Staff Site Reliability Engineer - Remote $200k+ - Vaco : Job Details

Our Mission: Our goal is to enhance economic freedom globally, and this wouldn't be possible without our exceptional team. We are a dedicated group of high achievers focused on shaping the future of finance and Web3 for our global users, whether they are trading, storing, staking, or using crypto. If you're the type who always takes the lead in group projects, you'll fit right in with us.

What We Look For: We seek individuals who thrive in our culture of trust, feedback, and self-disruption. We expect all employees to be mission-driven and passionate about crypto, as these are the people who thrive in our fast-paced, sprint-and-recharge work environment. As a remote-first company, we aim to hire the best talent worldwide.

Who You Are:

• Enthusiastic You're optimistic and driven towards the future.
• Curious: You're eager to master cutting-edge technologies like DeFi, NFTs, DAOs, and Web 3.0.
• Clear Communicator: You value direct communication and are both an active communicator and listener.
• Flexible: You can pivot quickly as priorities change in the evolving crypto landscape.
• Initiative-Taker: You take ownership of problems and are empowered by responsibility.
• Collaborative: You thrive in a collaborative environment and embrace challenges.

Position: Staff Software Engineer, SRE / Staff Site Reliability Engineer

Role Overview: As a Staff Site Reliability Engineer, you will balance individual contributions with leading new projects, setting technical direction, and mentoring team members. You will play a crucial role in helping engineering teams design, deploy, and manage reliable software across all environments.

Key Responsibilities:

• Deep systems engineering and optimization to address performance issues.
• Define performance and reliability roadmaps.
• Set service-level objectives, improve observability, ensure production readiness, and optimize performance.
• Facilitate incident response and conduct root cause analysis.
• Automate operational tasks and design reliable system architectures.
• Mentor and train team members on best practices.

Qualifications:

• At least 8 years of experience in backend software or infrastructure.
• Proven ability to architect and develop solutions to complex problems.
• Strong skills in observability, debugging, and performance tuning.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Demonstrated critical thinking under pressure.
• Willingness to dive into any layer of the stack.

Preferred Skills:

• Experience with blockchains and protocols.
• Familiarity with rapid growth environments.
• Proficiency in Ruby, Go, and Terraform.
• Experience with cloud environments like AWS, GCP, or Azure.
• Experience in highly regulated environments.
• Ability to write technical blog posts and training materials.

Compensation:

• Target annual salary: $200k+, plus bonus, equity, and benefits.