paxos for 7 years.
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