Software Engineer, Site Reliability Engineer
Esper
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Posted on Wednesday, November 24, 2021
This is a remote position where a candidate can reside in the following states. New York, California, Texas, Washington, Washington, D.C, Illinois, Georgia, Connecticut, Iowa, Virginia, Michigan, Maryland, Arizona, Missouri, Colorado, Ohio or Oregon.
Esper is creating the system of record for public policy to improve transparency and data in the public sector. We’re looking for an experienced Site Reliability Engineer to join our team and play a key role in ensuring the availability and performance of our systems.
As an early team member, you'll make a direct impact through:
- Developing tooling and automation to reduce manual operations and improve incident response time
- Owning the process and strategy for incident response, on-call, and disaster recovery
- Establishing best practices for observability, monitoring, and proactive alerting
- Working with engineers to define and meet SLOs
- Analyzing system performance to optimize capacity planning and resource allocation
- Contributing to security best practices, regular audits, and compliance with federal security standards
Qualifications:
- 3+ years of experience in a dedicated SRE or DevOps role
- Experience with automation and internal tools development
- Strong programming skills in a language such as Java, Python, Go, or Rust
- Expertise in modern cloud monitoring techniques using tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, and AWS CloudWatch
- Experience validating the reliability and security of web services
- Desire to own critical infrastructure components that support vital functions such as monitoring, release and deployment, data integrity, networking, and security
- Strong communication skills - you will be working closely with all of engineering to enable the rapid development and delivery of reliable, secure software
- Ability to write clear, detailed technical documentation
Bonus Qualifications:
- Experience managing infrastructure on AWS or similar cloud providers
- Experience building GitOps pipelines
- Experience with Docker and Kubernetes
- Experience with Hashicorp Terraform
- Experience optimizing Java/JVM application performance
- Expertise in cloud architecture best practices
Perks and Benefits:
- Being a part of an innovative and collaborative team that will both support and challenge you
- Significant opportunity for growth and ownership and to shape Esper for the long-term
- Competitive salary and equity at a growing early-stage company
- Paid holidays & unlimited PTO
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance
- Generous parental & sick leave
- 401(k) retirement plan with employer match
- Short/Long term disability & life insurance
- Flexible spending account (FSA)
- Work anniversary equity grants
- Monthly stipend to offset remote work expenses
- Office equipment allowance
- Paid Time Off to participate in volunteer/community events
Salary range: $155,000 - $180,000
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