Team Leader, SRE

Remote

. Lead the Site Reliability Engineering team as a 60% individual contributor and 40% leadership role .

Posted 9/23/2026full-timeRemoteSenior💰 $75,450 - $169,700 per yearWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in Site Reliability Engineering, with a strong focus on Kubernetes, AWS, and observability practices. Proven ability to lead teams, manage performance, and drive operational excellence while ensuring compliance in regulated environments.

Highest-signal resume keywords

Site Reliability Engineering LeadershipKubernetes in ProductionAWS at Meaningful ScaleInfrastructure as Code with TerraformIncident Response and SLO Management

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Hard Skills

Site Reliability EngineeringCloud Infrastructure EngineeringDevOps PracticesObservability PrinciplesAI Infrastructure BuildingTerraformGitLab CIGitHub ActionsJenkinsDocker

Soft Skills

Coaching Technical CraftClear Written CommunicationRelationship BuildingPerformance AssessmentHandling Underperformance

Tools & Technologies

KubernetesAWSPostgreSQLDNSTLSCI Infrastructure

Industry Keywords

Regulated EnvironmentsIncident ResponseSLOsError BudgetsOperational Load Management

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSCloudDNSDockerJenkinsKubernetesPostgresShell ScriptingTerraform

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead the Site Reliability Engineering team as a 60% individual contributor and 40% leadership role
Own direct reports' onboarding, feedback, performance assessment, progression and hiring
Steer the team's focus against company goals and represent the team across engineering and senior leadership
Set technical direction and review the team's work
Own SRE goals, prioritization, support rotation and on-call model
Oversee Kubernetes, AWS, PostgreSQL, DNS and TLS, and CI infrastructure
Develop the reliability practice, including SLOs, error budgets, incident response and observability
Partner with Security on threats, patching, infrastructure controls, audit and compliance obligations
Manage platform vendor relationships, renewals and commercial conversations
Improve operational load versus project delivery balance and extend the SLO framework across teams

Requirements

What you’ll need

Experience leading an SRE, infrastructure or platform engineering team
Ownership of reports' growth, performance and career progression
Experience coaching technical craft and soft skills
Experience handling underperformance directly and early
Experience hiring engineers and assessing engineering quality
Hands-on background in site reliability, DevOps or cloud infrastructure engineering
Kubernetes in production
AWS at meaningful scale
Hands-on AI building, enablement, and scaling AI infrastructure
Solid observability practices and principles
Infrastructure as code with Terraform
CI/CD systems such as GitLab CI, GitHub Actions or Jenkins
Docker and shell scripting
Experience running a reliability practice: incident response, on-call, SLOs and error budgets
Understanding and history of working in regulated environments
Ability to prioritize operational load and project work
Clear written communication for asynchronous work
Ability to build relationships across teams
English application materials required

Benefits

Comp & perks

work from anywhere
flexible paid time off
flexible working hours (we are async)
16 weeks paid parental leave
budget towards co-working spaces, learning and wellness (including gym memberships)
mental health support services
stock options
home office budget & IT equipment
life-work balance and schedule flexibility
employee resource groups (Women, Disability, Queer, Minorities in Tech)
accommodation support during interviews and beyond