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Principal Site Reliability Engineer, Platform

Blue River Technology
Location
Remote-US
Posted
27 days ago
Department
Platform
Salary
$174,000 - $305,000
What they actually want (must-haves)
  • Min. of 8 years of deep experience in building and maintaining infrastructure for data-intensive, high-availability applications, including six years building and maintaining public cloud solutions.
  • Deep understanding of cloud orchestration tools such as Kubernetes and Terraform.
  • Deep understanding of software design methodologies, information systems architecture, object-oriented design, and software design patterns.
  • Deep understanding of securing cloud infrastructure (preferably AWS and Kubernetes).
  • Deep experience in one or more of the following languages: Golang (preference), Python, JavaScript, Rust.
  • Deep experience in CI/CD tooling (GitHub Actions, ArgoCD, ArgoCD Image Updater, Artifactory).
Nice to have
  • You are interested in robotic applications and developing software that assists robots.
  • You are excited about robotics and the future of automation.
  • You are a self-starter with infectious enthusiasm, energy, and problem-solving abilities.
What the job really is

The Principal Site Reliability Engineer will be part of the Platform organization, focusing on building and maintaining a Kubernetes-based infrastructure that supports multiple teams and services. Responsibilities include architecting essential infrastructure, developing backend services in Golang, ensuring high availability, and collaborating with product teams to launch new products. The role also involves performance analysis, incident management, and maintaining security and observability measures for the platform.

Benefits
  • Base pay range of $174,000 - $305,000/year depending on experience, qualifications, education, location, and skills.
  • Eligible for an annual performance bonus.
  • Competitive benefit package.
Things to weigh
  • No specific mention of the tech stack beyond Kubernetes and Golang.
  • The role may involve on-call responsibilities for production incidents.
  • The company emphasizes diversity and inclusion but acknowledges there is more work to do in this area.
Job score3.8/5
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Freshness4/5
Career value4/5
Role clarity4/5
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