Site Reliability Engineer

<div class="content-intro"><h3>Better Money</h3> <p>Strike is the Bitcoin company. With Strike, you can buy and sell bitcoin, pay bills, and borrow against your holdings. From individuals to businesses, Strike is purpose-built for every step of the Bitcoin journey. Available in more than 100 countries — including the U.S., Europe, Latin America, and Africa — Strike is building a better financial system powered by Bitcoin. Bitcoin is better money. Strike is how you use it.</p> <h3>Role: </h3></div><p>We are seeking a highly experienced Site Reliability Engineer located in Europe, with a strong track record of tackling complex reliability and scalability challenges, and a history of providing technical guidance to teams. If you're a seasoned problem-solver with a passion for automation and operational excellence, and enjoy elevating the skills of those around you, we want to hear from you.</p> <h3><strong>What You'll Do:</strong></h3> <ul> <li><strong>Lead Technical Initiatives:</strong> Drive key technical initiatives focused on improving the reliability, performance, and scalability of our critical systems, often leading technical aspects within projects.</li> <li><strong>Architect and Implement Advanced Solutions:</strong> Design and implement sophisticated resilient and scalable solutions, leveraging your deep understanding of distributed systems.</li> <li><strong>Master Troubleshooting and Optimization:</strong> Lead complex troubleshooting efforts, identify deep-seated root causes, and implement advanced optimizations.</li> <li><strong>Build and Evangelize Automation:</strong> Develop and champion the adoption of robust automation frameworks and tools, potentially guiding more junior engineers in their development.</li> <li><strong>Elevate Observability Practices:</strong> Design and implement comprehensive and insightful monitoring and logging solutions, ensuring actionable insights are available across teams.</li> <li><strong>Provide Leadership in Incident Management:</strong> Take a leadership role in incident response, providing critical technical direction and mentorship during high-pressure situations.</li> <li><strong>Champion Post-Mortem Excellence:</strong> Lead and contribute to in-depth blameless post-mortem analyses, driving significant improvements based on learnings.</li> <li><strong>Mentor and Guide Team Members:</strong> Share your extensive knowledge and experience to mentor and guide other SREs and engineers, fostering their technical growth.</li> </ul> <h3><strong>What We're Looking For:</strong></h3> <ul> <li>Extensive experience with minimum <strong>5 years</strong> in SRE, platform engineering, or software development with a strong operational focus.</li> <li>Demonstrated experience in providing technical leadership, guidance, or mentorship to engineering teams.</li> <li>Expert-level practical knowledge of cloud platforms, especially GCP.</li> <li>Deep hands-on experience with container orchestration (Kubernetes) and infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, Helm, ArgoCD).</li> <li>Strong command of multiple scripting and programming languages (Python, Go, Bash).</li> <li>Proven expertise in building and leveraging advanced monitoring and observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK stack).</li> <li>Exceptional analytical, problem-solving, and debugging skills at a senior level.</li> <li>Excellent communication, collaboration, and influencing skills.</li> <li>Organizational and leadership skills are a big plus</li> </ul> <h3><strong>Compensation and Benefits:</strong></h3> <ul> <li>Location dependent</li> </ul> <p>We do not make hiring decisions based on educational history whatsoever. Our Founder is a college dropout. We work with high school dropouts, PHD candidates and everything in-between. We do not hire credentials. We simply partner with talented, passionate individuals who are excited to be a part of our team.</p> <p><br>By clicking submit application below, you consent to our use and processing of ... (truncated, view full listing at source)