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Senior SRE Engineer

Flowcode
Location
New York, Hybrid
Posted
26 days ago
Department
Engineering
What they actually want (must-haves)
  • 4+ years of professional experience across SRE, DevOps, or Platform Engineering domains
  • Technical proficiency in Kubernetes, including cluster troubleshooting and managing controllers or CRDs
  • Advanced Terraform or OpenTofu expertise, encompassing module architecture and production state management
  • Hands-on operational experience with GitOps workflows via ArgoCD and Helm-based deployments
  • Ability to author production-grade code in Go or Python alongside robust shell scripting
  • Mastery of core AWS services, specifically EKS, Networking/VPC, RDS, and IAM
Nice to have
  • Exposure to Crossplane or alternative Kubernetes-native solutions for infrastructure provisioning
  • Deep observability experience utilizing Datadog or Prometheus to engineer SLOs, high-signal dashboards, and intelligent alerting
  • Practical knowledge of modern secrets management frameworks and implementation
  • Experience optimizing cluster efficiency through autoscaling technologies such as Karpenter or Cluster Autoscaler
What the job really is

The Senior Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) at Flowcode will focus on enhancing the reliability and infrastructure of the company's platforms. Daily responsibilities include managing AWS infrastructure, improving system availability, contributing to incident response, and optimizing deployment pipelines. The role requires collaboration with engineering teams to ensure systems are scalable and resilient, while also overseeing observability and monitoring practices.

Things to weigh
  • No salary listed
  • Company emphasizes a high-performance culture, which may not suit everyone
  • Role requires balancing strategic projects with operational support, which can be demanding
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