Staff Site Reliability Engineer (SRE)
Xometry · North Bethesda, MD · 1 mo ago
HybridInformation Technology$165k–$190k/yrFull-time
Responsibilities
- Lead the resolution of the most complex, cross-cutting technical challenges and drive them to completion, ensuring alignment with organizational goals.
- Define the long-term technical roadmap and strategy for core SRE platforms and services.
- Architect, scope, and drive delivery of major engineering initiatives, balancing trade-offs between effort, risk, and long-term business impact.
- Set the standard for clean, efficient, and well-documented code, focusing on core system improvements and features.
- Collaborate effectively across teams, communicating clearly on progress, blockers, and outcomes to technical and executive stakeholders.
- Provide technical mentorship to engineers across the organization and drive organization-wide adoption of best practices for operational excellence, observability, and infrastructure security.
- Demonstrate accountability, curiosity, and continuous improvement in all aspects of your work.
- Develop, configure, and maintain underlying platforms for deployed software (AWS accounts and networking, kubernetes clusters, and similar systems), focusing on architectural design and scaling.
- Develop, configure, and maintain observability and monitoring tools (Coralogix, Sentry, etc.), including defining SLOs and SLIs.
- Develop, configure, and maintain software development (CI/CD) tools (github actions runners, ArgoCD, etc).
Qualifications Required:
- 8+ years of professional experience in infrastructure management or backend software development experience in a fast-paced, product-driven environment.
- Demonstrated deep technical expertise in one or more of the following languages: Python, Javascript, or Unix Shell.
- Extensive experience with AWS, including architecting, deploying, monitoring, and scaling production workloads across multiple accounts and regions.
- Deep expertise with Terraform, Kubernetes, advanced CI/CD pipelines, and Docker/containerization best practices.
- Proven experience leading technical projects with significant cross-functional impact.
- Comfortable working in an operational environment, including acting as a point of escalation for complex issues outside of the on-call schedule.
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills, comfortable engaging with technical and executive stakeholders.
Pay
The estimated base salary range for new hires into this role is $165,000 - $190,000 annually + commission depending on factors such as job-related skills, relevant experience, and location.
Benefits
We also offer a competitive benefits package, including 401(k) match, medical, dental and vision insurance; life and disability insurance; generous paid time off including vacation, sick leave, floating and fixed holidays, maternity and bonding leave; EAP, other wellbeing resources; and much more.