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Senior Site Reliability Engineer - Linux Systems & Application Observability

Tastylive
Location
Chicago, Illinois
Posted
12 days ago
Department
tt - Infrastructure
Salary
$180,000-$200,000
What they actually want (must-haves)
  • Hands-on experience designing fault-tolerant, self-healing distributed systems
  • Deep understanding of distributed systems, Linux systems, cloud-native architectures, containerization
  • Experience running gap analyses on observability/telemetry systems
  • Track record scaling systems under real production load
  • Hands-on experience with OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, and Grafana
  • Strong Linux internals and networking fundamentals
Nice to have
  • HashiCorp Nomad, Consul, or Vault experience
What the job really is

As a Senior Site Reliability Engineer at tastytrade, you will focus on enhancing the reliability of the brokerage platform by designing fault-tolerant systems and improving observability. Your role involves collaborating with infrastructure and application teams to automate operational tasks, conduct gap analyses on telemetry, and ensure scalability of services. You will also mentor other engineers to foster a culture of reliability within the organization.

Benefits
  • Performance Bonuses
  • Stock Purchase Options
  • Medical/Vision/Dental Benefits
  • 401k Plan
  • 20 Paid Vacation Days (plus an additional paid vacation day the month of your birthday!)
  • 10 Paid Sick Days
Things to weigh
  • Hybrid work model with 3 days in office
  • Base salary range provided, but actual salary depends on experience
  • Discretionary performance bonus based on individual and company performance
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