Senior Software Engineer, Reliability Engineering Team

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The Community You Will Join

We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join our Site Reliability Engineering team As a Senior Software Engineer in Production SRE, you will be responsible for developing and maintaining the tools and systems that enable our engineering teams to operate our services reliably and at scale

You will work closely with our SREs and other engineering teams to ensure our services are properly instrumented and able to scale with our growing business.

The Difference You Will Make

In this role

, your expertise in developing and maintaining tools and systems will be instrumental in bolstering our services reliability and improving how the company manages incidents broadly. By collaborating closely with other engineering teams you will help establish a culture of reliability throughout the organization by providing a comprehensive incident management platform that is being used for instrumentation, operability, and around incidents. Your ability to identify opportunities for improvement and drive their implementation will contribute significantly to our overall operational efficiency and growth, ensuring that our services remain resilient as our business continues to expand.

Additionally, as an essential part of this role, you will serve as an active member of the Production SRE team, responding to and managing high severity incidents

Your vast technical experience and leadership skills will be invaluable as you step into the role of Incident Commander during these critical events You will guide cross-functional teams during crisis situations and ensure timely resolution, minimizing the impact on our customers and business

This aspect of your work will require not just strong technical acumen, but also excellent communication and coordination skills, resilience under pressure, and a firm commitment to our culture of blamelessness and continuous learning.

A Typical Day

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