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Role:
We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Head of SRE to lead and inspire our SRE team. In this role, you will be a hands-on leader, responsible for defining the SRE strategy, building a world-class team, and driving operational excellence across the organization. You will be both a leader and an individual contributor, playing a key role in designing, building, and maintaining highly reliable and scalable systems.
What You’ll Do
- Lead and inspire: Lead, mentor, and coach a team of Site Reliability Engineers, fostering their professional development and growth.
- Set the vision: Define the SRE strategy and roadmap, aligning with company-wide goals and objectives.
- Champion Best Practices: Establish and champion SRE best practices, processes, and tools across the organization..
- Collaborate with Teams: Work closely with development teams to design and build scalable, resilient systems.
- Monitor Performance: Establish and monitor service level objectives (SLOs) and service level indicators (SLIs) to ensure optimal performance.
- Incident Management: Respond to incidents, conduct thorough post-mortems, and implement preventive measures to avoid future issues.
- Drive Automation: Lead initiatives to automate manual tasks, improving operational efficiency and reducing errors.
- Manage On-Call Rotations: Ensure adequate coverage for incident response through effective on-call rotation management.
- Foster Continuous Learning: Promote a culture of blameless post-mortems and continuous learning within the team.
What We’re Looking For
- 5+ years in software engineering, systems administration, or site reliability engineering.
- 2+ years in a leadership or management role.
- Strong understanding of cloud computing, containerization, and orchestration technologies (e.g., GCP, Kubernetes, ArgoCD, Helm, Terraform).
- Extensive experience in cloud environments, including but not limited to GCP.
- Proficiency in programming and scripting languages (e.g., Python, Go, Bash).
- Experience with monitoring and observability tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, ELK stack).
- Excellent problem-solving abilities and a proactive approach to challenges.
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work effectively in a team environment.
Our Values
- Ownership: We take initiative and are passionate about owning our work from start to finish, driving projects forward with a sense of urgency.
- Collaboration: We believe in the power of teamwork and open communication.
- Integrity: We uphold the highest standards of honesty and ethical behavior.
- Innovation: We encourage creative thinking and the pursuit of new ideas.
- Excellence: We strive for excellence in everything we do.
- Continuous Improvement: We are committed to ongoing learning and development
US-Based Positions
- Salary range $120-$202K
- Equity in a high-growth startup
- Health, dental, and vision insurance premium contributions; short & long-term disability insurance and basic life insurance
- Cell phone and internet reimbursement
- Flexible PTO, sick leave & parental leave
- Access to a company 401k plan
Non US-Based positions
- Location Dependent
We do not make hiring decisions based on educational history whatsoever. Our Founder is a college dropout. We employ high school dropouts, PHD candidates and everything in-between. We do not hire credentials. We simply hire talented, passionate individuals who are excited to be a part of our team.
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Strike is the global bitcoin app. It's the simple, fast, and secure way to buy bitcoin and send money globally. Strike is available in nearly 100 countries, including the U.S., Europe, Latin America, and Africa. Sign up in seconds and start with as little as a cent. Join the future of money
