Staff Site Reliability Engineer

Thrive Market

. Define, implement, and own Service Level Objectives (SLOs) and Service Level Indicators (SLIs) across critical platform services .

Posted 10/13/2026full-timeRemote • California • United StatesLead💰 $180,000 - $225,000 per yearWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) practices, including defining and implementing Service Level Objectives (SLOs) and Service Level Indicators (SLIs), while leveraging advanced skills in Kubernetes, AWS, and automation tools to enhance system reliability and operational excellence.

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Kubernetes ExpertiseAWS Services ProficiencySLOs and SLIs ImplementationInfrastructure as Code (IaC)Monitoring and Observability Platforms

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Hard Skills

Kubernetes (K8s)Linux AdministrationBash ScriptingPython ProgrammingGolang ProgrammingRuby ProgrammingAWS EC2TerraformCI/CD PipelinesMonitoring Platforms

Soft Skills

Excellent CommunicationIncident Response Leadership

Tools & Technologies

DatadogPrometheusGrafanaNew RelicCloudFormationPulumi

Industry Keywords

Service Level Objectives (SLOs)Service Level Indicators (SLIs)Error BudgetsChaos EngineeringDisaster Recovery Plans

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSEC2GrafanaKubernetesLinuxPrometheusPythonRubyTerraformGo

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Define, implement, and own Service Level Objectives (SLOs) and Service Level Indicators (SLIs) across critical platform services
Build and maintain monitoring, alerting, and observability systems
Establish error budgets to balance feature velocity with reliability investments
Lead incident response, conduct blameless postmortems, and drive systemic improvements
Design and implement chaos engineering practices
Architect and optimize the Kubernetes-based container orchestration platform
Support large infrastructure migrations and evaluate potential platform migrations
Design and implement automated deployment pipelines with feature flags and rollback/roll-forward capabilities
Develop and own disaster recovery plans, capacity planning models, and system hardening initiatives
Help product engineering teams scale infrastructure in AWS and adopt SRE best practices
Establish the SRE practice, including its charter, processes, and engagement model
Champion operational excellence, continuous improvement, and data-driven reliability decisions
Create and maintain technical documentation, runbooks, incident response procedures, and operational playbooks
Participate in weekly on-call rotations
Identify systemic engineering problems and make strategic recommendations for improvement

Requirements

What you’ll need

B.S. in Computer Science or equivalent professional experience
7+ years of hands-on experience in SRE, DevOps, or Infrastructure Engineering, with a proven track record of improving reliability at rapidly growing companies
Deep expertise in Kubernetes (K8s), including cluster management, Helm charts, service meshes, and production-grade container orchestration
Strong systems engineering background with advanced proficiency in Linux administration
Advanced scripting and automation skills in Bash, Python, Golang, Ruby, or similar languages
Extensive experience with core AWS services including EC2, ECS/EKS, S3, VPC, IAM, CloudWatch, Route 53, RDS, and Lambda
Strong experience with Infrastructure as Code tools (Terraform, CloudFormation, Pulumi, or similar)
Hands-on experience defining and implementing SLOs, SLIs, and error budgets in production environments
Deep understanding of CI/CD pipelines and deployment strategies (blue-green, canary, rolling deployments)
Expertise in monitoring and observability platforms (Datadog, Prometheus, Grafana, New Relic, or similar)
Strong knowledge of web application infrastructure, networking, load balancing, and security best practices
Excellent communication skills with the ability to lead incident response and facilitate blameless postmortems
Employment with Thrive Market requires that employees be based in the United States and maintain this throughout employment

Benefits

Comp & perks

Comprehensive health benefits (medical, dental, vision, life and disability)
Competitive salary + equity
401k plan
9 Observed Holidays
Flexible Paid Time Off
Subsidized ClassPass Membership with access to fitness classes and wellness and beauty experiences
Ability to work in our beautiful office in Playa Vista
Free Thrive Market membership with exclusive employee discount
Coverage for Life Coaching & Therapy Sessions on our holistic mental health and well-being platform
Stock Options
Health & Wellness Benefits