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Senior Site Reliability Engineer

GoDaddy
Location
United Kingdom
Posted
19 days ago
Department
IT Ops
What they actually want (must-haves)
  • 5+ years of experience operating, troubleshooting, and improving large-scale production systems in cloud-based environments
  • Strong expertise in AWS, Linux, and container platforms such as Kubernetes
  • Experience building and maintaining Infrastructure as Code, automation solutions, and CI/CD pipelines
  • Proven track record of leading or owning production incidents and implementing long-term reliability improvements
  • Strong software engineering or scripting skills using languages such as Python, Go, or TypeScript
  • Experience using observability data and operational metrics to improve system performance
Nice to have
  • Experience with SaltStack, Ansible, Terraform, Pulumi, CloudFormation, or AWS CDK
  • Experience operating shared or multi-tenant infrastructure services at scale
  • Experience supporting eCommerce, payments, fintech, or other high-availability customer-facing platforms
  • Experience designing observability, SLO, SLI, or operational readiness frameworks
  • Experience contributing to architectural strategy and roadmap planning
What the job really is

As a Senior Site Reliability Engineer at GoDaddy, you will lead initiatives to enhance the reliability and operational efficiency of the Commerce platform. Your role involves owning critical production systems, driving incident response, and collaborating with various engineering teams to solve complex technical challenges. You will also design and improve cloud infrastructure and automation tools, mentor other engineers, and contribute to the team's technical direction.

Benefits
  • Paid time off
  • Retirement savings (e.g., 401k, pension schemes)
  • Bonus/incentive eligibility
  • Equity grants
  • Participation in employee stock purchase plan
  • Competitive health benefits
Things to weigh
  • Remote position with occasional office visits for team events or meetings
  • No specific salary or compensation details provided
  • Vague mention of benefits that vary based on role and location, specifics to be discussed during the interview
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