Senior SRE, Blockchain Networks

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Europe.

📋 Description

• Take the lead in the comprehensive launch of new blockchain networks, transitioning from testnet to mainnet.

• Design and execute deployment architectures for validators, full nodes, RPCs, and ancillary services.

• Ensure all newly launched networks adhere to production readiness criteria, including monitoring, alerting, backups, failover, and security measures.

• Collaborate with protocol teams to grasp network-specific requirements, risks, and potential failure modes.

• Develop repeatable launch patterns and runbooks to expedite the time-to-market for new networks.

• Construct and manage infrastructure across both cloud and bare-metal environments.

• Enhance automation and standardization of deployments using tools like Terraform, Helm, and proprietary tools.

• Contribute to the internal platform by ensuring alignment of launches with existing Kubernetes, observability, and delivery standards.

• Implement high-availability and fault-tolerant configurations for validator infrastructure.

• Continuously refine SLOs, SLIs, and alerting mechanisms for newly launched networks.

• Guarantee that all services are fully observable, including metrics, logs, and traces.

• Define and execute alerts that are actionable and maintain a low-noise level.

• Engage in on-call rotations and incident response activities.

• Lead or contribute to post-incident reviews, focusing on systemic enhancements.

• Proactively identify and resolve reliability risks prior to their impact on production.

• Apply security best practices to all deployments, including secrets management, access control, and network isolation.

• Ensure compliance with internal standards and contribute to practices aligned with SOC 2.

• Support secure key management practices for validator infrastructure.

• Collaborate closely with Infrastructure, Core Networks, and Security teams.

• Take ownership of deliverables from design through to production.

• Contribute to documentation, runbooks, and knowledge sharing initiatives.

• Provide support and mentorship to junior engineers when necessary.

⛳️ Requirements

• Minimum of 5 years of experience in Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), DevOps, or infrastructure engineering.

• Extensive experience in operating production systems at scale.

• Hands-on experience with:

• - Kubernetes (deployment, troubleshooting, operations)

• - Terraform (infrastructure as code)

• - Linux systems and networking fundamentals.

• Experience with at least one cloud provider (GCP preferred, with AWS, Azure, OCI as alternatives).

• Familiarity with observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, or similar).

• Knowledge of CI/CD systems and GitOps workflows (e.g., ArgoCD).

• Strong scripting or programming abilities (Go, Python, or similar).

• Experience in distributed systems or high-availability environments.

• Excellent debugging and problem-solving skills under pressure.

• Strong communication skills and the ability to collaborate across teams (minimum English B2 level).

🏝️ Benefits

• Paid vacation and sick leave.

• Well-being program.

• Mental health care program.

• Educational compensation, including for foreign language and professional development courses.

• Equipment and co-working reimbursement program.

• Opportunities for overseas conferences and community immersion.