Principal Site Reliability Engineer (Remote - US)

This position is posted by Jobgether on behalf of a partner company. We are currently looking for a Principal Site Reliability Engineer in the United States.

As a Principal Site Reliability Engineer, you will lead efforts to ensure the reliability, scalability, and operational excellence of a mission-critical financial technology platform. This role combines hands-on engineering with leadership, mentorship, and cross-functional collaboration to improve system performance, reduce operational risk, and embed reliability best practices across teams. You will design and implement automated workflows, guide incident response, and influence architecture to ensure services meet availability, latency, and performance goals. This position offers the opportunity to shape the reliability culture, drive automation, and deliver a robust, resilient platform that directly impacts business outcomes and customer satisfaction.

Accountabilities

• Define and execute SRE strategy to align reliability practices with long-term business and technology goals.
• Lead incident management and retrospectives, driving systemic reliability improvements across product workstreams.
• Own cross-cutting platform concerns such as observability, monitoring, alerting, performance, scalability, and resiliency.
• Partner with engineering leadership and product teams to embed reliability best practices into design, planning, and delivery.
• Automate detection, resolution, and recovery for recurring production issues to reduce operational toil.
• Evaluate and introduce technologies, frameworks, and practices that enhance reliability, efficiency, and performance.
• Mentor engineers across levels, cultivating SRE skills and reliability mindset organization-wide.

Requirements

• 10+ years of professional software or systems engineering experience, including 5+ years in SRE or reliability-focused roles.
• Proven leadership in influencing reliability practices across multiple teams or domains.
• Strong experience with distributed systems, cloud infrastructure (AWS preferred), CI/CD, microservices, and serverless architectures.
• Deep expertise in observability, monitoring, alerting, and incident management.
• Proficiency in modern programming languages (Java, Node.js/JavaScript, or similar) and scripting for automation.
• Experience with relational and non-relational databases.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills to work effectively across engineering and business stakeholders.
• Preferred: Experience in high-throughput, regulated industries (fintech, payments, banking), event-driven architectures, mentoring senior engineers, and advanced cloud/reliability certifications (e.g., AWS Solutions Architect Professional, SRE Foundation).

Benefits

• Competitive compensation range: $181,700 – $201,000
• Bonus programs and 401(k) match
• Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP)
• HSA and FSA options, financial wellness resources
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage; mental health support via Lyra Health
• Family planning and women’s health benefits
• Gym membership reimbursement and virtual wellness programs
• 3 weeks PTO to start, unlimited PTO after year one
• Education expense reimbursement and leadership development programs
• Certified Payments Professional (CPP) certification support

Jobgether is a Talent Matching Platform that partners with companies worldwide to efficiently connect top talent with the right opportunities through AI-driven job matching.

When you apply, your profile goes through our AI-powered screening process designed to identify top talent efficiently and fairly.

🔍 Our AI evaluates your CV and LinkedIn profile thoroughly, analyzing your skills, experience, and achievements.
📊 It compares your profile to the job’s core requirements and past success factors to determine your match score.
🎯 Based on this analysis, we automatically shortlist the 3 candidates with the highest match to the role.
🧠 When necessary, our human team may perform an additional manual review to ensure no strong profile is missed.

The process is transparent, skills-based, and free of bias — focusing solely on your fit for the role.
Once the shortlist is completed, we share it directly with the company that owns the job opening. The final decision and next steps (such as interviews or additional assessments) are then made by their internal hiring team.

Thank you for your interest!

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