Lead Site Reliability Engineer - Datadog, Kafka (d/f/m)

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 6+ years of experience with SaaS software development in distributed systems.
• 2+ years’ experience as an SRE or similar role in agile environments.
• Experience with Datadog, Kafka, IaC, Docker, and Kubernetes.
• Strong problem-solving and debugging skills.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.

Nice to Have/Bonus

• Experience with CI/CD tooling (GitHub Actions/GitOps tools).
• Experience tuning JVM-based services and Node.js runtimes.
• Experience with AWS MSK Connect.

What You'll Be Doing

• Engage in and improve the full service lifecycle from initial design to deployment.
• Prepare services for production, plan capacity, and conduct launch assessments.
• Operate, monitor, and maintain live services, designing observability stacks.
• Ensure sustainable scalability through automation and continuous improvement.
• Collaborate with product and engineering teams to define SLOs and ensure reliability.
• Support incident management processes and automate to reduce toil.
• Support resilience strategies and implement chaos testing.
• Mentor and train peers on reliability best practices.

Perks and Benefits

• Competitive reward package including salary, benefits, and pre-IPO equity.
• 28 days of paid vacation, plus additional days with tenure.
• 1 (fully paid) Impact Day to make a difference.
• Generous family leave, child support, mental health support, and sabbatical opportunities.
• Cultural events, healthy snacks, drinks, and weekly catered lunch.