Site Reliability Engineering Lead

About the role

For our client, we are seeking a Site Reliability Engineering Lead to join the team of a leader in the Enterprise Technology space. This role will guide a senior SRE function with a strong emphasis on proactive reliability, automation, and operational excellence. You will partner closely with engineering leaders to strengthen service ownership, improve resilience, and maintain clear accountability between platform and service teams. The position also blends hands-on technical contribution with team leadership to support a sustainable, scalable operating model. Location: Remote - US based candidates only, no visa sponsorship available.

Responsibilities

• Lead a senior SRE team, focusing on strategic reliability work rather than reactive responses.
• Write production code and develop automation and tooling actively alongside the team.
• Establish service ownership standards, including alerting and runbooks, and conduct health reviews.
• Manage incident responses, drive remediation efforts, and build self-service tools for incident resolution.
• Design a sustainable on-call system through staffing and automation, minimizing stress on team members.
• Collaborate with engineering leaders to enhance reliability standards and maintain clear roles between SRE and service teams.

Qualifications

• Proficient in writing production-quality code in languages like Python or Go.
• Experience with reliability for production systems in high-availability environments, preferably fintech.
• Background in a high-scale engineering organization with a solid engineering culture.
• Recent experience managing a small engineering team while maintaining technical involvement.
• Hands-on experience with observability tools and incident management processes.

Pay

Compensation: $135,000 – $160,000 annually

Benefits

• Competitive base salary, stock options, and health benefits starting Day 1.
• 401(k) plan with company matching contributions.
• Fully remote working option, with flexible time off.
• Opportunity for professional growth within a mission-driven and inclusive culture.