Senior Production Engineer

Senior Production Engineer Remote, United States About this Position: Are you passionate about automation, cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes, and reliability engineering? As a Senior Production Engineer (SRE) at Legion, you will build and operate a secure, highly scalable, and cost-effective AWS/Kubernetes-based cloud platform. You will work across infrastructure automation, CI/CD pipelines, observability, and production reliability. Simply put, the SRE team ensures Legion’s platform is reliable, scalable, and continuously improving for our customers. This role includes participation in an on-call rotation. Role Responsibilities: Support and operate Legion’s AWS-based cloud platform and Kubernetes (EKS) environments. Leverage GenAI tools (e.g., Claude Code, Codex, or similar) to accelerate infrastructure development, automation, and auto-remediation of common production issues. Build and maintain infrastructure-as-code using Terraform. Develop automation and internal tooling using Go or Python. Improve CI/CD pipelines to increase deployment safety and velocity. Define and improve monitoring, alerting, and observability systems. Respond to production incidents, conduct root cause analysis, and implement systemic improvements. Develop and automate operational runbooks and remediation workflows. Support production deployments, including during off-hours as needed. Basic Qualifications: 5-8+ years of experience in SRE, DevOps, or SaaS production operations. 3+ years of hands-on experience operating production workloads in AWS. Strong experience with Terraform and infrastructure-as-code practices. 3+ years of experience with containerized environments using Docker and Kubernetes (EKS preferred); familiarity with Helm. Proficiency in Go or Python (or similar programming language). Experience building and maintaining CI/CD systems (Git-based workflows, Argo, Jenkins or similar). Strong Linux/Unix systems experience. Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience. Other Qualifications: Experience with observability tools such as Datadog, CloudWatch, ELK stack, Prometheus, or similar. Experience managing AWS RDS and/or Aurora MySQL including slow query analysis, replication, and upgrade operations. Experience implementing SLIs/SLOs and reliability best practices. Experience working effectively with remote, distributed teams. Experience with supporting SOC 2 / ISO 27001 audits. AWS certification preferred. COMPENSATION BENEFITS Salary Range: Base Salary Range: $165,000 - $195,000 + Stock Equity At Legion, we offer competitive compensation and benefits packages to all employees. As a fully remote employer, pay for positions is determined using local, national, and industry-specific survey data. Our posted salary range is done so in good faith based on national data and may be refined for a candidate's region/town/cost of living. We strive to make competitive offers that allow employees room for future growth. Salaries will be based on the applicant’s location, level of experience, education, and specialized knowledge and skills. Additionally, we consider the external market rate, the amount we have budgeted internally, and the internal equity for the same position within the company. Benefits include, but are not limited to: $0 monthly premium and other flexible medical, dental, and vision plans effective on the first day of employment 401k plan Discretionary Paid Time Off and Paid Holidays Parental Leave Equity Monthly Wellness Reimbursement Monthly Lunch on Legion ABOUT LEGION Join Legion's mission to turn hourly jobs into good jobs. We're a remote, mission-driven team seeking exceptional talent to propel this vision. Embrace a culture that's collaborative, fast-paced, and entrepreneurial. With us, you'll grow your skills, work closely with experienced executives, and contribute significantly to our mission. Legion Technologies delivers the industry’s most innovati ... (truncated, view full listing at source)