Principal Site Reliability Engineer

Posted on 9/26/2023

INACTIVE

11-50 employees

Cross-cloud data sharing platform for seamless data integration

Company Overview

Bobsled is a pioneering company in the field of cross-cloud data sharing, offering a platform that simplifies the process of sharing data between different data lakes or warehouses. Their unique technology eliminates the need for managing multiple accounts or building pipelines, and instead provides a secure, efficient, and user-friendly interface for data integration, which traditionally consumes 70% of teams' time with external datasets. With a pay-as-you-go pricing model and a commitment to helping customers analyze data faster, Bobsled is leading the industry in making data sharing more accessible and efficient.

Data & Analytics

Company Stage

Series A

Total Funding

$24M

Founded

2021

Headquarters

Los Angeles, California

Growth & Insights

Headcount

6 month growth

↑ 5%

1 year growth

↑ 48%

2 year growth

↑ 85%

Locations

Remote

Experience Level

Entry

Junior

Mid

Senior

Expert

Desired Skills

Terraform

TypeScript

CategoriesNew

DevOps & Infrastructure

Software Engineering

Requirements

We understand that no candidate is perfectly qualified for any job
Experience comes in different forms; many skills are transferable; and passion goes a long way
Even more important than your resume is a clear demonstration of skill, dedication, and the ability to thrive in a fluid and collaborative environment
We want you to learn new things in this role
We're hiring at multiple levels of seniority, so we encourage you to apply if your experience is close to what we're looking for

Responsibilities

Be a creative thinker and problem solver and lead technical discussions to deliver on SRE responsibilities
Design and build reliable pipelines for delivering features to production in a timely yet safe manner using modern techniques
Design and implement logging, monitoring, observability capabilities as well as bespoke tools to manage Bobsled's products and services running on global multi-cloud infrastructure
Be instrumental in the design and implementation of Bobsled's incident response process adhering to modern best practices
Participate in on-call rotation and respond to issues that impact Bobsled availability, and provide support with customer incidents
Participate in design discussions with other teams to promote SRE principles and ensure code delivered is of production quality
Be aware of changes in software best practices and new technologies which Bobsled could adopt to improve our security posture, cost margins and feature velocity

Desired Qualifications

8+ years experience as a senior/principal SRE or similar role responsible for managing distributed cloud systems in production
Required to work with Typescript and Terraform (CDKTF), but experience in other modern languages will be considered
Expert knowledge of monitoring principles and modern alerting techniques at scale and tooling required to deliver on these
Good knowledge of credential/secret management which deliver modern best practices and to assist achieving security compliance certifications
Good knowledge of infrastructure as code concepts and CI/CD pipelines
Good knowledge of cloud infrastructure and provider databases. Serverless knowledge is a big plus

About Bobsled

Our goal at Bobsled is to transform the way data is shared across organizations, clouds, and data platforms. Our cross-cloud platform enables enterprises to share data quickly and securely through one unified control plane that manages all aspects of data sharing, including replication, updates, versioning, entitlements, telemetry, and more.

By solving these problems we will:

Remove barriers to collaboration between organizations
Facilitate and democratize the use of data to enable better decision making

We believe that by using data collaboratively, we can enable better solutions to the world’s hardest problems.

The Role

We are looking for a Principal Site Reliability Engineer to support the operational excellence of Bobsled’s data sharing platform. You’ll apply your expertise to complex technical and business challenges and develop innovative solutions that meet requirements concerning functionality, performance, observability, scalability, and reliability. You will be part of the team designing and managing our platform, and your work will have an enormous impact on the way organizations use data across the world.

As an early hire, you will also play a pivotal role in building our team and culture, fostering a collaborative environment, and assessing engineering candidates.

Key Responsibilities

Be a creative thinker and problem solver and lead technical discussions to deliver on SRE responsibilities.
Design and build reliable pipelines for delivering features to production in a timely yet safe manner using modern techniques.
Design and implement logging, monitoring, observability capabilities as well as bespoke tools to manage Bobsled’s products and services running on global multi-cloud infrastructure.
Be instrumental in the design and implementation of Bobsled’s incident response process adhering to modern best practices.
Participate in on-call rotation and respond to issues that impact Bobsled availability, and provide support with customer incidents.
Participate in design discussions with other teams to promote SRE principles and ensure code delivered is of production quality.
Be aware of changes in software best practices and new technologies which Bobsled could adopt to improve our security posture, cost margins and feature velocity.

Preferred Qualifications

8+ years experience as a senior/principal SRE or similar role responsible for managing distributed cloud systems in production.
Required to work with Typescript and Terraform (CDKTF), but experience in other modern languages will be considered.
Expert knowledge of monitoring principles and modern alerting techniques at scale and tooling required to deliver on these.
Good knowledge of credential/secret management which deliver modern best practices and to assist achieving security compliance certifications.
Good knowledge of infrastructure as code concepts and CI/CD pipelines.
Good knowledge of cloud infrastructure and provider databases. Serverless knowledge is a big plus.

Compensation

US Salary Range: $160-200K
Outside the US salaries are adjusted to account for differences in payroll taxes, cost of providing benefits, and FX costs
We also offer competitive equity compensation

Benefits

Health Insurance (for US employees): Medical (100% paid), dental and vision benefits for you and your family
Generous PTO policy and paid parental leave
Fully upgraded Apple MacBook and 4K monitor (for engineering team only)
Home office stipend of $1,000
Flexible work hours in fully-remote work environment
Fully-sponsored individual coaching for all employees to help foster a culture of personal reflection and growth (optional though encouraged)

We understand that no candidate is perfectly qualified for any job. Experience comes in different forms; many skills are transferable; and passion goes a long way. Even more important than your resume is a clear demonstration of skill, dedication, and the ability to thrive in a fluid and collaborative environment. We want you to learn new things in this role. We’re hiring at multiple levels of seniority, so we encourage you to apply if your experience is close to what we’re looking for.

We are committed to fostering and empowering an inclusive community within our organization. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, gender expression or identity, sexual orientation, national origin, citizenship, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status, or any other characteristic protected by law. #LI-Remote